Search for dissertations about: "autonomy and job satisfaction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words autonomy and job satisfaction.

2. 1. Professionalization and rehabilitation : the case of Swedish occupational and physical therapists

   Author : Anna-Lena Bellner; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Professionalization process; rehabilitation; psychosocial working condition; therapeutic relationship models; physical therapists; occupational therapists; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : Swedish occupational and physical therapists find themselves in a field of tension, on the one hand dominated by different health care and educational reforms, on the other hand by an ongoing professionalization process. The aim of this thesis is to study how the therapists perceive their working situation in changing surroundings. READ MORE

4. 2. Psychological perspectives on performance-based compensation : Implications for work-related and health-related outcomes

   Author : Alexander Nordgren Selar; Magnus Sverke; Helena Falkenberg; Johnny Hellgren; Tomas Jungert; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; compensation; financial incentives; health; income; job performance; need satisfaction; pay dispersion; performance-based pay; self-determination theory; turnover intention; well-being; work motivation; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : In the past decades, the contributions of individuals have come into greater focus on all levels of employment in many types of organizations. For example, this is manifested through an increased use of individual performance-based pay setting, where individual evaluations of employees’ contributions lead to diversified pay raises among peers. READ MORE

5. 3. Stress, satisfaction, and quality : studies of organizational and individual well-being in health

   Author : Sarah Thomsen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : work environment; work environment; health care; stress; job satisfaction; participation; physicians; nurses; quality of care; patient satisfaction;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to indicate key organizational attributes in the health care work environment that can have an impact on both personnel well-being and the quality of care they provide. In order to achieve this aim, four steps were carried out: identifying important individual and organizational attributes, testing the validity and reliability of the measurement instrument and process, testing a mediational model using structural equation modeling, and investigating the effects of a quality improvement initiative on personnel and patients. READ MORE

6. 4. Motives matter : Intrinsic motivation in work learning and labor market performance

   Author : Johan Westerman; Michael Tåhlin; Stephanie Plenty; Martin Hällsten; Daniel Oesch; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work motivation; Job mobility; Labor market inequality; Wages; On-the-job training; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the importance of individual work motivation for two crucial dimensions of inequality: work learning and labor market performance. The first dimension relates to learning activities at work, and the second to wage attainment and knowledge-oriented task assignment. READ MORE

7. 5. Trust issues : Welfare workers' relationship to their organisation

   Author : Jonas Welander; Kerstin Isaksson; Wanja Astvik; Juliska Wallin; Ildikó Asztalos Morell; Lotta Dellve; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employee-organisation relationship; new public management; psychological contracts; job demands; job resources; organisational factors; trust; Working Life Studies; arbetslivsvetenskap;

   Abstract : In the past decades, the public sector has undergone important organisational policy changes, referred to as New Public Management. These management strategies focus on continuous cost improvements and rationalisation of operations. READ MORE