Search for dissertations about: "Employers Associations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Employers Associations.

2. 1. Movement behavior and mental health in office workers : Associations and intervention effects

   Author : Lisa-Marie Larisch; Victoria Blom; Lena Kallings; Maria Hagströmer; Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; workplace health promotion; mental health; office workers; 24 h movement behavior; physical activity; sedentary behavior; multi-level intervention; ecological model of health behavior; behavior change; Medicin Teknik; Medicine Technology;

   Abstract : Mental disorders pose a significant global health challenge. To effectively address this challenge, mental health promotion must be included in various sectors, including workplaces. Various strategies for promoting mental health in the workplace have been suggested, including interventions aimed at improving movement behavior, i.e. READ MORE

4. 2. Turning to Europe : A New Swedish Industrial Relations Regime in the 1990s

   Author : Sofia Murhem; Lars Magnusson; Niklas Bruun; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Industrial relations; service sector; small enterprises; telecommunications sector; metal industry; trade unions; employers’ associations; Europeanization; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the transformation of the industrial relations regime in Sweden during the 1990s. Four areas are studied; industrial relations of the growing service sector, industrial relations of small enterprises, effects of re-regulation and introduction of competition on industrial relations in telecommunications service and internationalisation of industrial relations in the metal sector, showing that in the 1990s, the labour market regime of Sweden changed into a new regime, as a result of altered conditions caused by the third industrial revolution. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays in Political Economy

   Author : Kåre Vernby; Per-Ola Öberg; Torsten Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Political science; Statsvetenskap; Economic Openness; Electoral Systems; Employers Associations; Labor Market Regulations; Labor Unions; Political Economy; Strikes;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and three stand-alone essays. In the introduction I discuss the commonalities between the three essays. Essay I charts the the main political cleavages among 59 Swedish unions and business organizations. READ MORE

6. 4. Criminal Records in Sweden. Regulation of access to criminal records and the use of criminal background checks by employers

   Author : Christel Backman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal records; criminal background checks; surveillance; function creep;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the regulation of access to criminal records in Sweden and the actual and potential use of criminal background checks by employers in hiring processes. In recent years, more and more Swedish employers have been required by law to check their job applicants’ criminal records. READ MORE

7. 5. Occupational safety and health interventions : incentives and economic consequences

   Author : Camilla Martinsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to extend the knowledge of factors that from an employer perspective could increase the use of research based occupational safety and health (OSH) interventions and work-place health promotion (WHP). The aim of Study I was to explore and describe what incentives influence when employers make their decisions about engaging in OSH interventions and WHP. READ MORE