Search for dissertations about: "Reduced working hours"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Reduced working hours.

2. 1. Reduced working hours and stress in the Swedish social services

   Author : Peter Barck-Holst; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Since a financial crisis in the 1990’s employees in the Swedish public sector have suffered from work stress and related consequences such as long-term sick leave. Reduced working hours has long been debated in Sweden as a possible way of improving psychosocial health, and was therefore empirically evaluated in a large, quasi-experimental trial in four public sectors; care and welfare, call centers, technology, and the social services. READ MORE

4. 2. Health and ill health in working women – balancing work and recovery

   Author : Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz; Petra Lindfors; Ulf Lundberg; Hege R. Eriksen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Allostatic Load; Biological markers; Dentistry; Exercise; Fatigue; Physical Activity; Public health care; Overcommitment; Reduced working hours; Stress; Upper Extremity Disorder; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Work conditions within the public health care sector are physically and psychosocially demanding. This means that balancing work with recovery is essential for employees in order to avoid ill health and stay healthy. This thesis is based on four studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Psychosocial work factors and burnout : a study of a working general population and patients at a stress rehabilitation clinic

   Author : Sofia Norlund; Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm; Margareta Kristenson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Burnout; exhaustion disorder; psychosocial work factors; coping; social support; demands; control; job strain; job insecurity; sick leave; return to work; working population; epidemiology; grounded theory; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Background The psychosocial work environment affects our health (e.g., sick leave and mortality rates). Research on psychosocial work factors and burnout has focused on specific workplaces or occupations and rarely evaluated in the general population or used longitudinal designs. READ MORE

6. 4. Work ability in multiple sclerosis : the impact of immunomodulating treatments and adjusted working conditions

   Author : Anne Wickström; Anders Svenningsson; Magnus Vrethem; Charlotte Dahle; Lars Forsgen; Fredrikson Sten; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory, demyelinating disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and is considered to be of autoimmune origin. The prevalence in Sweden is estimated to be about 1 in 500. READ MORE

7. 5. Labour Market Effects of Working Time Reductions and Demographic Changes

   Author : Oskar Nordström Skans; Magnus Wikström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay I studies the impact on actual hours worked of a 5 % working time reduction for one class of shift workers in Sweden using individual level panel data from firms’ payroll records during the sec-ond quarter each year. The main result is that actual hours only decreased by approximately 35 % of the reduction in standard hours. READ MORE