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Analysis of the Impact of Working Environment Factors on Employee’s Health and Wellbeing [PDF]
Sustainability, 2021 In modern society, humans spend most of their time in the indoor environment (home, work, school...). This indoor lifestyle constantly poses challenges to our physical and mental health by affecting our hormone levels and circadian rhythm. This article deals with the possible connection between human and working environment factors and the emergence of
Králiková, Ružena +3 more
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Traces of Technological Well-being: Digi-uplifters and Digi-downshifters
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2023 Digitalization adds demands to contend with technological developments for both employees and organizations. At the same time, technological changes transform work to become more intensive and hectic.
Tuuli Turja +3 more
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Power Dynamics within Icelandic Nursing: Walking the Fine Line
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022 Like other Nordic nations, Iceland has a reputation of gender-equality, despite 98% of the country’s nursing profession being women. This paper examines power dynamics within the profession.
Klara Þorsteinsdóttir +1 more
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022 Activity-based offices (ABOs) have become increasingly common. Yet, longitudinal studies investigating the effects of change are rare. This three-wave longitudinal study compared perceptions of privacy and office support, satisfaction with the work ...
Pia Sirola +2 more
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Investigating Managerial Qualities to Support Sustainable Intervention Effects in the Long Term
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 It is crucial to understand how interventions can be designed and implemented in order to support successful and sustainable effects in the long term.
Per Øystein Saksvik +4 more
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Psychological wellbeing in a resource-limited work environment: examining levels and determinants among health workers in rural Malawi [PDF]
Human Resources for Health, 2019 Abstract Background A competent, responsive, and productive health workforce is central to a well-performing health system capable of providing universal access to high-quality care. Ensuring health workers’ psychological wellbeing is critical to sustaining their availability and productivity.
Julia Lohmann +4 more
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Work environment, health and wellbeing among children and adolescents in Denmark: results from a study of 545 13-17 year olds [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011 Objectives Despite the fact that many children and adolescents are engaged in part-time work besides attending school, the working conditions for this population is poorly represented in the scientific literature. The aim of this study is to describe the work environment, health and wellbeing for youth between 13 and 17 years of age in Denmark ...
M. Labriola, T. Lund, J. Hviid
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The Experience Qualities Approach to Leadership and Employee Well-being
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 A phenomenological psychology approach in organizational studies has been somewhat overlooked, particularly in research on leadership and employee well-being. This study presents a new way of examining leadership and employee well-being.
Ilkka Salmi +2 more
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 Through an ethnographic study of nurses’ experiences of work intensification, this article shows how nurses respond to and act upon neoliberal transformations of work. The article identifies and explores those transformations considered by the informants,
Rebecca Selberg
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Intervention to Prevent Mental Ill-Health Among Health Care Workers
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 Psychological strain in working life is gaining ever more attention. Health care workers are often under extreme emotional stress, which can become so overwhelming that they show signs of mental ill-health.
Hans Michélsen +2 more
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