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Nordic 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
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Nordic 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
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Nordic 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
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Influence at Work tied to Materiality in Danish Care Work
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021 Influence at work is known to be an important factor for workers health. Researchers have called for studies on influence at work as a contextualized phenomenon.
Peter Aske Svendsen +4 more
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Evaluation of Lifelong Work Satisfaction among Former Postal Service Workers
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 While policymakers emphasize the need to delay retirement age, numerous traditional industries, among them postal services, emphasize the need for employee downsizings. These can be contradictory needs. Downsizings can reduce work life satisfaction (WLS)
Miira Niska +8 more
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The Six Dimensions of Child Welfare Employees’ Occupational Well-Being
Nordic 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
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Nordic 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
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The physical work environment and employee perceived health and wellbeing [PDF]
, 2017 This thesis investigated the impact of the physical work environment on health and wellbeing as perceived by employees. Utilising a mixed method approach the research developed a new model of environmental satisfaction that highlighted the central role of occupational wellbeing and its relationship to employee perceived performance and productivity ...
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Increased Participation Among Cleaners as a Strategy to Improve Quality and Occupational Health
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 Like many other industries, today the cleaning industry is affected more than ever by competition and pressure toward low prices, which leads to a nonadvantageous situation for cleaners. These days many Swedish municipalities choose to outsource cleaning
Therese Öhrling
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Sleep-Related Problems and Associations with Occupational Factors among Home Care Personnel
Nordic 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
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