Motivation, Migration and Non-standard Employment: A Survey Among Temporary Agency Workers
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 Research suggests that migrants have a greater tendency to end up in nonstandard employment arrangements than native citizens do, but less attention has been paid to motivational differences within and between migrant groups.
Anders Underthun, Aadne Aasland
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Inequality Regimes in Grocery Stores: Intersections of Gender, Hierarchies, and Working Conditions
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2023 This article explores the extent to which spatial and hierarchical divisions of work in grocery stores intersect with gender, and resulting inequalities in employees’ working conditions.
Gunilla Olofsdotter +2 more
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Integration of Refugees on the Danish Labor Market
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 The unprecedented inflow of refugees in the Nordic countries since 2014 has accentuated debates about the effectiveness of the Nordic models and their labor market integration programs.
Thomas Bredgaard, Trine Lund Thomsen
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Solving ‘the Uniform Issue’: Gender and Professional Identity in the Swedish Military
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022 This article contributes empirical knowledge about the shifting ways in which the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) has articulated and addressed ‘the uniform issue’, that is, matters concerning servicewomen’s access to adequate uniforms and other equipment ...
Sanna Strand +2 more
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Gendered Experiences of Appearance-related Perks and Penalties in Finnish Labor Markets
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021 Physical appearance is generally associated with considerable labor-market sanctions, and appearances are thought to be of particular importance in the feminine service sector. However, little is known about workers’ experiences of appearance-based perks
Iida Kukkonen, Outi Sarpila
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Retirement as a lens for socioeconomic differences in Cognition and well-being
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 This study conceptualizes retirement as a lens with regard to patterns of social inequality across the life course. It investigates if socioeconomic differences in well-being and cognitive performance differ between older workers and retirees, using data
Stefanie König +3 more
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Playing the ‘Race’ card? Black and minority ethnic students' experiences of physical education teacher education [PDF]
, 2015 This paper reports on a study that explored black and minority ethnic (BME) students' experiences of physical education teacher education (PETE) in England.
Flintoff, A
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Labor Migration from Third Countries to Swedish Low-wage Jobs
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 Since December 2008, Sweden has more liberal rules for labor immigration from ‘third countries’ – countries outside the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) – than any other country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
Olle Frödin, Anders Kjellberg
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Does ethnicity, gender or age of physiotherapy students affect performance in the final clinical placements? An exploratory study [PDF]
, 2013 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Physiotherapy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and ...
Williams, A +4 more
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‘You Need to Know Someone Who Knows Someone’: International Students’ Job Search Experiences
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 The article analyzes how 31 international students (IS) entered the Finnish labor market as they graduated from Finnish universities. Despite a growing interest in international student migration (ISM), there are few studies that analyze the firsthand ...
Rolle Alho
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