Search for dissertations about: "thesis on job stress"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 104 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on job stress.

  2. 6. Job insecurity from a stress perspective : Antecedents, consequences, and moderators

    Author : Katharina Näswall; Magnus Sverke; Julian Barling; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job insecurity; appraisal; work-related attitudes; mental health complaints; somatic complaints; personality characteristics; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The trend in working life to lower costs by reducing personnel or employing staff on short-term basis has brought uncertainty to many employment situations. Job insecurity is a phenomenon that has received growing attention in research as well as in working life. The present thesis considers job insecurity as a stressor. READ MORE

  4. 7. The Office - An Explorative Study : Architectural Design's Impact on Health, Job Satisfaction & Well-being

    Author : Christina Bodin Danielsson; Magnus Rönn; Lennart Bodin; Frank Becker; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; employees; office environment; office type; architectural features; functional features; architecture; experience; satisfaction; dissatisfaction; health; job satisfaction; perception; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the office environment’s influence on employees’ perception oftheir workplaces, their organizations and their job satisfaction, as well as their health and wellbeing.It is based on an empirical study of 491 office employees from twenty-six companies anddivisions in large companies. READ MORE

  5. 8. Repetitive and monotonous work among women : Psychophysiological and subjective stress reactions, muscle activity and neck and shoulder pain

    Author : Dag Rissén; Bo Melin; Ulf Lundberg; Anders Kjellberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Repetitive and monotonous work; women; psychophysiological stress reactions; subjective stress reactions; muscle activity; trapezius muscle; neck and shoulder pain; job rotation; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Repetitive and monotonous work is frequently associated with neck and shoulder pain and negative psychosocial factors inducing stress reactions. The present thesis concerns the relations between psychophysiological and subjective stress reactions, muscle activity measured by surface electromyography (SEMG) in the trapezius muscle, and neck and shoulder pain in women performing repetitive and monotonous work. READ MORE

  6. 9. Women's subjective and objective health over time : the role of psychosocial conditions and physiological stress responses

    Author : Christin Mellner; Ulf Lundberg; Thöres Theorell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health; medically unexplained symptoms; females; longitudinal; psychosocial; stress; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Today, health problems are likely to have a complex and multifactorial etiology, whereby psychosocial factors interact with behaviour and bodily responses. Women generally report more health problems than men. READ MORE

  7. 10. Work and sleep - what's stress got to do with it?

    Author : Johanna Garefelt; Loretta G. Platts; Hugo Westerlund; Göran Kecklund; Christian Benedict; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; insomnia; job stress; retirement; social jetlag; accelerometery; Public Health Sciences; folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Work may affect sleep by reducing the time available for recovery and, via work stress, by reducing sleep quality. Further, people experiencing sleep disturbance may be less resistant to work stress. These processes may lead to the development of a vicious cycle between work and sleep, in which stress has a central role. READ MORE