Search for dissertations about: "working life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 726 swedish dissertations containing the words working life.

  2. 1. Swedish Working Life Research : Formation and conceptual development of a research field in transition

    Author : Carin Håkansta; Ann Bergman; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of working life research in Sweden by focusing on the conceptual and institutional evolution of the field. The analyses include the roles of the researchers and other actors as well as theories and processes that form and have formed working life research. READ MORE

  4. 2. Erkännandets Janusansikte : Det sociala kapitalets betydelse i arbetslivskarriärer

    Author : Caroline Tovatt; Anders Neergaard; Anna-Liisa Närvänen; Aleksandra Ålund; Lennart Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Social capital; social networks; recruitment; working life; working life stories; Bourdieu; Socialt kapital; socialt nätverk; rekrytering; arbetsliv; arbetslivsberättelser; kvalitativ forskning; Bourdieu;

    Abstract : I denna studie undersöks de informella processerna i rekryteringen, speciellt innebörden av olika former av socialt kapital. I fokus står de värden som tillskrivs utbildningar, arbetslivserfarenheter och kontakter. Det uttrycks genom frågor som hur, var, vem och varför snarare än om lediga tjänster tillsätts via kontakter. READ MORE

  5. 3. Being active in working life at older ages

    Author : Marie Bjuhr; Britt-Marie Sjölund; Kerstin Nilsson; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health; healthy aging; older people; working life; hälsa; hälsosamt åldrande; äldre personer; arbetsliv;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to examine factors associated with (Study 1), predictors (Study II), and experiences (Study III) involved with being active in working life after the expected retirement age and the experiences of exiting working life before the expected retirement age (Study IV). In Studies I and II, a quantitative approach was used, with data derived from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC). READ MORE

  6. 4. Women's varying life careers and shifting life-patterns : a study of Swedish women born in 1948

    Author : Eva Wirén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-career; life-pattern; difference; representation; longitudinal; quantitative; text; stories; Bourdieu; post-structural theories; deconstruction; feminism;

    Abstract : This study is about a generation of Swedish women's varying life-careers and shifting lifepatterns. As empirical base for the study is used a longitudinal data material collected at the two main time-points, in 1961 and in 1980. The purpose of the study is twofold. READ MORE

  7. 5. Social inequity in health : Explanation from a life course and gender perspective

    Author : Masuma Novak; Christina Ahlgren; Anne Hammarström; Kate Hunt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social inequity; pathways; social causation; life course; gender; intersectionality; smoking; musculoskeletal disorders; obesity; social mobility; Sweden; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Gender studies; Genus; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research; näringslära; Nutrition; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin; Social environment; Social class; Life style; Obesity etiology; Smoking epidemiology; Musculoskeletal diseases etiology; Intersektionalitet; Socioekonomi; Hälsa vikten rökning Sverige; Sjukdomar kropp levnadsförhållanden; Klasstillhörighet genus utbildning; Social inequity; Pathways; Social causation; Life course; Gender; Intersectionality; Social mobility4; Sweden; Socioeconomics; Health obesity smoking Sweden; Diseases body living conditions; Class affinity gender education;

    Abstract : Background: A boy child born in a Gothenburg suburb has a life expectancy that is nine years shorter than that of another child just 23 km away, and among girls the difference is five years. There is no necessary biological reason to this observed difference. READ MORE