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- Hanson, Marika, 1968-
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Det flexibla arbetets villkor - om självförvaltandets kompetens
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- New conditions for work, involving demands for quick adjustment and increased flexibility, have underpinned a discourse of work-based and lifelong learning in which continuous competence development is often viewed as beneficial for both the organisation and the employees. These flexible work arrangements rely heavily on the individual’s capacity of organising and structuring her own work and performance, and the thesis addresses the question of the individual’s ability to adapt to and handle these flexible work conditions. The aim is to contribute to an understanding of the competencies required in flexible work settings, and the thesis asks two questions: (1) What characterises the work conditions in flexible forms of work? (2) How does the individual handle these flexible work settings in terms of competence? The theoretical frame of reference is constructivist and is contextually oriented. Empirical data emanates from two case studies. The first encompassing teleworking civil servants in a government authority and the other freelance reporters. Data collection included questionnaires, interviews and e-mail questions.Results show that the flexible work settings in the case studies were relatively disintegrated and deregulated in the sense that the conditions were no longer lucid and well defined. It also appeared to open up a space for regulation of a more implicit kind. These conditions require a metacognitive competence characterised as a self-governing competence. This refers to the guiding, supervising function needed for the individual to be able to define, structure and discipline her own performance and, ultimately, her ability to manage and govern herself in a wider, functional sense. Thus, what seems to be characteristic for the flexible and delimited work conditions is that the preconditions of work do not appear in forms of an independent environment. Instead of formal directives and limitations, the regulation of work takes place to a large extent through implicit regulation processes, continuously negotiated in interaction between individuals and the environment. In conclusion it is argued that the flexible work conditions are characterised by intersubjective regulation processes, discursively and interactively constructed without perceptible coercion. The self-governing competence required involves transformation in terms of continuous learning as well as a development in terms of higher levels of cognitive complexity, integration and differentiation.
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- Åkerman, Johan, 1966-
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Lokala fack i globala företag : Electrolux verkstadsklubb i Motala och koncernfacket 1925-1985
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Since the 1970's the union movement has regarded international business as a threat to union interests, democratic values and national independence. The union movement has mentioned two methods of defence against influence of international businesses: to introduce societal restrictions on a national or international level and to establish international (corporate) group unions. At the same time it is important to note that international entrepreneurship has occurred much earlier than 1970. The overall aim with this dissertation is to study labour union practice in an international corporate group in the years 1925-1985.The main sources of information are collected from the union archives, which are located in Folkrörelsearkivet in Motala. The Electrolux local union in Motala was founded in 1925, the same year as the corporation started in Motala. Despite the fact that the group structure was affecting the activity at the corporation to a considerable degree, the local union did not take interest in these questions until the 1960's. The jointwork council agreement and the council that was established in Motala were crucial to lift the perspective of the local union to also include group issues. The Electrlux group union was founded in 1946, initiated by the local union in Motala. The primary motive for this was to create a new forum where traditional union issues could be pursued towards the group management. During the 197o's and the 198o's the group union activities changed. There aretwo explanations for this change. The Electrolux group was expanding drastically, new and bigger companies were purchased and the group extended its product areas. The other explanation is the vast changes in labour-market policy that occurred in Sweden at this time. In that way the group union increased their insight in the group activities, and also improved their prerequisites for organising their activity. The group union extended its activity to embrace also the Nordic countries. The dissertation shows that the Electrolux group union had large difficulties meeting the challenges generated by the group structure. This was mainly caused by a number of structural obstacles. Union division; the national differences regarding organisation, culture, language and ideology were too big. There were also structural obstacles for the solidarity between the union organisations. Solidarity with colleagues collided with national and regional egoism. The union structure was also an obstacle. Irrespective of the organisation of the national unions, from line of business, political view or occupation it was obvious that international corporations were organised based on a different principal.
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