Search for dissertations about: "work motivation and satisfaction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words work motivation and satisfaction.

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. Quality and Ergonomics : towards successful integration

   Author : Jan R.C. Axelsson; Pascale Carayon; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : The understanding and practice of ergonomics, built on the knowledge of human characteristics, abilities and needs, plays a fundamental role in satisfying people - whether they are labelled customers, users or workers. In this context ergonomics and quality can be regarded as overall approaches, as philosophies taking account of people in the way things are designed and organised. READ MORE

5. 3. Anorexia nervosa : treatment expectations, outcome and satisfaction

   Author : Gunilla Paulson-Karlsson; Lauri Nevonen; Ingemar Engström; Jan Rosenvinge; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anorexia nervosa; treatment; adolescents; adults; expectations; outcome; predictors; weight increase; satisfaction; Medicine; Medicin;

   Abstract : Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental disorder with high mortality. It has the lowest prevalence compared with other eating-disorder diagnoses and the onset is related to adolescence, with a majority of female patients. READ MORE

6. 4. Work motivation : studies of its determinants and outcomes

   Author : Christina Björklund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Work motivation has most often been defined operationally as job satisfaction, but this dimension has shown to be unrelated to job performance. Therefore, a new measure of work motivation defined as willingness to work was developed. Two main questions were investigated in this thesis. Three work groups were included in the studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Organizational death and employee motivation : Investigating a plant closure in a multi-plant organization

   Author : Lars Häsänen; Johnny Hellgren; Gunn Johansson; Lena Mårtensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Plant closure; closedown; goal theory; goal setting; motivation; organizational death; productivity; efficiency; performance and psychological climate; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Major organizational changes are often connected with a variety of negative outcomes for both employees and the organization alike. As a contrast to this, organizational deaths have instead been associated with increased productivity and motivation to perform, despite certainty of job loss. READ MORE