Search for dissertations about: "job engagement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words job engagement.
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1. Social capital in healthcare : A resource for sustainable engagement in organizational improvement work
Abstract : Social capital, work engagement, working conditions, and leadership are concepts that have been studied previously, but there is lack of knowledge about what processes promote sustainable organizational improvement work in hospitals, and specifically, what leads healthcare professionals to engage in clinical developments.The overall aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge of how social capital and engagement contribute to sustainable organizational improvement work in hospitals and how social capital and engagement are created during organizational improvement work. READ MORE
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2. A thesis on fire : Studies of work engagement, Type A behavior and burnout
Abstract : The overall address of the present thesis is the relationship between being ‘on fire’ and burning out. More specifically, the thesis focused largely on two representations of involvement in work (work engagement and Type A behavior) and their respective relationships to burnout. READ MORE
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3. Inside out: Individuals’ sustainability engagement in energy system transition
Abstract : Sustainability transitions research has been criticised for being mostly on the system level. To the extent individuals have been recognised, they have mostly been acting in so called niche initiatives, as entrepreneurs, grassroot innovators or users. READ MORE
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4. Work Transitions as Biographical Learning : Exploring the Dynamics of Job Loss
Abstract : In recent years, researchers have pointed out that individuals understand their lives to a great extent through narratives and narration. In the field of adult education this idea has been taken up for instance in the concept of biographical learning. READ MORE
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5. On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective
Abstract : Retirement is a major life event potentially affecting domains such as cognitive functioning and well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to assess whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. READ MORE