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Globalization and Job Insecurity in Danish Firms: A Multilevel Study

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019
Globalization is on the agenda as a cause of job insecurity, but knowledge regarding the relationship between globalization, management practices, and employee job insecurity is in fact limited. This study aims to investigate this multilevel association,
Sabine Raeder, Simon Grandjean Bamberger, Peter Nielsen, René Nesgaard Nielsen, Anelia Larsen, Anker Lund Vinding, Kirsten Fonager, Pia Ryom, Øyvind Omland   +8 more
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Beyond Planning: The Implementation of a Worksite Health Promotional Scheme

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
The aim of this article is to provide insight into how the presence of diverging organizational logics influences the outcome of worksite health promotion projects. The study is based on a one-year qualitative single-case study of the implementation of a
Thor Christian Bjørnstad, Kari Steen-Johnsen   +1 more
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Hard Work in Soft Regulation: A Discussion of the Social Mechanisms in OHS Management Standards and Possible Dilemmas in the Regulation of Psychosocial Work Environment

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
Certified occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems have become a global instrument in regulation of the work environment. However, their actual impact on OHS—in particular on softer psychosocial issues in the work environment—has been ...
Pernille Hohnen, Peter Hasle, Anne Helbo Jespersen, Christian Uhrenholdt Madsen   +3 more
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One Hundred Years of Inertia: An Exposé of the Concept of the Psychosocial Work Environment in Swedish Policy and Research

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe a broader concept of the psychosocial work environment, a concept that not only is limited to the individual and her immediate environment but also takes into account a broader context that includes production ...
Lena Abrahamsson, Jan Johansson
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Feasibility Study of a New Approach to Balance Job Demands and Resources

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
Childcare workers are faced with high job demands. The use of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies (SOC) may help reach a better balance between job demands and resources.
Annette Meng, Birgit Aust
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The Collaboration Management and Employee Views of Work and Skills in Services for Children and Families in Finnish Municipalities: The Collaboration Management and Employee Views of Work and Skills

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016
The study explored how collaboration management is connected with employee views of work and skills in the health care, social welfare, and education sectors that provide services for children and families in municipalities.
Outi Kanste, Nina Halme, Marja-Leena Perälä   +2 more
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Challenges and Needs for Support in Managing Occupational Health and Safety from Managers’ Viewpoints

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
Proper working conditions and successful occupational health and safety (OHS) management help organizations achieve their targets and support the quality of working life and performance.
Sari Tappura, Sirpa Syvänen, Kaija Leena Saarela   +2 more
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(Un)expected Emotions and Teamwork: Narratives of Early Childhood Education Practitioners

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
This study investigates expectations of teamwork and related emotions as described by Finnish early childhood education practitioners. The data, which consist of video-cued interviews with 15 practitioners in early childhood education and care (ECEC ...
Essi Hanhikoski, Maarit Alasuutari, Kaija Collin, Tarja Liinamaa, Eija Sevón   +4 more
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Untimely Welfare Technologies

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019
Welfare technologies are introduced to increase the quality and efficiency of the delivery of welfare services, due to its ‘time-saving’ capacities.This study will examine that even though this might be the case, new technologies such as electronic ...
Anders la Cour, Holger Højlund
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One size does not fit all: Participants’ experiences of the selfBACK app to support self-management of low back pain—a qualitative interview study

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2022
Background Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for disability globally. Digital interventions are a promising means of supporting people to self-manage LBP, but implementation of digital interventions has been suboptimal.
Malene J. Svendsen, Barbara I. Nicholl, Frances S. Mair, Karen Wood, Charlotte D. N. Rasmussen, Mette J. Stochkendahl   +5 more
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