Search for dissertations about: "employee relations"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words employee relations.

  2. 16. TAKING CARE OF OTHERS - WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? Exploring workplace-related health from a salutogenic perspective in a nursing context

    Author : Åsa Bringsén; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; salutogenesis; health care worker; Workplace health promotion; flow; complexity; SHIS; instrument;

    Abstract : The aim was to explore and make sense of a salutogenic relationship between workplace, work and health, through an employee perspective in a Swedish nursing context. The aim was also to make sense of the role of a workplace health promotion (WHP) process, in a salutogenic public health perspective, and develop useful instruments for this kind of health-related development work. READ MORE

  4. 17. Lean culture in industrialized housing : a study of timber volume element prefabrication

    Author : Matilda Höök; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Träbyggnad; Timber Structures;

    Abstract : Industrialization and the use of timber have been put forward by means of its potential for increased efficiency in housing construction. Industrialized housing is related to learning from manufacturing, but the construction culture still has to be considered when development is discussed. READ MORE

  5. 18. Determinants of Individual and Organizational Health in Human Service Professions

    Author : Ann-Sophie Hansson; Ingrid Anderzén; Eva Vingård; Staffan Marklund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social medicine; Psychosocial work environment; health; human service profession; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : The psychosocial work environment in human service organizations is in many respects rewarding from the aspect of human interaction. However, it has also been described in several research reports as demanding and stressful both physically and mentally, resulting in a negative impact on employee health and a high degree of sickness absence. READ MORE

  6. 19. The impact of competition and innovation on firm performance

    Author : Andreas Poldahl; Lars Lundberg; Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall; Leo Grünfeld; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TFP growth; R D; R D spillovers; Competition; Absorptive capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of four papers analyzing the impact of competition and innovation on Swedish manufacturing firms’ performance. Paper [I] (co-authored with Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall) analyse determinants of firm R&D using matched Swedish employer-employee data spanning the period 1990-1999. READ MORE

  7. 20. Externally assessed psychosocial work characteristics : a methodological approach to explore how work characteristics are created, related to self-reports and to mental illness

    Author : Kerstin Waldenström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Psychosocial work characteristics; exposure assessment; overreporting; psychological well-being; anxiety; depression; work organisation; action strategies; action theory;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to add knowledge to the area of measurement issues of psychosocial work characteristics and job design by using a more objective methodological approach. Expert assessments were made through direct observations and interviews and are a theory guided nonemotional description that is independent of the specific individuals social or cultural frame of reference. READ MORE