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Inauthenticity at Work: Moral Conflicts in Marketoriented Welfare Organizations
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 The number of employees who develop work-related problems due to stress and other mental tensions has increased in Europe during the last decades, especially among women.
Elin Thunman
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015 The ambition of this paper is to analyze the discursive practices of three Danish trade unions for professional and managerial staff as found in their strategy and position papers.
Anders Buch
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015 The concept of liminality refers to the experience to be betwixt-and-between social structures and the associated positions, statuses, and roles. We advance the original use of the concept by introducing the various meanings that the experience of being ...
Ingo Winkler, Mustafa Khalil Mahmood
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Working in the Public Sector. Introduction to the Thematic Issue
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 Work in the public sector has been changing dramatically in recent decades. Reforms aimed at increasing the efficiency of public services have been extensive in the Nordic countries and elsewhere since the 1980s.
Annette Kamp, Lars Klemsdal, Lena Gonäs
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Lack of Commitment? Work Orientations of Finnish Employees in a European Comparison
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 It has been argued that individuals’ employment commitment, that is, their commitment to work in general is crucial in today’s labor markets where life-long employment relationships are less frequently offered by organizations.
Teemu Turunen
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 In this article, we suggest that organizational-level social relations should be defined and measured as workplace norms. We base this argument on new research on the components of the psychosocial work environment and on the availability of new ...
Per Øystein Saksvik +2 more
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The Ambiguity of Work: Work Practice Stories of Meaningful and Demanding Consultancy Work
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 This article contributes to the current debate among organizational and work-life researchers on the double-sided nature of knowledge work, which offers great freedom and satisfaction on the one hand and the potential to be overly demanding and stressful
Didde Maria Humle
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Young Long-term Unemployed and the Individualization of Responsibility
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016 In Sweden, as in most Western societies, a common belief is that unemployment is somehow linked to the individual, her lack of work ethic, or other personal shortcomings rather than to structural causes.
Jennifer Hobbins
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Adapting ‘The Normal’ – Examining Relations between Youth, Risk and Accidents at Work
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 People between 18 and 24 years of age are more exposed to accidents at work than anyone else. This article examines how safety is experienced and practiced among young employees.
Mette Lykke Nielsen
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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