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- Ahlström, Karin
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Managing broad responsibility together in a municipal company : Communication as prophylaxis
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Municipal companies are important actors in the pursuit of the goals of Agenda 2030 and are often formally obliged by their owners to work towards achieving these goals, but without jeopardizing ongoing production and the delivery of vital public services. This has, however, shown to be challenging, and managers are often unsure how to develop new ways of organizing to meet such complex challenges and take on broad responsibility. What has been recognized is the importance of collaboration, which is a beneficial and distinct organizational form of its own that creates value greater than what individual organizations can do separately. Such ways of working are, however, hardly straightforward endeavours, since they usually involve members with contrasting goals and approaches, are inclined to fragmentation, and can sometimes even add to the challenges they set out to resolve. The aim of this thesis is to understand the practical challenges associated with collaborative efforts to manage broad responsibility in a municipal company. In response to this aim, responsible managing is studied both empirically and through a research literature review. The purpose of the literature review is to better understand the challenges of managing broad responsibility and what is currently being done to achieve the goals of Agenda 2030 at the municipal level. To understand how responsible managing is accomplished in practice, the enactment of responsible manging is empirically studied in a municipal company over a total of four years. Particularly, two cases have been studied using a participatory research approach: first, the case of a top management team managing responsibly together and second, the case of responsible managing in interorganizational collaboration in a municipal company. For both cases, a theoretical lens is used, resting on a social constructionist and processual-relational ontology, supported by practice-based studies in the communicative stream. This means that attention is focused on communication (both talk and text) in an approach that views responsible managing as a communicative practice, a form of emergent, relational, and situated practice and the means by which responsible managing emerges, is sustained, and transformed. The overall results show how situated communicative practices are influential for preventing the limitation of broad responsibility, fragmentation of the share responsibility, and the deprioritization of obligations over time. Based on this, a metaphor of dental prophylaxis is proposed. By conceptualizing responsible managing as a situated communicative practice and showing how responsible managing may be enacted, this thesis contributes theoretically to the field of organization and management.
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- Lindberg, Daniel, 1976-, et al.
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How Have Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Design Study
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI AG. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 20:4, s. 3642-3642
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) affect people’s physical and mental health. The aim was to examine changes in PA and SB in a Swedish population: at three time points: 2019, 2020, and 2022, i.e., before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic PA and SB, i.e., 2019, were assessed retrospectively in 2020. Associations between PA and SB with sex, age, occupation, COVID-19 history, weight change, health, and life satisfaction were also examined. The design was repeated cross-sectionally. The main findings demonstrate the PA levels decreased between 2019 and 2020, and between 2019 and 2022, but not between 2020 and 2022. The SB increase was most evident between 2019 and 2020. Between 2020 and 2022, results showed a decrease in SB, but SB did not reach pre-pandemic levels. Both sexes decreased their PA over time. Although men reported more PA sex, they did not have any association with PA changes. Two age groups, 19–29 years and 65–79 years, decreased their PA over time. Both PA and SB were associated with COVID-19, occupation, age, life satisfaction, health, and weight change. This study underlines the importance of monitoring changes in PA and SB as they have relevance for health and well-being. There is a risk that the levels of PA and SB do not return to pre-pandemic levels in the population.
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- Lövenmark, Annica, 1967-, et al.
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Diskurser om pandemin och vaccinering i svensk nyhetsmedia
- 2022
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 2, s. 178-190
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- I denna studie identifieras vilka diskurser som dominerat talutrymmet i svensk nyhetsmedia när det gäller pandemin och vaccinering. Data från Mediaarkivet analyserades utifrån hur språket används för att forma diskurser och samhällets medborgare. Nyhetsmedia använder retoriska resurser som väcker känslor; rädsla, solidaritet och ansvar. De identifierande diskurserna; Kriget mot världens osynliga fiende, I solidaritetens namn, I förnuftets kölvatten och Mot en ny värld? innehåller även metaforer som retoriska resurser med en dominans av krigsmetaforer. De medborgare som hävdar att de kan tänka och agera förnuftigt på egen hand, utan att styras av rädsla och rådande diskurser, framställs som obildade och egoistiska och får sällan talutrymme inom traditionell nyhetsmedia. De oönskade rösterna tystas och förpassas till alternativa kanaler och plattformar med allvarliga konsekvenser för åsiktsfrihet och det demokratiska samtalet i samhället.
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- Lövenmark [Åberg] [Engström], Annica, 1967-, et al.
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The establishing of subject positions in Swedish news media discourses during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2023
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Ingår i: Media Culture and Society. - : SAGE Publications. - 0163-4437 .- 1460-3675.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the global media since 2020. To a large extent, it isvia the news media that the public has learned about the risks, levels of danger, governmentalregulations and mandatory actions. This article highlights the subject positions constructedby the Swedish news media from January 2020 to February 2021 in reports about thepandemic. The result shows that citizens can be active-passive or solitary solidarity, thesepositions appeal to individual accountability, thus potentially shaping and fostering citizensin line with the Swedish government’s wider response to the pandemic. The news media’simages are of self-regulated citizens who govern and discipline themselves and othersaccording to the current discourses, all of which simultaneously evoke fear, togethernessand hope. The ideological dilemmas for citizens are whether to be active-passive or, ifnecessary, switch to the solitary solidarity subject position.
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- Aytar, Osman, 1960-, et al.
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Hur fungerar det kunskapsbaserade brottsförebyggande arbetet? : En processutvärdering av arbetet med lägesrapporter och medborgarlöften i Fagersta och Ludvika kommun
- 2021
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet med denna processutvärdering har varit att kartlägga och analysera arbetet med lägesrapportering och medborgarlöften i Fagersta och Ludvika kommun. I linje med utvärderingssyftet ovan har frågeställningar som undersökts i processutvärderingen för respektive insats i båda kommunerna varit följande: Den första har handlat om vilka framgångsfaktorer, risker och hinder var som funnits utifrån de uppsatta målen och den andra om vilka förbättringsförslagen har varit för respektive insats.Det empiriska materialet består av intervjumaterial och dokumentation av insatserna i Fagersta och Ludvika. Utvärderargruppen närvarade vid möten i EST-gruppen och lokala Brå i Fagersta, samt FAS-gruppen och lokala Brå Ludvika. Vid dessa tillfällen presenterades utvärderingens upplägg och planeringen för intervjuer. Därefter planerades intervjuerna. Åtta fokusgruppsintervjuer (med sammanlagt 34 deltagare) och tre individuella intervjuer genomfördes. Samtliga intervjuer genomfördes via Teams på grund av rådande omständigheter med Covid-19. Intervjuerna utfördes utifrån en anpassad intervjuguide bestående av semistrukturerade frågor.Resultaten från processutvärderingen visar att likheterna mellan kommunerna överväger, men det finns också skillnader. I såväl Fagersta som Ludvika kommun utförs ett målinriktat brottsförebyggande arbete och det finns goda förutsättningar att stärka detta arbete. Utifrån resultat och analys av intervjuer kan ett antal slutsatser dras om framgångsfaktorer, risker och hinder, liksom möjliga förbättringsförslag identifierats avseende arbetet med lägesrapporter och medborgarlöften i berörda kommuner. De centrala slutsatserna för det pågående brottsförebyggande arbetet utifrån analysen av intervjumaterialet är följande:* Arbetet med lägesrapportering har stärkt kommunernas kunskap om sina respektive lokala utmaningar* Kommunernas brottsförebyggande arbete skulle stärkas ytterligare av en mer tydlig och sammanhållen process* Återkopplingen till lägesrapporteringsgrupp och rapportörer behöver utvecklas* Kommunernas kan ytterligare stärka sitt förebyggande arbete genom att tydligare kommunicera de åtgärder som genomförs
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- Dahlén, Micael, et al.
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Changes in Physical Activity Are Associated with Corresponding Changes in Psychological Well-Being : A Pandemic Case Study
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI AG. - 1660-4601 .- 1661-7827. ; 20, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Societal crises and personal challenges are often followed by substantial changes in physicalactivity. Is there a link between such changes and psychological well-being? Seeking to answerthis question, we conducted a correlational study on a representative sample in Sweden during thefirst year of the COVID-19 pandemic (N = 1035). About 49% of the sample had decreased theirphysical activity compared to their self-reported activity level prior to the pandemic, whereas 32%had increased it. The results showed a positive and robust association between changes in dailyactivity level and corresponding changes in psychological well-being. Specifically, individuals whohad reduced their physical activity over the last year reported lower life satisfaction than before, andindividuals who had increased their physical activity reported higher life satisfaction than before.The amount of complete physical inactivity (sitting) showed a similar pattern as the exercise data,meaning that individuals who reported increasing inactivity per day also reported a greater declinein life satisfaction. Additional analyses showed that the association between daily activity level andlife satisfaction was somewhat stronger for men than for women, but there was no difference whencomparing individual versus organized activities. The current study was based on a cross-sectionaldesign, measuring self-reported change over time. Recent work from other research teams have usedlongitudinal data and experience-sampling in different settings, finding similar results. We concludethat there is good reason to recommend physical exercise as a coping strategy in difficult times.
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- Dahlén, Micael, et al.
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The comeback effect : How happy are people who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection?
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Wellbeing. - : International Journal of Wellbeing. - 1179-8602. ; 12:2, s. 114-133
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is already a large body of research on the dramatic negative effects of COVID-19 on peoples’ mental and physical health. Millions of people have died, and the pandemic has negatively influenced the lives of billions of people. Luckily however, the vast majority of people infected with the virus, recovers. The happiness and wellbeing of these people have not been extensively studied. In the current paper, we ask the question: Are people who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection happier than those who have not been infected at all? Building on previous research on hedonic adaptation and counterfactual thinking, we hypothesize, and find, that those who have had an infection appear slightly happier than others. The study relies on two surveys conducted in Sweden during the pandemic in 2020 (n=1029) and 2021 (n=1788).
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- Elvén, Maria, 1973-, et al.
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Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Swedish Population Study
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 19:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Governments have enforced measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 with varying degrees of success, which could affect people’s physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior. This study aimed to examine changes in PA levels, types of PA, and sedentary behavior in the Swedish population before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Associations between changed PA levels and demographical and behavioral determinants were also investigated. In December 2020, 1035 individuals (18–79 years old) completed a survey about their PA and sedentary behavior before and during the pandemic. Factors influencing their PA were also explored. Fifty-one percent of the sample reported reduced total PA, 18% had no change, and 31% increased their PA. Overall, organized PA decreased the most and sedentary behavior increased. The youngest and oldest age groups reported the greatest reduction in PA, while middle-aged groups reported the most increased PA. Men reported a larger increase in sedentary behavior than women. Mental and physical capability was associated with change in PA. In conclusion, this study indicates that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of the Swedish population have decreased PA levels with a concurrent increase in sedentary behavior, which may have negative health consequences. Interventions are recommended to address both PA and sedentary behavior, specifically to strengthen people’s ability to perform PA and focusing on the youngest and oldest age groups.
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