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Healthy universities: an example of a whole-system health-promoting setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The health-promoting settings approach is well established in health promotion, with organisational settings being understood as complex systems able to support human wellbeing and flourishing. Despite the reach and evident importance of higher education
Bauer G   +13 more
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Health and well-being of Nepalese migrant workers abroad [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose- Although South Asia is a growing supplier of migrant labour, there is a paucity of research on the health and wellbeing of male Nepalese migrant workers.
Adhikary, Pratik   +3 more
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Sleep-Related Problems and Associations with Occupational Factors among Home Care Personnel

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021
Recent demographic developments in Europe have increased the demand for home care. Working in other people’s home environment is challenging. Home care personnel’s musculoskeletal disorders are common, and care personnel overall often have sleep ...
Maria Lindholm   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Low-quality Leader-Member Relationships Matter for Subordinates? Evidence from Three Samples on the Validity of the Norwegian LMX Scale

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015
Theories on the relations between leaders and subordinates have been of interest to researchers for decades; however, these theories have received less attention in the Nordic countries.
Trude Furunes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Working Environment Activities in Hospitals: Expansion of Scope and Decentralization of Responsibility

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021
This article analyzes how two development traits in the regulatory requirements for Working Environment (WE) activities – an expansion of scope and a decentralization of responsibility – are understood and handled over time by actors responsible for WE ...
Per-Christian Borgen   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Entering and leaving employment in deprived neighbourhoods undergoing area regeneration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Concentrations of worklessness have been persistent in the UK for several decades but have not been tackled effectively by policy. An individualised approach to unemployment has existed, alongside employment policies without a strong geographical ...
Kearns, Ade, Mason, Phil
core   +1 more source

The Six Dimensions of Child Welfare Employees’ Occupational Well-Being

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015
The objective of this paper is the creation of a multidimensional model of occupational well-being for child welfare professions and the definition of the model’s six dimensions of well-being: affective, social, cognitive, professional, personal, and ...
Andreas Baldschun
doaj   +1 more source

Work-related wellbeing in UK prison officers: a benchmarking approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to examine the well-being of UK prison officers by utilising a benchmarking approach. Design/methodology/approach-The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Indicator Tool is widely used in the UK to assess key ...
Andrew James Clements   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Individual and Organizational Well-being when Workplace Conflicts are on the Agenda: A Mixed-methods Study

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016
Previous studies have shown that direct involvement in workplace conflicts may have a significant impact on individual well-being. We used survey and interview data from a large nongovernmental organization (NGO) to analyze both the relationships between
Heidi Enehaug   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Collective Use of Selection, Optimisation, and Compensation: Associations with Work Ability

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022
Background: Individual use of selection, optimisation, and compensation (SOC) is positively associated with work ability; however, this association has never been explored at the group or leadership levels.
Annette Meng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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