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- Abdel-Motal, Ussama M., et al.
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Major histocompatibility complex class I binding glycopeptides for the estimation of 'empty' class I molecules
- 1995
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Ingår i: Journal of Immunological Methods. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-1759. ; 188:1, s. 21-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Different forms of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I heavy chains are known to be expressed on the cell surface, including molecules which are functionally 'empty'. Direct peptide binding to cells is obvious during sensitization of target cells in vitro for cytotoxic T lymphocyte killing and 'empty' MHC-I molecules are comparatively abundant on TAP- 1 2 peptide transporter mutant cells. In the present work we have estimated the fraction of 'empty' MHC class I molecules using glycosylated peptides and cellular staining with carbohydrate specific monoclonal antibodies. Synthetic Db and Kb binding peptides were coupled at different positions with different di- or trisaccharides, using different spacing between the carbohydrate and the peptide backbone. Binding of sugar specific mAbs was compared in ELISA and cellular assays. An optimal Db binding glycopeptide was used for comparative staining with anti-Db and anti-carbohydrate monoclonal antibodies to estimate fractions of 'empty' molecules on different T lymphoid cells. On activated normal T cells, a large fraction of Db molecules were found to be 'empty'. The functional cole of such 'empty' MHC class I molecules on T cells is presently unclear. However, on antigen presenting cells they might participate in the antigen presentation process.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Coronakrisen synliggör behovet av att analysera arbete som ett kall
- 2020
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Ingår i: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv. - Karlstad : Karlstads universitet. - 1400-9692 .- 2002-343X. ; 26:3, s. 70-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Under pågående pandemi vittnar yrkesutövare inom vård och omsorg om allvarliga arbetsmiljöbrister, samtidigt som framställningar av arbetets vidare mening aldrig varit så närvarande. Sociologerna Bengtsson och Flisbäck betonar vikten av att återuppväcka kallbegreppet, vilket varit utskällt i debatter om svenskt arbetsliv.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Existential Driving Forces to Work after Retirement : The Example of Physicians’ Mentoring
- 2021
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. - : Det Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library. - 2245-0157.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article addresses physicians who work as group supervisors or mentors in a training program after having formally retired. The driving forces to continue to work are analyzed in terms of the development of existential meaning of work at a particular stage of the life cycle. We argue that a deeper understanding of the existential driving forces, that both cause physicians to accept post-retirement mentoring tasks and that is awakened and developed in this specific work, would contribute to a deeper understanding of why individuals continue working into old age. However, in political discussions of an extended working life, similar aspects tend to be disregarded. Understanding the existential driving forces that cause an individual to continue working after retirement may be crucial to comprehending how we can take advantage of the resources of the older workforce and, thus, realize human potential at a later stage of the life cycle.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Första stegen. Att lära sig bli ett självcentrerat subjekt
- 2017
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Ingår i: Bengtsson M., Flisbäck M., Lund A. Farväl till arbetet: sociologiska perspektiv på meningen med att gå i pension. - Lund : Nordic Academic Press. - 9789188168597 ; , s. 155-177
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Illuminating Existential Meaning: A New Approach in the Study of Retirement
- 2021
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Ingår i: Qualitative Sociology Review. - : Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz). - 1733-8077. ; 17:1, s. 196-214
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Current discussions on the importance of retirement are largely built on statistical analyses of longitudinal data showing that well-being seldom changes from before to after entering retirement, but is rather mainly dependent on the individual’s social resource position. In contrast, qualitatively oriented researchers underline that the retirement process is a complex life transition that needs to be further illuminated. To do this, however, we need to advance new theoretical and methodological perspectives. In this article, an existential sociology approach is outlined, emphasizing the multifaceted spectra of lived experiences and meaning-making in the retirement process. The phenomenological approaches of existential sociology allow us to consider how the exit from working life is created in the processes of motion rather than as expressions of static positions. A merit of this approach is that retirement as an empirical case may say something general about being in transition as a basic social condition. In the article, we discuss how a socio-biographical methodology, based on longitudinal qualitative interviews, helps us capture how existential meaning is formed and re-formed in the ambiguous situations which arise in similar life-course transitions. Theoretically, we especially draw on concepts from the existential anthropologist Jackson and the phenomenological tradition of existential philosophers such as Arendt and Heidegger.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Inledning
- 2017
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Ingår i: Bengtsson M., Flisbäck M., Lund A. Farväl till arbetet: sociologiska perspektiv på meningen med att gå i pension. - Lund : Nordic Academic Press. - 9789188168597 ; , s. 9-26
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Möjligheter till meningsfullt arbete i ett förlängt yrkesliv: En studie av äldre läkares grupphandledning av utlandsutbildade kollegor
- 2019
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Ingår i: Arbetsliv i omvandling. - Lund. - 1404-8426. ; 2019:1, s. 1-61
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- I texten studeras äldre läkares grupphandledning av utlandsutbildade kollegor som ett fall av meningsfullt arbete i ett förlängt yrkesliv. När det fastslås att ett förlängt yrkesliv behövs för att säkra samhällets välfärdsnivå ställs ofta frågan om vilka arbetsuppgifter som äldre kan utföra. Vi pekar istället på hur äldre kan besitta specifika kompetenser som är viktiga att tillvarata. Samtidigt hävdar vi att möjligheten till ett förlängt yrkesliv bör belysas utifrån att det finns livs- och åldersspecifika drivkrafter för att utföra vissa typer av uppgifter. Att ta vara på äldres specifika kompetenser genom sysslor som är existentiellt meningsfulla är således väsentligt ur samhälls-, organisations- och individperspektiv. I textens avslutning reflekterar vi över hur dessa aspekter skulle kunna överföras till fler yrken än det studerade. Fallets överförbarhet problematiseras när vi pekar på hur klassvillkor samspelar med möjligheten till ett meningsfullt arbete och att vara i en position där kompetensen inte betraktas som utbytbar.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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När ett kall ska lämnas
- 2017
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Ingår i: Bengtsson M., Flisbäck M., Lund A. Farväl till arbetet: sociologiska perspektiv på meningen med att gå i pension. - Lund : Nordic Academic Press. - 9789188168597 ; , s. 139-154
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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När kallet ställs på sin spets: Pensionering ur ett existenssociologiskt perspektiv
- 2016
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Ingår i: Sociologisk forskning. - Falun : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 53:2, s. 127-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we analyze how the meaning and value of work can emerge, be defined and redefined in relation to the coming of retirement, by focusing individuals with dedicated work approaches interpreted as a calling. By relying on an existential sociology framework we analyze the retirement process as an existential imperative, e.g. life phases or processes where questions on meaning and life quality become prominent. For the interviewees, the day of retirement becomes a sort of a road sign that – depending on the distance of time to the point of retirement – has intensified existential questions and the meaning of work. The article explores the defining dimensions of a calling as found in the interviewees dedicated work approaches. We address the types of problems and opportunities that arise when the interviewees are soon to retire and their associated strategies: listening to a calling on ”standby”; learning not to listen to one’s calling, listening to a calling from a private sphere and project the calling’s commitment to other activities.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, et al.
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När kallet ställs på sin spets: Pensionering ur ett existenssociologiskt perspektiv : When the calling is brought to a head: Retirement from an existential sociology perspective
- 2016
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Ingår i: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sociologisk forskning. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 53:2, s. 127-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we analyze how the meaning and value of work can emerge, be defined and redefined in relation to the coming of retirement, by focusing individuals with dedicated work approaches interpreted as a calling. By relying on an existential sociology framework we analyze the retirement process as an existential imperative, e.g. life phases or processes where questions on meaning and life quality become prominent. For the interviewees, the day of retirement becomes a sort of a road sign that – depending on the distance of time to the point of retirement – has intensified existential questions and the meaning of work. The article explores the defining dimensions of a calling as found in the interviewees dedicated work approaches. We address the types of problems and opportunities that arise when the interviewees are soon to retire and their associated strategies: listening to a calling on ”standby”; learning not to listen to one’s calling, listening to a calling from a private sphere and project the calling’s commitment to other activities.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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On leaving work as a calling: retirement as an existential imperative
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. - : Linkoping University Electronic Press. - 1652-8670. ; 11:1, s. 37-67
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, we argue that we will reach a deepened understanding of what the retirement process means for individuals if existential meaning is the centre of attention. The data consist of qualitative interviews conducted in Sweden. A selected type of employee whose work we define as a ‘‘calling’’ is examined to analyse the existential meaning of work and how it is formed and challenged in relation to the retirement process. Before their retirement, the interviewees had developed threemain strategies for handling the process of de-calling: developing a ‘‘calling on standby,’’ exploring self-improvement activities and listening to callings from other social spheres. After their retirement, three main strategies arose for dealing with being de-called: conserving the calling, learning to become a self-oriented subject and redefining the calling. In the case of conserving the calling, we show how this may result in experiences of economic exploitation and existential frustration.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Pensioneringens synliggörande av arbetet som ett kall
- 2017
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Ingår i: Bengtsson M., Flisbäck M., Lund A. Farväl till arbetet: sociologiska perspektiv på meningen med att gå i pension. - Lund : Nordic Academic Press. - 9789188168597 ; , s. 117-138
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Tid för ny mening. Pensionering som ett existentiellt imperativ
- 2017
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Ingår i: Bengtsson M., Flisbäck M., Lund A. Farväl till arbetet: sociologiska perspektiv på meningen med att gå i pension. - Lund : Nordic Academic Press. - 9789188168597 ; , s. 51-68
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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When the calling is brought to a head: Retirement from an existential sociology perspective
- 2016
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Ingår i: Sociologisk forskning. - 0038-0342. ; 53:2, s. 127-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we analyze how the meaning and value of work can emerge, be defined and redefined in relation to the coming of retirement, by focusing individuals with dedicated work approaches interpreted as a calling. By relying on an existential sociology framework we analyze the retirement process as an existential imperative, e.g. life phases or processes where questions on meaning and life quality become prominent. For the interviewees, the day of retirement becomes a sort of a road sign that - depending on the distance of time to the point of retirement - has intensified existential questions and the meaning of work. The article explores the defining dimensions of a calling as found in the interviewees dedicated work approaches. We address the types of problems and opportunities that arise when the interviewees are soon to retire and their associated strategies: listening to a calling on "standby"; learning not to listen to one's calling, listening to a calling from a private sphere and project the callings commitment to other activities. © Författarna och Suveriges Sociologförbund.
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- Bengtsson, Mattias, 1978, et al.
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Work as a Calling: Existential Dimensions of Individuals’ Work Orientations
- 2020
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Ingår i: Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings. - Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge. - 9781351121149 ; , s. 75-101
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this chapter is to deepen the understanding of existential meaning dimensions of work activities, and the calling is highlighted as an example of existential work orientation. The data was collected in 2014 and 2015 and consist of qualitative interviews both before and after retirement with Swedish employees reflecting a qualitative spectrum of occupations. A group of respondents showed such great dedication to work, and that work aligned with a broader sense of purpose, that their work orientations were defined as a calling. In the empirical analyses, five main components of a calling is outlined: 1) work appears as an external summons; 2) the purpose of the work activity is to serve a higher cause; 3) work is carried out with personality as a tool; 4) work involves self-sacrifice, 5) and work gives rise to elevation. Moreover, the chapter shows that the retirement process acts as a so-called existential imperative that can make visible and enforce meaning dimensions in relation to work. Thus, it is argued that the retirement process is a critical empirical case for making visible work as a calling. Finally, the chapter discusses how retirement as an external force “de-calling” the life task could act both as freedom and curse for individuals having experienced pros and cons of work as a calling.
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- Dahlin, Sandra, et al.
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Multivariate analysis of the effect of biodiesel-derived contaminants on V2O5-WO3/TiO2 SCR catalysts
- 2016
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Ingår i: Applied Catalysis B. - : Elsevier. - 0926-3373 .- 1873-3883. ; 183, s. 377-385
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates the effect of biodiesel-derived contaminants on vanadia-based NH3-SCR catalysts in heavy-duty exhaust aftertreatment. The aim was to study, not only the effect of single contaminants on the catalyst performance, but also of possible interaction effects between poisons.The effect of six potential catalyst poisons (Na, K, Mg, P, S and Zn) was evaluated using an experimental design and multivariate data analysis. Monolithic V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts were subjected to accelerated laboratory-scale aging, where the six contaminants were fed simultaneously using a wet impregnation method. In addition to NOx conversion tests, the catalysts were characterized by means of ICP-OES, SEM-EDX, XPS, N2 physisorption and NH3-TPD. The lab-aged samples were compared to fresh and vehicle-aged catalysts.The accelerated aging method showed good reproducibility and gave rise to surface compounds similar to those found in vehicle-aged catalysts. Despite plausible differences regarding penetration depth of the contaminants into the walls of the catalyst, the aging method appears to be an efficient way to point out significant chemical poisons.The model obtained from the experimental design was found to correlate well with the experimental data and can therefore be used to predict effects of the various poisons and poison interactions. Significant effects on the NO. x conversion were found for P, S, Na, Mg and K as well as for the interactions P. ×. Na, P. ×. K and S. ×. Na. A poisoning effect was found for Mg, Na, K, P. ×. K, and P. ×. Na, where Na and K exhibited the strongest poisoning effect. The deactivating effect of alkali was lowered in the presence of phosphorus and sulfur, which is explained by the formation of phosphates and sulfates, preventing the interaction of the alkali metals with the vanadia active sites.
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- Dellve, Lotta, 1965-, et al.
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System and Life-Course Perspectives on Capability to Work and Capability Through Work
- 2022
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Ingår i: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing. - Cham : Springer. - 9783030780654 ; , s. 207-219
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The capability approach is relevant to gaining a conceptual understanding of individuals’ abilities and motivation to work and to explore the potential consequences that various working conditions have for people when they reach old age. Here, the capability concept is complemented with system theory to understand the multi-component key resources for capability to work among older workers, and also the conversion factors – capability through work – at individual, micro, meso, macro and chrono-levels. The theoretical approach is exemplified by studies from the interdisciplinary field of work sciences. The chapter describes central working-life conditions, conversion factors for crafting capability to work and examples of patterns of interactions between capability to work and capability through work. To support practical applications, we suggest important conversion factors and patterns of interaction between capability to work and capability through working-life resources. In sum, having a reasonable degree of control and influence (freedom of choice) at work and opportunities to make individual deals and adjustments that match one’s values, abilities, competence and experience are important for individual preference of a long working life. This requires an organisation that focuses on the value of work and promotes a general learning climate through broad participation.
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- Flisbäck, Marita, 1973-, et al.
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A sociology of existence for a late modern world. Basic assumptions and conceptual tools
- 2024
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Ingår i: JOURNAL FOR THE THEORY OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0021-8308 .- 1468-5914.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the present article, we outline basic assumptions and conceptual tools for a sociology of existence. First, we address man's fundamental conditions of existence: that life's finitude and encounters with the uncertainty of existence are fundamental experiences that construct social relations. Second, we outline how existential meaning-making and the ability to cope with the unpredictability of life are dependent on power resources, where especially the resource poor may experience 'existential nausea'. Third, we discuss how existential dilemmas may intensify under certain historical eras. Therefore, studying individuals' existential dilemmas is a tool to examine the dominant social issues at a particular time and place. Fourth, we elaborate on the importance of studying turning points during individuals' life courses, as existential meaning - or lack thereof - becomes particularly salient at these times. This includes an understanding that death and rebirth are experienced in the form of various endings and beginnings in everyday life. Fifth, and finally, we emphasize an analysis in which the direction of people's lives is conceptualized in a broad time perspective, where past, present, and future interact and influence life choices and social relations constructed during a lifetime.
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- Flisbäck, Marita, 1973, et al.
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Exploring blind spots of retirement: Individuals’ meaning-making from an existential sociology perspective
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Ingår i: The 27th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Exploring Blind Spots, Lund, Sweden, August 14–16 2014. ; , s. 1-21
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for the exploration of ‘blind spots of retirement’ as part of the research project ‘Towards a new everyday: Individuals’ meaning-making at the entry of retirement from a social inequality perspective’. Retirement is regarded as a socially marked point in the life course of individuals that signalizes societal norms on when it is appropriate to withdraw from employment. However, these norms do not always coincide with peoples’ needs and values. Some have to withdraw earlier due to illness; others both want and are able to work for several additional years. Even if the paths of withdrawal are heterogeneous, retirement is a main transitional phase in peoples’ lives as they depart from everyday labour activities and its associated communities, identities and meaning-making processes. Thus, we introduce a new sociological framework for the study of retirement by combining important insights from areas as existential sociology, sociology of work and the welfare state, cultural sociology and social stratification. This theoretical framework deals with the prominent values, norms and beliefs in the institutions of retirement and employment, with meaning-making and social identity formation, and with the issue of social inequality. We present a holistic perspective serving a methodological approach of what retirement as a transitional phase means for individuals – existentially, socially and materially. Thus, we will be able to explore blind spots in how people create meaning, as well as consider and establish new routines, identities and social belongings. We highlight into what extent existential issues, new forms of meaning-making and identities are related to social inequality and shaped by the strong work ethic in Western societies.
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