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2. 1. To work or not to work in an extended working life? Factors in working and retirement decisions

   Author : Kerstin Nilsson; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ageing; older worker; retirement planning; retirement decision; motivation; meaningful activity; social inclusion; macro; meso; micro; work environment; working life; work ability; work injury; health; public health; diagnosed disease; self-rated health; organisation; basic premises for work; hardware in work; software in work; age; Success and failure factors; folkhälsa; demographic shifts; healthy ageing; healthy work places; retirement; successful ageing; occupational environment; Occupational medicine; work motivation; demografy; men and women;

   Abstract : In most of the industrialised world, the proportion of older and retired people in the population is continuously increasing. This will have budgetary implications for maintaining the welfare state, because the active working section of the population must fund the non-active and old population. READ MORE

4. 2. Experiencing work/non-work : Theorising individuals’ process of integrating and segmenting work, family, social and private

   Author : Jean-Charles Languilaire; Tomas Müllern; Mikael Nordenmark; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; work non-work; middle-manager; France; life domains; work-life field; boundary perspective; individuals work non-work experiences;

   Abstract : The relationships between work and personal life have been on the public, business, and research agenda for about 35 years. Perspectives on these relationships have shifted from a work-family to work-life or work-personal life focus, from a conflict to a balance or enrichment view and, finally, from a segmentation to an integration perspective. READ MORE

5. 3. Capturing the antecedents and aftermath of a family business process : The entrepreneurial journey of a displaced agricultural family in Colombia

   Author : Enrique Sandino Vargas; Leona Achtenhagen; Daniel Pittino; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Bengt Johannisson; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural family; Colombia; displacement; entrepreneurial journey; entrepreneurial process; familiness; family; family business; family capital; family-life context; family habitus; family business habitus; guerrilla; habitualization; habitus; farm; land; rural; violence;

   Abstract : This study examines a displaced agricultural family during its entrepreneurial journey in Colombia using a single case study, following an inductive and interpretivist approach. The main objective of the dissertation is to explain how family interactions, historical events, and context influence the decision to start and potentially reactivate an agricultural family business. READ MORE

6. 4. Conflict and concord in work and family : Family policies and individuals' subjective experiences

   Author : Ida Öun; Stefan Svallfors; Maria Charles; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work-family conflict; role expansion; family policy; gender; class; dual-earner families; household work; perceptions of fairness;

   Abstract : Background This thesis explores the relationship between individuals’ subjective experiences and the welfare state setting. The research questions in focus deal with the outcomes of women’s and men’s increasing dual roles in work and family in contemporary welfare states. READ MORE

7. 5. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work

   Author : Victoria Lönnfjord; Curt Hagquist; Daniel Bergh; Mona Sundh; Patrik Karlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social stressors; adolescents; psychosomatic problems; school social work; parental unemployment; family residency; schoolwork pressure; academic achievement expectation; bullying; bullying victimization; bullying intervention; self-efficacy; disability; long-term illness; Sociala påfrestningar; ungdomar; psykosomatiska besvär; skolsocialt arbete; föräldrars arbetslöshet; boendesituation; press i skolan; krav på skolprestationer; mobbning; utsatthet för mobbning; interventioner mot mobbning; tilltro till sin egen förmåga; funktionsnedsättning; långvarig sjukdom; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. READ MORE