| 1. |
- Wallman, Andy, 1975-
(författare)
-
Pharmacy Internship : Students’ Learning in a Professional Practice Setting
- 2010
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis was to explore Swedish pharmacist students’ learning during pharmacy internship. Internships are meant to introduce students to professional practice. Education programs have to reflect changes in the professional role, and take into account that learning in a professional practice setting differs from organized formal education. This thesis includes both quantitative and qualitative research approaches and applies workplace learning theories. A scheme for measuring pharmacy students’ reflective ability was developed and shown to be feasible and reliable. Factors important for reflection were found to be primarily social and contextual, especially trained tutor and small pharmacy size. Notably, learning style or critical thinking did not correlate to students’ reflective ability. Tutors and students perceived that students used a wide variety of activities supporting learning of a broad repertoire of knowledge and skills, preparing them for coming professional working life. Tutors are most important to support learning. However, the current curriculum and formal activities do not address all these outcomes and learning activities used, e.g. workplace learning. The first overall conclusion is that internship plays an essential part in the pharmacist education program. The integration of formal and informal learning activities during internship, including raising awareness of incidental learning, is important to support students in learning the professional practice of pharmacy. This integration could possibly be strengthened by introducing further tutor training, different assignments, and by using portfolios. The second conclusion is that the community of practice is essential for students’ learning during internship, especially the student-tutor interaction. Hence, the entire social context has to be considered and it is important to ensure a good learning environment at pharmacies during internship. In summary, this thesis contributes to the understanding of students’ learning during pharmacy internship and introduces educational research on the Swedish undergraduate pharmacy education programs.
|
|
| 2. |
- Wastesson, Karin, 1986-
(författare)
-
Learning Managerial Work : First-line Managers’ Learning in Everyday Work within Swedish Elderly Care
- 2024
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study’s overall aim is to contribute knowledge about first-line managers’ learning in everyday work within the context of elderly care. The study used a qualitative research approach and was carried out within four Swedish elderly care organisations. A total of 40 first-line managers were interviewed, 10 of whom kept time-use diaries. The theoretical framework is based on a workplace learning perspective originating from theory of situated learning. Situated learning theory includes the concepts of community of practice, legitimate peripheral participation, and membership, which serve as analytical tools to illuminate characteristics of learning from various angles. In addition, the concept of gender has been used to gain a deeper understanding for managers’ workplace learning in the female-dominated elderly care context.The findings showed that managers’ learning happened in a stream of varied tasks and interactions shaped by conditions in the workplace. The managers’ work was characterised by unpredictability and changing circumstances, which meant they continuously had to learn how to handle new situations and expand their repertoire of managerial practices. One common perception among themanagers was the importance of being able to make quick decisions with limited information, and assess the results afterwards. The managers learned how to deal with work situations by either maintaining and modifying current practices or inventing new ones. In addition to these three practices, their learning was affected by different conditions, particularly professional experience, work relationships and organisational conditions. The findings further showed that the managers had to learn to deal with expectations of how they should act in the managerial role based on their gender, and learn to navigate between gender ideals that permeated the female-dominated elderly care environment.Three conclusions were drawn from this study. The first was that managers took great responsibility for their own learning, including what they needed to know and how they would learn it. Despite the fact that they all had access to resources provided by the employer, managers often chose alternative ways to learn, usually by relying on informal networks and close personal relationships. As a result of this self-directed learning, they were able to make decisions that suited their learning needs, and effectively proceed in practice without having to confirm their chosen methods.The second conclusion was that work relationships played a central part in managers’ learning, within both the care work community and the first-line manager community. Work relationships with other first-line managers provided support for learning through, for example, knowledge exchange and joint discussions, as well as emotional support. Work relationships with subordinates were significant for learning, and could result in solutions to complex issues, which could have a direct effect on the daily operation of care work services. Due to the diverse mix of professions, varying interests, and formal positions of authority in the care work community, managers were required to devote considerable time and effort to facilitate collaboration and a shared repertoire. As a result, learning was seen as a stimulating and enjoyable experience, but was also demanding and sometimes boring.The third conclusion was that in the context of the female-dominated elderly care gender operated differently in two communities of practices. Male privilege was still prominent in the care work community, as men were accepted and perceived as legitimate leaders among their subordinates. Female managers instead had to navigate and balance the expectations associated with femininity and the managerial role in this community. However, the female-dominated elderly care context provided female managers with more opportunities to connect with equal peers and establish influential positions, whereas male managers could encounter challenges in gaining access to learning and participating in the first-line manager community.
|
|
| 3. |
- Engström, Annika
(författare)
-
Lärande samspel för effektivitet : En studie av arbetsgrupper i ett mindre industriföretag
- 2014
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- En viktig arena för samspel kring känsliga gränssnitt (marknad – konstruktion – produktion) i industrin är olika möten där arbetsgrupper kommer samman kring uppgifter. Syftet med avhandlingen är att bidra med kunskap om samspel som sker inom och mellan arbetsgrupper i deras hantering av uppgifter i mindre industriföretag (SME) och vilken betydelse samspelet har för lärande och effektivitet i verksamheten. Studien har närmare bestämt fokus på följande frågeställningar: 1. Vad karaktäriserar samspelet inom och mellan arbetsgrupper som det kommer till uttryck i olika möten? 2. Vilka faktorer underlättar respektive försvårar samspelet inom och mellan arbetsgrupper? 3. Vilka konsekvenser får olika typer av samspel för lärande och effektivitet i arbetsgrupper och i organisationer? Studien utgår från ett kritiskt realistiskt perspektiv på lärande i organisationer samt tidigare forskning om lärande, kommunikation och effektivitet i grupper och organisationer. Studien genomfördes under perioden 2008-2010 och var upplagd utifrån en kvalitativ och interaktiv forskningsansats. Datainsamlingen baserades på intervjuer, observationer av videofilmade möten samt frågeformulär. Analysen rör sig mellan två nivåer: samspel inom grupper samt mellan grupper på organisationsnivå. Samspelet inom och mellan grupper analyserades utifrån kontextuella faktorer och med fokus på i vad mån olika kommunikationsmönster kunde kopplas till olika typer av lärande och effektivitet i verksamheten. Ett rationalistiskt effektivitetsperspektiv utmanas till förmån för ett humanistiskt perspektiv där lärandet är en viktig aspekt. Tre slutsatser dras: Effektivitet grundar sig i att kommunikationsmönster och ledning anpassas efter det behov uppgiften för stunden kräver - utförande eller utveckling. Återkoppling och personliga länkar mellan grupper behöver översyn och ledningsrutiner för att underlätta samspelet. Diskrepanser (motsättningar, konflikter och störningar) som synliggörs i organisationen leder till utveckling. De som förblir i det dolda stör utförandet.
|
|
| 4. |
- Fagerlind Ståhl, Anna-Carin, 1982-
(författare)
-
Live long and prosper : Health-promoting conditions at work
- 2015
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to contribute with knowledge concerning health-promoting conditions at work, and to investigate how individual, workplace and organisational conditions are interrelated. In the thesis, work-related flow, i.e. an experience of motivation, absorption and work enjoyment, is used as a holistic notion of occupational health. In Paper I, work-related flow is investigated in relation to decision latitude, social capital and an innovative learning climate at work. Paper II investigates whether the use of tools inspired by lean production, such as standardisation and value stream mapping, is positively associated with conditions for innovative learning in organisations. The aim of Paper III is to identify conditions for health and performance in organisation and at work; further, to investigate the association between work-related flow and performance. Paper IV reports on a longitudinal investigation of workrelated flow in relation to lean tool use and conditions at the workplace. The empirical material is based on data from 10 organisations, including 4442 employees. Papers I-III are cross-sectional, whereas Paper IV is longitudinal. Papers II-IV utilise multilevel analyses.The results show that decision latitude, social capital and an innovative learning climate are associated with an increase in work-related flow (Papers I, III & IV), and with performance (Paper III). Individuals’ decision latitude enables an increased benefit from the social capital and innovative learning climate at work (Paper I). The effect of tools inspired by lean production on work-related flow (Papers III & IV), and on conditions for innovative learning (Paper II) differs, depending on which tools are used, and on workplace conditions. These tools enable innovative learning mainly where decision latitude is low (Paper II), and it is primarily the lean tool value stream mapping which has the potential to create an arena for innovative learning (Paper II) and work-related flow (Paper IV).It is concluded that the individual is embedded in a social work context that has the potential to strengthen the ability to act with motivation, absorption and enjoyment. In order to utilise collective healthpromoting conditions at work, individuals need to have authority to make their own decisions and use their skills. The effect of tools inspired by lean production depends on the specific tools that are used, and on individuals’ decision latitude at work. Their potential to enable innovative learning is most evident for employees who have few opportunities for autonomous decision-making and skill use in their work. For those with a high degree of decision latitude, the use of lean tools has a smaller effect. Work-related flow may in itself serve as a resource that improves performance and increases engagement in health-promoting work conditions. In order to promote health as well as performance, work needsto be organised so that employees have opportunities to decide over their own work, and utilise their skills, individually and collectively within the workgroup.
|
|
| 5. |
- Ferm, Lisa, 1984-
(författare)
-
Vocational Students’ Agency in Identity Formation as Industrial Workers
- 2021
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute knowledge about vocational identity formation among students within the industrial programme in Swedish upper secondary education, with a particular focus on their workplace-based learning. To break down the aim, three research questions have been formulated and each is addressed in one or two specific articles. These questions are: (1) What learning strategies do vocational students use to become part of a work community, and how do these strategies relate to the formation of a vocational identity at the workplace? (2) How do vocational students experience their identity formation in relation to a vocation within the industrial sector? (3) How do vocational students handle the division between theoretical and practical knowledge as they learn to become skilled industrial workers? The thesis builds on 53 semi-structured qualitative interviews with Swedish upper secondary vocational students enrolled on the industrial programme. The interviews revolve around the students’ vocational identity formation, with a focus on their workplace-based learning. The students are between 18 and 20 years old and the majority are boys. The findings are analysed through the theoretical lens of situated learning, where identity formation is viewed as a social learning process that takes place through participation in communities of practice. In addition, the concepts of habitus, gender and social categorisation are used as analytical tools to provide a deeper understanding of issues concerning status, power and exclusion in relation to vocational identity formation. The findings reveal that the students’ vocational identity formation is closely connected to the social aspects of participating in workplace communities. Knowledge about the jargon and social norms of the workplace seem to be of more importance for vocational identity formation than knowledge about the concrete working tasks. The study follows the students’ vocational identity formation throughout their vocational learning trajectories, which reveal that vocational identities are formed in heterogenic ways. The students may adopt a committed, flexible or ambivalent approach towards industrial work. Aspects concerning agency and status seem to be crucial for the vocational identification process. The forming of a vocational identity also implies positioning oneself in the hierarchy and division between theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as between masculinity and femininity. The students appear as knowledgeable actors who are aware of the generally low status of industrial work, while simultaneously expressing a great deal of pride in relation to their intended vocations. In the discussion, a model of the students’ vocational identity formation is proposed to capture the interplay between collective and structural dimensions (e.g. social background, class and status hierarchies at school) and students’ agency and strategies in becoming industrial workers. From the findings of this thesis, three main conclusions are drawn: (1) The students form vocational identities through using vocational agency in actively developing strategies for becoming accepted in the workplace community; (2) Workplace-based learning is central for the students’ vocational identity formation, in spite of the relatively short time that the students spend there, compared to the time spent at school; (3) The students’ vocational image awareness, expressed through awareness of, and reactions to, other people’s images of their vocation, constitutes an important part of their vocational identity formation.
|
|
| 6. |
- Halvarsson Lundkvist, Agneta
(författare)
-
Styrning genom lärande : En studie av programutvecklingens dynamik i nationella program
- 2013
-
Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Runt om i världen pågår en rad utvecklingsprogram vars syfte är att stödja utvecklingsarbete i olika typer av verksamheter. Jag behandlar två sådana svenska nationella utvecklingsprogram och fokuserar lärandets betydelse för programmens utveckling. Programutvecklingen syftar till att förbättra stödmetoder och möjlighet att ge stöd till organisationer som ingår i programmet. Indirekt kan detta påverka möjligheten att uppnå de långsiktiga effekter som programmet syftar till. Det är dock alltid i deltagande organisationer1 som sådana effekter uppstår.Det finns ett antal rapporter som visar på svårigheten för externt finansierade utvecklingsprogram att nå de effekter som de syftar till (ITPS A2004–009; RiR-report 2005:6; SOU 2005:93, VA 2008:11, Göransson & Sundin 2006, Tillväxtverket: Rapport 0129, 2012). Det är således ett samhälleligt problem om kostsamma utvecklingsprogram inte levererar det de syftar till. Det gäller inte minst offentligt finansierade program. De skattepengar som satsas får då inte den utväxling som var tänkt. På senare år har det dock kommit rapporter om att önskade effekter visst nås – men att de är svåra att fånga då det ofta krävs på en rad av varandra följande utvecklingsprogram och projekt för att önskade effekter ska uppstå (Svensson m fl. 2013). Frågan om varför långsiktiga effekter uppstår i organisationer som stöttas av utvecklingsprogram torde därför fortfarande vara högaktuell.Forskning om omständigheter som påverkar långsiktiga effekter i stora utvecklingsprogram är följaktligen ett angeläget men relativt nytt forskningsområde. Forskningsområdet har paralleller med tidigare forskning om hållbara arbetssystem (Docherty m fl. 2009). Ett hållbart arbetssystem är ett system där de resurser som används regenereras. Det gäller såväl mänskliga som ekonomiska och ekologiska resurser (Stebbins & Shani 2009). Ett hållbart arbetssystem bygger på en hållbar utveckling. Hållbar utveckling (sustainable development) bygger på ständigt lärande (Shani & Docherty 2003). Det är följaktligen utveckling som håller över tid (pågår länge) vilket inte ska förväxlas med utveckling som leder till något som är hållbart (varaktigt). I ett hållbart arbetssystem anses ett brett lärande vara viktigt. Med brett lärande menas att många intressenter deltar i lärandet. (Stebbins & Shani 2009).Genom empiriska studier, av offentligt finansierade stora utvecklingsprogram, har drivkrafter som liknar de som ses som viktiga i hållbara arbetssystem även setts som betydelsefulla för ett hållbart utvecklingsarbete (Svensson m fl. 2007a). Ett hållbart utvecklingsarbete definierats här som ett utvecklingsarbete som inte förbrukar mänskliga eller ekonomiska resurser i onödan. Istället används resurser klokt för att lära av resultatet av tidigare utvecklingsarbete och för att fortsätta utveckla resultatet. De önskade långsiktiga effekter förväntas sedan komma genom att resultat kontinuerligt tas om hand och vidareutvecklas i organisationerna på detta sätt. Lärande, ändamålsenlig styrning och samverkan ses som viktiga förutsättningar för ett hållbart utvecklingsarbete (Brulin & Svensson 2011).Av detta resonemang framgår att lärande är en viktig drivkraft för ett hållbart utvecklingsarbete i organisationer (se även Brulin & Svensson (2011). Min ambition är att fördjupa förståelsen av lärandets betydelse för programutveckling, dvs. utveckling av det stöd som organisationer erbjuds i sitt utvecklingsarbete av programmen. Därför har jag sökt faktorer som kan påverka lär- och utvecklingsprocesser i stora utvecklingsprogram.Forskning om faktorer som påverkar lärande i arbetet är relativt vanlig (Ellström 2010a), men forskning om faktorer som påverkar lär- och utvecklingsprocesser i stora utvecklingsprogram är begränsad. Lär- och utvecklingsprocesser i stora program inbegriper individen men det är inte den enskilde individens lärande i sig som är mitt huvudsakliga intresse här. Det är gemensamt lärande mellan personer med olika roller och funktioner i programmen som står i fokus i studien.Studien baseras på datainsamling i två stora nationella program som jag har valt att kalla Lärarutbildningsprogrammet och Industriprogrammet2. Min roll i forskningsprojekten inom de båda programmen har till stor del bestått i att samla empiri, skriva forskningsrapporter och organisera läraktiviteter, men även dokumentera de organiserade läraktiviteter vars syfte var att stödja lär- och utvecklingsprocesser i programmen. Det är från dessa läraktiviteter jag hämtar merparten av empirin för avhandlingen. Organiserade läraktiviteter i stora programsatsningar, speciellt de med fokus på utveckling och innovation, har tidigt setts vara ett stöd för programmen (exempelvis Lundvall 1992).
|
|
| 7. |
- Jederud, Sandra
(författare)
-
New manifestations of the practice-theory dilemma – consequences of ‘the practice turn’ in teacher education
- 2022
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis comprises four studies that concern the specific part of practicum within teacher education, its relation to the university-based components and how new organizational ideas entail different consequences for student teachers’ opportunities for learning the profession. The overall purpose is to analyze policies related to learning in practice and shed light on what implications are involved when reorganizing Swedish teacher education within the ‘practice turn’. More explicitly, the purpose is to illuminate two manifestations of a more practice-based teacher education – paired practicum within specific practice schools and work-integrated teacher education, where student-teachers are employed as teachers while attending courses at university. Two concepts of knowledge are used as the main theoretical framework; spectator knowledge and participant knowledge, and the concept of boundary crossing and enfolded learning mechanisms. The data are extracted from policy documents regarding the two latest teacher education reforms in 2001 and 2009, as well as from interviews with different parties pertaining within the above two manifestations of the practice turn. Study I concerns whether there are signs of a practice turn in national policy regarding teacher education and how this is addressed in local policy. The study focuses on what is expressed regarding the opportunities student teachers are provided with in order to learn the profession of teaching. Study II explores how pre-school student teachers perceive their opportunities for learning within paired practicum at specific practice schools. Study III also addresses paired practicum within specific practice schools, but data is collected from mentors within upper secondary school regarding their perception of this way of organizing practice. Finally, Study IV concerns a work-integrated teacher education programme and how teacher educators perceive students´ opportunities for learning when they move between the contexts of work and university. The results mainly show that there is an ambivalence concerning what should be given the most value regarding student teachers´ opportunities for learning. Findings also show that the manifestations of ‘the practice turn’ imply a shifting of positions for student-teachers as well as mentors and university teachers. The four studies also identify that the organizational structures of practice have implications for what opportunities for learning students are provided with. Thus, structural changes regarding practice within teacher education enfold that adequate curriculum changes are needed. Furthermore, changes at an organizational level at university, at the connected specific practice schools, and in the workplaces where work-integrated student-teachers are employed are needed.
|
|
| 8. |
- Lidman, Linda, 1978-
(författare)
-
Employee-driven innovation in the public sector : At the intersection of innovation support and workplace conditions
- 2023
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute knowledge about employee-driven innovation (EDI), with a particular focus on conditions in the workplace when innovation support is introduced in municipal contexts. The thesis is based on 23 qualitative interviews with managers, employees, and innovation coaches from three municipal sites in Sweden where innovation support has been implemented. The four included studies examine how innovation support is set up, what role first-line managers play, what drives employees to engage in EDI, and the outcomes of innovation work in the studied cases.The thesis’ results show how innovation support was set up as parallel structures operating independently from regular municipal operations, which made it difficult for employees and managers to connect and integrate innovation work with everyday work. Furthermore, the results show how the studied municipalities did not define clear objectives for working with innovation, which in turn resulted in a multitude of inextricably linked negative effects for the innovation support operations, the managers, the employees, and the outcome of the innovation work. In addition, the study results demonstrate the importance of providing rich environments for learning and innovation in the workplace, to consider and support employee engagement in public sector innovation and to support the entire innovation process, including the implementation phase. The first conclusion drawn is that employee-driven innovation work happens at the intersection of innovation support and current workplace conditions. This implies that support measures need to be integrated into employees’ everyday work to create favourable conditions for EDI. The second conclusion is that it is imperative for municipal organisations intending to support EDI to define objectives for working with innovation and to anchor and communicate these objectives throughout the organisation.
|
|
| 9. |
- Reineholm, Cathrine, 1965-
(författare)
-
Psychosocial Work Conditions and Aspects of Health
- 2013
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Today’s working life has led to new requirements and conditions at the workplace, and additional factors may be of importance for employees’ health. Most earlier research has taken place in stable organizations, and has not taken changes in organizations into account. The way in which psychosocial work conditions affect employees’ health and well-being has been the topic of several studies but mental ill health is still one of the most common causes of sick leave in Sweden. Little attention is given to the importance of the workplace and organizational context for employees’ health. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate how different aspects of health are associated with psychosocial work conditions in today’s working life.This thesis comprises two empirical studies. The first study is a longitudinal study, based on questionnaire data from 1010 employees at the Swedish Labour Market Administration. The second study is designed as a prospective cohort study, based on questionnaire data from 8430 employees in ten organizations, participating in the LOHP project. Linear and logistic regressions were performed to investigate associations between psychosocial work conditions and different aspects of health. Multilevel analysis was performed in one paper.The main findings in Paper I are that traditional job stress models are better for predicting ill health than good health. Different psychosocial work conditions may however, be useful for measuring different aspects of health, depending on whether the purpose is to prevent ill health or to promote health. In Paper II, psychosocial work conditions and symptoms of burnout were found to differ between different hierarchical levels, and different psychosocial work conditions were associated with symptoms of burnout at different hieratical levels. Paper III showed that psychosocial work conditions predict voluntary job mobility, and this may be due to two forces for job mobility: job dissatisfaction and career development. In Paper IV, a strong association between high work ability and better performance was found. Clear goals and expectations may result in improved psychosocial work conditions and work ability, which in turn affects employees’ performance.This thesis has provided knowledge regarding different aspects of health and psychosocial work conditions. Conditions at the organizational and workplace level set the prerequisites for if and how employees use their resources and their ability to act. Access to resources and the capacity to use them may vary depending on the employees’ hierarchal position. Occupational health research needs to focus on differences in psychosocial work conditions at different hierarchical levels. Organizations with clear goals and expectations may create more favourable conditions at work, supporting employees’ room for manoeuver, social capital and their ability to cope with working life, hence promoting health. Health promotion has a holistic approach and considers the work environment, the individual and the interplay between them. However, most health interventions at workplaces are directed to employees’ health behaviour rather than improvements in organizational and work conditions. To develop a good work environment it is necessary to identify conditions at work that promote different aspects of health. These conditions need to be tackled at the organizational, workplace and individual level, as good health is shaped by the interplay between the employee and the conditions for work.
|
|
| 10. |
- Sjöberg Forssberg, Karin
(författare)
-
Att skapa drivkrafter för lärande och förändring : En studie om jämställdhetsintegrering och dess förutsättningar i en kommun
- 2016
-
Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Jämställdhetsintegrering är den huvudsakliga strategin för att uppnå de jämställdhetspolitiska målen i Sverige. Trots att strategin använts i drygt 20 år finns relativt lite forskning om praktiskt arbete med jämställdhetsintegrering. Syftet med denna avhandling är att, utifrån ett lärperspektiv, som har sin grund i verksamhetsteori, studera och bidra med kunskap om jämställdhetsintegreringsarbete och dess förutsättningar i en kommun. I studien görs en empirisk analys av jämställdhetsintegreringsarbetet i en kommun, som bedömts ligga i framkant när det gäller arbete med jämställdhetsintegrering. Avhandlingens frågeställningar är: 1. Hur organiseras och genomförs jämställdhetsintegreringsarbetet i kommunen? 2. Vilka förutsättningar underlättar respektive försvårar jämställdhetsintegreringsarbetet i kommunen? Kommunen deltog under tiden för insamlingen av data (2011 – 2013) i Program för Hållbar Jämställdhet, regeringens hittills enskilt största jämställdhetssatsning. Studien genomfördes utifrån en interaktiv forskningsansats i form av en kvalitativ fallstudie. Datainsamlingen baseras på intervjuer med 36 personer som representerade olika nivåer och funktioner i kommunen. I analysen har kommunens arbete med jämställdhetsintegrering studerats som en relation mellan två verksamhetssystem. Det ena verksamhetssystemet utgjordes av kommunkoncernen med två förvaltningar i fokus och det andra av den utvecklingsorganisation som utformades. Resultaten visar att utvecklingsorganisationen i hög grad bidrog till jämställdhetsintegreringsarbetet i kommunen, då det över tid uppstod olika motsättningar mellan de två verksamhetssystemen. Dessa motsättningar kan sägas ha satt igång expansiva lärprocesser, vilka bidrog till att arbetet med jämställdhetsintegrering påbörjades, och givet vissa förutsättningar, hölls vid liv. Motsättningarna kan ses som förutsättningar som både underlättade och försvårade jämställdhetsintegreringsarbetet. Motsättningar identifierades mellan politiska intentioner och lokalt utvecklingsarbete, mellan abstrakt och konkret jämställdhetsintegreringsarbete och i form av emergenta (framväxande) motsättningar. I studien dras några slutsatser. Den första är att planerade interventioner som sätter igång ett expansivt lärande behövs för att driva och fördjupa arbete med jämställdhetsintegrering. Sådana interventioner kan skapa motsättningar inom verksamheterna. Verksamheternas förmåga att hantera motsättningarna är avgörande för verksamheternas utveckling. En andra slutsats är att planerade stödaktiviteter är en förutsättning för att hantera de motsättningar som skapas av de planerade interventionerna. En handlingsberedskap behövs även för att ta hand om de oplanerade motsättningar som växer fram (emergenta), vilka annars riskerar att försvåra arbetet. Genom att skapa och hantera motsättningar inom verksamheter kan expansiva lärprocesser sättas igång, vilka i sin tur kan bidra till att verksamheterna, och inte enstaka individer förändras, vilket ökar möjligheterna att ge en mer jämställd service. Eftersom både yttre och inre tryck ofta saknas eller är svagt när det gäller jämställdhetsarbete är behovet av att skapa drivkrafter för arbetet stort.
|
|
| 11. |
- Waldén, Susanne, 1961-
(författare)
-
Berättad berusning : Kulturella föreställningar i berättelser om berusade personer
- 2010
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis discusses narratives about drunken people. The narratives are orally told as well as collected in the archives and are also written texts about people who are intoxicated. The intent of this research is to examine the social and cultural meaning of narratives about intoxicated people and in which way they reflect normative knowledge and experiences. The narratives are approached from three different angles; narratives that show the contemporary social and cultural order, narratives that maintain the order and narratives that provoke it. In the thesis I compare differences and similarities in two different times; the early modern peasant society and late modern society. The narratives reflect social hierarchies and they allude to subjects like work, people in power, masculinity and ideas about the way Swedes and “non-Swedes” drink. Other visible themes refer to the body and the relation between young people and established adults. The so called cautionary narratives tell us about the danger of drinking too much alcohol. Some of the cautionary stories contain warnings that are not addressed to drinking, but to other undesirable acts. The provocative narratives challenge unspoken rules and norms in society. The drinking stories also show freedom from bodily discipline and other social bonds. Certain places and people are associated with intoxication. The drinking narratives from the old days and nowadays are, in many ways alike, they have the same function through time. They are based on oppositions such as privacy and publicity, culture and nature, bodily functions and intellect. When they are told they indirectly show the normative view of life, by being the opposite.
|
|
| 12. |
- Eslahchi, Morteza, 1984-
(författare)
-
Learning Together, Leading Change : Understanding Collective Learning in Social Entrepreneurial Organisations
- 2023
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation aims to generate an understanding of collective learning in social entrepreneurial organisations in Sweden, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a collective learning-centred perspective, I want to explore the following key areas: a) the learning conditions and organising processes entailed in becoming a social entrepreneur and creating a social entrepreneurial organisation, b) the importance of collective learning for organisational adaptation and change in tackling exogenous factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and c) the role of leadership in creating conditions conducive to collective learning processes in social entrepreneurial organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic.Grounded in empirical studies, this research reimagines leadership as an empowering, collaborative practice that is intricately woven with collective learning dynamics. The study also scrutinises the adaptive and evolutionary nature of organising processes, emphasising their centrality for collective learning. Furthermore, it highlights the efficacy of a collective learning-centred approach in driving meaningful organisational change, contrasting this with top-down strategies. Since most of the data was gathered during the global upheaval caused by COVID-19, this research presents a unique opportunity to examine collective learning as a resilience-building tool in turbulent times. This study fills a gap in existing literature by focusing on the Swedish context, and offers insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in social entrepreneurship. Ultimately, the research underscores the potential of collective learning to equip social entrepreneurial organisations for sustainable innovation and resilience, particularly in challenging societal conditions.
|
|
| 13. |
- Ferm, Lisa, et al.
(författare)
-
Vocational students' identity formation in relation to vocations in the Swedish industrial sector
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training. - : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 2242-458X. ; 9:2, s. 91-111
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article investigates vocational identity formation among students studying vocational education programmes that focus on vocations within Sweden’s industrial sector. The empirical material is based on twenty-eight qualitative interviews with students enrolled on industrial programmes at four upper secondary schools. Taking a situated learning perspective as our starting point, the study reveals how the students’ vocational identity formation can be understood by examining their learning trajectories, which are shaped by their social backgrounds, their perceptions of workplace-based learning and industrial vocations, and their thoughts about their vocational futures. The findings demonstrate that students’ vocational identity formation is not a single linear process. On the contrary, three learning trajectories emerged which correspond to three different student groups. The students oriented towards commitment intended to work in industrial vocations, while the students oriented towards flexibility were open to the possibility of careers outside the industrial sector, and the students oriented towards ambivalence had no obvious plans for their vocational futures. In conclusion, this article suggests that in order to better understand the formation of vocational identities, the notions of learning trajectory types and social categorisations need to be considered in greater depth and understood in relation to the upper secondary school environment.
|
|
| 14. |
- Gustavsson, Anna, 1973-
(författare)
-
Effects of invasin and YopH of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis on host cell signaling
- 2004
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Integrins are a large family of membrane-spanning heterodimeric (αβ) receptors that bind to ligands on other cells or to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. These receptors mediate bidirectional signaling over the cell membrane to induce signaling cascades mediating functions as cell adhesion, spreading and migration. This signaling takes place at cell-matrix adhesions, which are sites where clustered and ligand-bound integrins connect to and mediate stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton, and induce signaling cascades. Integrins have a short cytoplasmic tail that is crucial for the bidirectional signaling, and the β1-integrin subunit exists in five splice variants only differing in the membrane-distal part of the cytoplasmic tail. This region of the almost ubiquitously expressed β1-integrin, β1A, contains two protein tyrosine motifs (NPXYs) interspaced with a threonine-rich region, while this region of the β1B splice variant is completely different and lacks known motifs. In contrast to the β1A-integrin, the β1B variant cannot mediate cell-matrix adhesion formation following binding to ECM ligands.The enteropathogenic bacterium Yersinia pseudotuberculosis binds to β1-integrins on the host cell with invasin, and this stimulates uptake of the bacterium. However, upon binding to the host cell, pathogenic Yersinia strains inject virulence effectors that block uptake. One effector responsible for the blocking is a tyrosine phosphatase, YopH. We identified the targets for this effector in the macrophage-like cell line J774A.1, which represent a professional phagocyte and thus is the likely target cell for the antiphagocytic effect of Yersinia. Two YopH target proteins were p130Cas and ADAP, of which the latter interestingly is an adapter protein specifically expressed in hematopoietic cells. ADAP has previously been implicated to participate in Fc-receptor-mediated phagocytosis and in communication between T-cell receptors and integrins.We also studied the importance of the cytoplasmic tail of β1-integrin for uptake of Yersinia. The GD25 cell line, which is a fibroblast-like cell line that lacks endogenous β1-integrins, was used together with GD25 cells transfected with β1B, β1Α or cytoplasmic tail mutants of β1A. These studies revealed that β1B-integrins could bind to invasin but not mediate uptake of Yersinia, while β1A both bound to invasin and mediated uptake. The first NPXY motif (unphosphorylated) and the double-threonines of the unique part of β1A were important for the ability of integrin to mediate uptake of Yersinia. These studies lead to the interesting finding that, when these cells were allowed to spread on invasin, those that expressed β1A spread as normal fibroblasts while for β1B-integrin-expressing cells, only finger-like protrusions of filopodia were formed. This provided us with a tool to study formation of filopodia without interference of the tightly linked process of lamellipodia formation. Initially, proteins that localized to the tip complex of these filopodia were identified. These were talin, VASP and interestingly the p130Cas-Crk-DOCK180 scaffold, while FAK, paxillin and vinculin were absent. In addition, VASP, p130Cas and Crk were shown to be important for the filopodia formation in GD25β1B. Further, the role of the actin motor myosin X, which previously has been implicated in formation of filopodia, was studied in the GD25Β1B cells and it was shown that myosin X not was important for filopodia formation, but that it recruited FAK and vinculin to the tip complexes of filopodia.
|
|
| 15. |
- Gustavsson, Maria, 1962-, et al.
(författare)
-
Kompetenslyft för klimatomställning. Kunskapsläge och fortsatta forskningsbehov
- 2022
-
Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Föreliggande rapport är en kunskapsöversikt som ska ge ett underlag till Vinnovas regeringsuppdrag att förbereda genomförande av ett kompetenslyft för klimatomställning. I rapporten fokuseras internationell forskning i syfte att reda ut begrepp, beskriva kunskapsläget, ge intressanta exempel samt visa behov och förutsättningar inför kompetenslyft för klimatomställning i företag.Tre centrala slutsatser baserad på internationell forskning kan dras beträffande behovet av och förutsättningar för kompetenslyft för klimatomställning inom industrin. Den första slutsatsen är att kompetenslyft inom industrin primärt måste utgå från företagens behov av kompetensförsörjning både på kort och lång sikt. Den andra slutsatsen förordar ett helhetsperspektiv implicerande att industrins klimatomställning går i takt med andra omställningssystem för grön omställning inom utbildning och det större demokratiska samhället. Den tredje slutsatsen accentuerar vikten av att bringa klarhet i den begreppsoreda och de potentiella målkonflikter som följer av olika förståelser av grön omställning. Parallellt som dessa slutsatser summeras nedan framhålls områden där det krävs förstärkning av kunskap och forskning. Slutligen sammanfattas sju åtgärdsområden som kan vägleda ett kompetenslyft för klimatomställning i industriföretag.Kompetenslyft inom industrin behöver utgå från företagens kompetensbehovForskningsöversiktens slutsatser innebär att kompetenslyft inom företag behöver identifiera efterfrågan på grön kompetens i företag, uppmärksamma övergångar mellan utbildning och gröna jobb/yrken samt informeras av yrkesanalyser av gröna färdigheter, kompetenser och arbeten. För det andra fordrar kompetenslyft för grön omställning inom industrin systematisk kunskap om behov av lärande, och förutsättningar därmed för anställda inom industrin. Genom forskningsöversikten framgår en betydande kunskapslucka gällande grön omställning i förhållande till individers och gruppers motivation och drivkrafter (vilja) för att delta i kompetenslyft. För att möta denna utmaning krävs att incitament och stödstrukturer utvecklas för att främja att anställda väljer att omskola sig till gröna arbetsuppgifter och utvecklar gröna beteenden. Detta pekar också fram mot vikten av flexibla utbildningsinsatser som ibland kan innebära att anställda förbereds för gröna yrken som är i vardande. Exempel på sådana kurser finns numera inom svensk yrkeshögskola som framgent kan förväntas fylla en viktig funktion för flexibla och behovsstyrda utbildningsinsatser. För det tredje identifieras genom analysen av forskningsläget ett relativt förbisett behov av att utveckla mer kunskap om medarbetardriven innovation på arbetsplatser. Det innebär att fler grupper av arbetstagare som inte traditionellt driver innovation på arbetsplatser behöver läras upp och involveras i innovationsarbetet. Arbetstagarnas lärande i det dagliga arbetet måste därför stödjas och det är nödvändigt att de får tillgång till olika former av arbetsplatslärande varvat med inslag av formell utbildning.Parallella omställningssystem för industrins klimatomställning behöver gå i taktDet nationella utbildningssystemets gröna omställning behöver vara i samklang med den gröna omställning som sker i industriföretag. Behovet av samverkan är ingen nyhet utan förefaller tvärtom vara ett kroniskt problem. Just därför behövs framåtpekande lösningar på hur samordning kan ske mellan utbildningssidans respektive industrins engagemang för klimatomställningen. Rapporten behandlar denna ”stuprörs-problematik” dels på systemnivå, dels på en praktiknära nivå. På systemnivå behöver den oförutsägbarhet och komplexitet som omgärdar grön omställning i företag ses i ett helhetsperspektiv. Denna synvända innebär att företags gröna omställning inte ses som isolerat från den gröna omställning som måste ske i utbildningssystemet. I stället ses industrins klimatomställning som delar i ett omställningssystem där utbildningsinsatser inom nationella utbildningssystem och företag korsbefruktar och överlappar varandra. En modell för ett sådant systemperspektiv indikeras i rapporten (se figur 5.1, sid. 37).På en praktiknära nivå illustrerar forskningsöversikten innovativa forskningsprojekt där utbildningsanordnare inom universitet och yrkesutbildningar i samspel med företag tillsammans utvecklar korta utbildningsinsatser. Exempel är utveckling av skräddarsydda kurser för olika grupper av anställda och utbildningsanordnare och utveckling av digitala plattformar för masspridning av kunskaper om grön omställning. Andra insatser som sticker ut är externa utvecklingsprogram som designats för att stötta företagens gröna omställning eller hur studenter tagit en drivande roll i utvecklingsprojekt för att skapa gröna innovationer inom industriföretag. Företag kan vinna på att bjuda in studenter till arbetsplatser för att stärka kontaktytorna mellan utbildning och företag, och presumtiva medarbetare (studenter). Samtidigt pekar forskningsöversikten på vikten av att projektresultat blir hållbara över tid genom att föras in i och komma till nytta i företagens och utbildningsanordnarens reguljära verksamheter. Annars riskerar samverkansformer att upphöra när projekt avslutas. Ett liknande problem är uppskalning av metoder som utvecklats i samverkan mellan olika aktörer för att stötta företagens gröna omställning. Företagsbehov och metoder finns men det är brist på långsiktiga resurser och planer för att tillhandahålla metoderna och tillgodose behovet. Forskningsöversikten tydliggör också att svensk forskning om samverkan mellan utbildning och industriföretag kopplat till grön omställning är ytterst eftersatt. Det talar för vikten av att utveckla en mer etablerad plattform för sådan forskning.Att bringa klarhet i grön omställningEn betydande utmaning för denna rapport har varit att nå klarhet i den begreppsoreda som utmärker olika diskurser om grön omställning. Försök har därför gjorts för att bättre förstå begreppets olika betydelser och konsekvenser för satsningar på kompetenslyft inom industrin utifrån aktuell forskning. Tekniska färdigheter och kompetenser är grunden för klimatomställning inom industrin men teknikfokus behöver utvidgas med olika typer av relationell kompetens och förändringskompetens vilka påverkar hur tekniska kunskaper tillämpas och utvecklas. Gröna jobb och gröna kvalifikationer kan också vara fruktbara att förstå utmed ett kontinuum av yrken som kräver olika typer av gröna färdigheter. En mer mångfacetterad förståelse av gröna färdigheter och kompetenser kan också bidra till att undvika att gröna jobb främst likställs med jobb inom bio-näringen som varit vanligt i Sverige. Begreppsoredan gällande grön omställning kan också bero på att begreppet används på olika sätt inom policy-områden och på sätt som förstärker kända målkonflikter mellan exempelvis arbetsmiljö och klimatmålsättningar. Arbete med gröna jobb är inte automatiskt lika med god arbetsmiljö och goda arbetsförhållanden för anställda inom industrin. Återkommande i forskningsöversikten betonas att visionen om grön omställning måste relateras till de radikala systemförändringar som måste ske både inom utbildning och arbetsliv för att sociala hållbarhetsmål ska kunna förenas med klimat- och miljöhänsyn i enlighet med Agenda 2030. Det noteras att internationell forskning i andra världsdelar som Asien är mer radikala än Sverige i betoningen på att social och ekonomisk rättvisa samt gröna jobb måste gå hand i hand. Beträffande svenska förhållanden implicerar satsningar på grön omställning inom industrin att olika politikområden i arbetslivet behöver samverka för att uppnå positiva synergieffekter av internationellt sanktionerade ekologiska och sociala målsättningar.RekommendationerFöljande åtgärdsområden kan vara vägledande så att fler kan ta del av ett kompetenslyft för klimatomställning i industriföretag:· Avsätt tillräckligt med medel för information. Potentialen för ett kompetenslyft att göra verklig skillnad för klimatet börjar i att informationen kommer fram till de som bäst behöver lyftet. Alla företag kommer dock inte själva att söka information även om det finns behov av kompetenshöjning i företaget – gäller framför allt små och medelstora företag. Men de kan nås av information i sina egna nätverk och agera därefter. Därför är det viktigt att de organisationer som befinner sig i företagens närhet informeras. Det finns många myndigheter, organisationer och nätverk som kan agera som informationsbärare. Dessa kan också nyttjas som inspiratörer och insiktsskapare samt lotsa vidare till nationella program så som Produktions- och Omställningslyftet och till utbildningsanordnare både inom och utanför utbildningssystemet.· Skapa korta, flexibla och digitala kurser och utbildningar. Det finns ett tydligt behov av att utveckla korta, flexibla och digitala kurser för företag i samspel med aktörer inom utbildning för att bidra till klimatomställningen. Korta utbildningsinsatser är viktiga för vidareutbildning av anställda, och det kan fordra en mix av olika flexibla utbildningsinsatser, ibland på kort varsel, för att möta företagens kompetensbehov. Att utnyttja digitaliseringens möjligheter och digitala plattformar blir viktigt för att nå större grupper av individer som behöver kompetensutvecklas och omskolas. Yrkeshögskolan är en central nyckelaktör och kan fungera som ett viktigt komplement till det nationella utbildningssystemet för att hantera snabba omställningar inom olika yrken och kompetensbehov för grön omställning. Utbildningsaktör
|
|
| 16. |
- Gustavsson, Maria, 1962-
(författare)
-
Potentialer för lärande i processoperatörers arbete : En studie av operatörers lärande och arbete inom högautomatiserad processindustri
- 2000
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation is concerned with potential for learning in process operator work. The purpose of this thesis is to study and contribute to increased understanding in different conditions which can be assumed to create potentials for learning in the daily work of the process operators' .The thesis presents a contextual perspective on learning based on situated learning and activity theory. Learning is in some sense both recreative and developmental. Recreative learning takes place in many daily situations where people become better at doing what they already do at work. In all work which, in some sense, is recreative, there is a trivial variation that may lead to a new understanding and the development of new approaches and working methods, but there is also something long-lasting that extends outside the situation and which mayencourage the development of activity systems and communities of practice.The empirical study is based on case studies of four teams at apaper mill. The four shift teams differ since they are located in different production environments with unique qualities and have different work organizational conditions. The study uses diaries, interviews, documents and informant interviews to collect empirical information.It appears from the results that the common characteristics shared by the shift teams predominate. One finding is that different positions and operators have access to different machines and workstations within the department. In many situations, the operators must balance what they are allowed to do and what they are able to do in the shift teams. In the teams, common competence is of great or even decisive importance for the cooperation that develops. Another important result is that there are differences between more experienced and less experienced operators. These differences are reflected in their action and interaction pattems, Le. what they do (and in particular do not do) and how interaction takes place between more experienced and less experienced operators in the shift teams.
|
|
| 17. |
- Gustavsson, Åsa
(författare)
-
Transthyretin in senile systemic amyloidosis and familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy
- 1994
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The amyloidoses comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the deposition of fibrillar, proteinaceous amyloid deposits in various organs and tissues. To date, 17 different proteins of various sizes have been identified as amyloid proteins. Irrespective of the specific protein comprising the amyloid fibrils, the fibrils are all about 10 nm wide and of indefinite length.In the most common familial form of amyloidosis, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), the amyloid fibril protein is the plasma protein transthyretin (TTR). In FAP type I, which is the type found in Sweden, there is a mutation in the TTR gene leading to the substitution of a methionine for valine at position 30. This mutation leads to a form of amyloidosis characterized by polyneuropathy starting in the lower limbs and usually slowly progressing until death occurs. Another TTR-derived form of amyloidosis is senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA). This form of amyloidosis is present in about 25% of people 80 years of age or older. In SSA, amyloid is deposited mainly in the heart but deposits are also found in many other organs.In this study it is demonstrated that normal TTR can form fibrils in vitro. Fibril formation studies were also performed in vitro with synthetic peptides corresponding to parts of the TTR amino acid sequence. These results indicate that TTR peptides with 13-strand secondary structure are fibrillogenic in vitro and are likely important in in vivo amyloidogenesis.The TTR amino acid and DNA sequences in cases with SSA were determined and found to be normal, thus showing that no mutation is necessary for development of this form of amyloidosis. However, cleavage of TTR may be important in fibrillogenesis since TTR fragments lacking 45-51 N-terminal amino acid residues predominated in the amyloid.Antigenic epitopes exposed on normal TTR and TTR derived from amyloid deposits were also examined. The 13-strand H was found to be exposed in amyloid TTR and not in normal TTR, thus suggesting a changed structural conformation of TTR in amyloid fibrils.
|
|
| 18. |
- Halvarsson Lundkvist, Agneta, 1961-
(författare)
-
Learning Dynamics of Workplace Development Programmes : Studies in Swedish national programmes
- 2019
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The thesis focuses on workplace development programmes (WPDPs) that operationalize national policies on workplace development. WPDPs are time-limited and they provide support to organizations that aim to improve their operational performance or employees’ work conditions. The support that such programmes provide to organizations consists of competence-development activities provided through networks, courses or hands-on coaching. The supported organizations aimed at changing work practices to increase their operational performance.Departing from a workplace-learning perspective, the overall aim of the thesis was to contribute to knowledge about learning in workplace development programmes and the supported organizations when realizing policies on workplace development. A qualitative multiple-case study design was used and a total of 115 interviews and notes from meetings are included in the data material. Four substudies made up the empirical base.The findings revealed that realizing policies on workplace development required continuous learning among stakeholders at different levels of the WPDPs. Thus, conditions that enabled learning were important throughout the whole WPDP, which was seen as a large, complex social learning system. Learning between different levels of the WPDP was especially important, which required stakeholder representatives with the appropriate qualifications or characteristics that enabled them to take on roles as brokers between the stakeholders involved in realizing the policy. The overall conclusion pointed towards the dynamics of realizing policies of workplace learning, which cannot be achieved by a one-size-fitsall model for learning.The findings imply that funders and other authorities that make policies on workplace development through WPDPs should scrutinize how learning among stakeholders that enter into partnership to operate WPDPs is to be facilitated. Linear plans that are not complemented with careful explanations of how such learning is to be facilitated may constitute warning signs. Furthermore, the findings imply that organizations looking for external support to develop the innovative capabilities of employees must be careful in choosing their support. A WPDP may consume the resources of an organization without providing any benefit, if it does not provide the appropriate support. On the other hand, a WPDP may be a great source for learning, particularly if it includes support in designing the change effort, and help in developing an internal support infrastructure that will continue supporting workplace development after the programme ends.
|
|
| 19. |
|
|
| 20. |
- Nilsson, Peter, 1969-, et al.
(författare)
-
Implementation of a magnet hospital model: attracting and retaining healthcare staff in a Swedish hospital
- 2024
-
Ingår i: Journal of Health Organization & Management. - : EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. - 1477-7266 .- 1758-7247. ; 38:9, s. 329-343
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – Staff shortages in the healthcare sector increase the competition for qualified staff. A magnet hospital is intended to attract, and retain healthcare professionals. This article aims to investigate the challenges related to implementation of a magnet hospital model, and given these challenges, to analyse the interplay between different organisational levels in a Swedish hospital.Design/methodology/approach – The data collection followed the implementation of a magnet hospital model and consisted of 14 meeting observations, 31 interviews and 13 document analyses.Findings – The model implementation was driven by a top-down approach, with accompanying bottom-up activities, involving healthcare professionals, to ensure adaption to the hospital’s conditions at different organisational levels. The findings revealed that the model was more appealing to top management, seeking a standardised solution to attract and retain nurses. Clinic managers preferred tailor-made solutions for managing their employee resourcing challenges. Difficulties in translating and contextualising the model to the hospital’s conditions created challenges at every organisational level. Some were contained within a levelwhile others spread to the organisational level below and turned into something else.Originality/value – Apart from unique empirical material depicting the implementation of a magnet hospital model as an effort to attract and retain healthcare professionals, the value of this study lies in the attention given to the challenges that arise when responsibility for implementing a management model is shifted from top management to change agents tasked with facilitating and executing the organisational change.Keywords Magnet hospital model, Organisational change, Implementation, Employee resourcingPaper type Research paper
|
|
| 21. |
- Persson-Thunqvist, Daniel, Biträdande professor, 1969-, et al.
(författare)
-
Lokala industriers betydelse för yrkesutbildningen på orten
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv. - : Karlstads universitet. - 1400-9692 .- 2002-343X. ; 27:1, s. 26-46
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines how upper secondary school vocational education prepares students for future industrial work in six municipalities in Sweden. The result provides a multifaceted picture of modern industrial work and how industrial contexts influence the design of vocational education. The conditions for students’ workplace-based learning varies depending on the size, working conditionsand production logic of industrial companies. In conclusion, different layers of impact processes are identified in the intersection between the school-industry-local community. They are linked to how the industries’ short-term and long-term competence needs, meet the needs of local communities and young people’s wishes.Keywords:Vocational education, Vocational learning, industrial work.
|
|
| 22. |
- Persson-Thunqvist, Daniel, Professor, 1969-, et al.
(författare)
-
The Role of VET in a Green Transition of Industry : A literature review
- 2023
-
Ingår i: International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training. - Berlin, Germany : European Educational Research Association. - 2197-8638 .- 2197-8646. ; 10:3, s. 361-382
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This article examines the role of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in a green transition of industry. In the world of industry, battling climate change is often treated as a technical issue, but recent research on VET has tried to balance the technological paradigm with more human-centric approaches. The literature review addresses emergent VET research that presents various and partially competing perspectives on the purpose of VET in relation to climate change. Methods: We use an integrative literature review to investigate this complex topic. This technique is particularly useful for making sense of emergent research concepts, as well as various, and partially competing, theoretical and methodological approaches. It also allows us to incorporate literature from different countries and VET systems. The main search was performed in Scopus during March 2023, and included studies published within a timespan of eight years (2016–2023). Findings: Through a qualitative content analysis, we have identified five cross-cutting themes in the literature: Conceptualising ill-defined concepts of green jobs and skills; high-tech solutions in the movement towards a fourth industrial revolution versus inclusive growth for VET greening; towards sustainable work-based learning for green skills in VET; radical transformative approaches to a just green transition; and the co-creation of skill-formation ecosystems. The analysis has highlighted the ways in which VET can take on different roles in the green transition, and that these roles can be developed successively in parallel with a green transition in industry. In the development of the role of VET, it is also relevant to consider the contrast between transitional approaches and transformative approaches in VET research. While transitional approaches are recurrently marked by empirical research in specialised areas and subsystems within society, transformative approaches are characterised by a stronger focus on societal transformation (large-scale changes), power dynamics, and social justice. Conclusion: In conclusion, we suggest an analytical model that synthesises research on what role VET can play in a green transition of industry. The development model highlights that VET can take on different roles in a green transition and can gradually develop in parallel with a green transition in industry.
|
|
| 23. |
|
|
| 24. |
|
|
