Search for dissertations about: "organisation change impact on employees"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words organisation change impact on employees.

2. 1. Virtual Mobility and Pollution Prevention - The Emerging Role of ICT Based Communication in Organisations and its Impact on Travel

   Author : Peter Arnfalk; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pollution control; Environmental technology; travel reduction; pollution prevention; telework; web-meetings; audioconferencing; videoconferencing; virtual mobility; virtual communication; IT; IKT; ICT; Miljöteknik; kontroll av utsläpp; Informatics; systems theory; Informatik; systemteori; Telecommunication engineering; Telekommunikationsteknik;

   Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies change the way we work and communicate, enabling us to telework and to have virtual meetings - collaborating without a physical meeting. This can influence the need for commuting and business travel by provision of access to an activity without mobility - virtual mobility. READ MORE

4. 2. Exploring Tampering : Towards an Understanding of Why Improvement Efforts Sometimes Fail

   Author : Magdalena Smeds; Mattias Elg; Jason Martin; Ida Gremyr; Johan Lilja; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : Ever-increasing competition together with increasing and changing customer demands place high demands on organisations to maintain and improve their current products and services while also developing and renewing their offerings. However, research claims that many improvement efforts carried out in organisations fail. READ MORE

5. 3. Leadership in human service organisations: Conceptions, strategies and preconditions to promote and maintain health at work

   Author : Katrin Skagert; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; management; sickness absence; psychosocial factors; turnover; workplace health promotion; participation; trust; exit; sickness presenteeism;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to deepen knowledge of leaders’ conceptions, strategies and preconditions to promote and maintain health at work in human service organisations. Methods: The qualitative study I and prospective study II are both part of a research and development programme (The SAMS study) of workplace health promotion (WHP) projects and the setting was the City of Göteborg. READ MORE

6. 4. Health changes in a market changing labour market

   Author : Hugo Westerlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Personnel Downsizing; Personnel Expansion; Labour market exit; Labour market programme; Unemployment; Occupational Health; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Sick Leave statistics numerical data; Hospitalization statistics numerical data; Triglycerides; Cholesterol; Fibrinogen; Prolactin; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Blood pressure; Stress; Psychological metabolism; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The late 20th century saw major changes in working life across the world. In Sweden, the changes on the labour market had a very strong impact in the early years of the 1990s. READ MORE

7. 5. Empowerment and health promotion in working life

   Author : Hanna Arneson; Tage S. Kristensen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health promotion; Workplace; Social support; self-rated health; burnout; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

   Abstract : Background: In ‘workplace health promotion’, empowerment is assumed to promote health. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the relationship between empowerment in working life, and health.Aim: To study the impact of empowerment in working life on health, with special focus on gender differences. READ MORE