Frida Wikstrand

This thesis aims to study how information systems are received and interpreted by the employees of two organizations: the Hospital and Electricity company. I am interested in how work tasks and professional identities at these workplaces are coded by class and gender, and whether - and if so how - these encodings or constructions affect how employees perceive the information sys-tems and the changes brought about by the new information system. Furthermore, the aim is to explain how the organizational context affects the way in which a new information system is re-ceived and interpreted, and how this is affected by the construction of masculinities and feminini-ties. 35 life story interviews were conducted at the two workplaces. The interviews were focused on the effects, on the everyday- and working life of employees, brought about by the introduc-tion of new information systems: the electronic journal Melior at the Hospital and the business system SAP at the Electricity Company. An...

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I studie- och yrkesvagledning framhalls ofta individens intresse som centralt for yrkesvalet. Torts kunskap om att individens intressen och preferenser paverkas av sociala strukturer, sa ar detta fokus pa intresse inget som problematiserats i nagon hogre utstrackning. Utifran intervjuer med vagledare och gymnasieelver om hur de uppfattar och anvander sig av yrkesvagledande material diskuteras i artikeln olika forstaelser av "intresse" och vilken betydelse detta ges for traditionella och otraditionella yrkesval.