Search for dissertations about: "Workplace Studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 264 swedish dissertations containing the words Workplace Studies.

2. 1. Learning Dynamics of Workplace Development Programmes : Studies in Swedish national programmes

   Author : Agneta Halvarsson Lundkvist; Maria Gustavsson; Henrik Kock; Jon Ohlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Workplace development programme; workplace learning; social learning system; Arbetsplatslärande; nationella program; sociala lärandesystem;

   Abstract : The thesis focuses on workplace development programmes (WPDPs) that operationalize national policies on workplace development. WPDPs are time-limited and they provide support to organizations that aim to improve their operational performance or employees’ work conditions. READ MORE

4. 2. Constituting the Healthy Employee? : Governing gendered subjects in workplace health promotion

   Author : Erika Björklund; Britt-Marie Berge; Jan Wright; Håkan Larsson; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Workplace health promotion; health education; physical activity; diet; discourse; governmentality; bio-power; gender; Education; Pedagogik; Gender studies; Genus; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : With a post-structural approach and an analytical focus on processes of governmentality and biopower, this study is concerned with how discourses of health are contextualized in educational practice and interaction between educators and participants in workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions. Of concern are issues of the discursive production, regulation and representation of power, knowledge and subjects as gendered beings in workplace health promotion interventions. READ MORE

5. 3. Enhance your workplace! : a dialogue tool for workplace health promotion with salutogenic approach

   Author : Petra Nilsson; Göran Ejlertsson; Ingemar Andersson; Margareta Troein Töllborn; Lotta Dellve; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; workplace health promotion; Salutogenesis; Sense of Coherence; Work Experience Measurement Scale; Specific Enhancing Resources; questionnaire process; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to develop and make a quality assessment of a tool, which includes a questionnaire and a dialogue process that could be useful for workplace health promotion from a salutogenic point of view. The studies have been performed within two health care organizations between 2005 and 2009, together with hospital staff. READ MORE

6. 4. The Mediated Representation of Working Conditions in the Global South : Discourse, Ideology and Responsibility

   Author : Vladimir Cotal San Martin; Peter Berglez; Michal Krzyzanowski; David Machin; Anna Roosvall; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Conditions; Global South; Media Studies; Journalism; Representation; Discourse; Ideology; Capitalism; Transnational Corporations; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the mediated representation of workers’ working conditions in the Global South. Using a qualitative approach inspired by Critical Discourse Studies, it focuses on ideological representation in newspapers from Sweden, the USA, Chile and China/Hong Kong. READ MORE

7. 5. Gender equality and health experiences : workplace patterns in Northern Sweden

   Author : Sofia Elwér; Anne Hammarström; Annika Härenstam; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gender equality; workplace; health experiences; focus groups; cluster analysis; gender; work environment; gender regimes; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Gendered practices of working life create gender inequalities through horizontal and vertical gender segregation in work, which may lead to gender inequalities in health experiences. The workplace is an important part of the social circumstances under which health opportunities and constraints are shaped. READ MORE