Search for dissertations about: "longer working life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the words longer working life.

2. 1. Live Longer, Work Longer? Evidence from Sweden’s Ageing Population

   Author : Haodong Qi; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment; Retirement Behavior; Working Life; Labor Supply; Pension Reform; Financial Incentives; Population Ageing;

   Abstract : Sweden’s elderly population is growing, propelled by a continuous decline in old-age mortality, while coupled with a persistent replacement level fertility. This changing age structure increases the per worker cost of providing a given age-vector of per capita benefits, encompassing costs for pensions, health care, and all other type of old-age welfare services, which presents a looming challenge for the welfare state to sustain its social transfer system. READ MORE

4. 2. Retaining the Aging Workforce: Studies of the interplay between individual and organizational capability in the context of prolonged working lives

   Author : Robin Jonsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Retirement; retirement preferences; active aging; working conditions; idiosyncratic deals; age management; senior policies; age-conscious leadership; healthcare; public welfare organizations; job design; capability; human resources management; sustainable working life; job quality; idiosyncratic deals;

   Abstract : Amidst the realities of workforce aging and policies to prolong the working life across Europe, policymakers and researchers have emphasized the employer’s role in providing suitable working conditions for older workers under the human resource term “age management.” Although the definition of age management refers to all age groups, previous research has primarily used the concept in the context of older workers’ employment participation. READ MORE

5. 3. Older people's occupations. A life with and without work. : A life with and without work

   Author : Pia Hovbrandt; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ageing; Occupational engagement; Occupational balance; Occupational justice; Social participation; Psychosocial working conditions;

   Abstract : Introduction: The demographic changes with population ageing and a rapidly growing share of very old peoplewill put an increasing pressure on the health and social care system. In order to both restrict early retirement and force people to extend their working life reforms are changing pension systems in many European countries. READ MORE

6. 4. Children living with Home Mechanical Ventilation : The everyday life experiences of the children, their siblings, parents and personal care assistants

   Author : Åsa Israelsson-Skogsberg; Carina Sparud-Lundin; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Home Mechanical Ventilation; children; siblings; parents; family; personal care assistants; health; family functioning; everyday life; Människan i vården; Människan i vården;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the everyday life experiences of living with Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV) from the perspective of the children and their siblings, parents and personal care assistants.Methods: Study I describes the experiences of personal care assistants (PCA) working with a ventilator-assisted person at home, based on qualitative content analysis according to Elo and Kyngäs (2008), of 15 semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

7. 5. Enacting Boundaries through Social Technologies : The Dance between Work and Private Life

   Author : Steffi Siegert; Jan Löwstedt; Hans Rämö; Emma Bell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social technology; boundaries; NGO; företagsekonomi; Business Administration; Business administration;

   Abstract : Social technologies have become ubiquitous. As technology in one shape or form infiltrates all areas of life, naturally there are consequences for individuals and organisations. READ MORE