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- Alvinius, Aida, Docent, 1979-
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A Gender Perspective on Teachers as Crisis Managers
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In: NORA. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-8740 .- 1502-394X. ; 27:2, s. 5-138
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Stressful conditions affect communities at different levels and may involve occupational groups not normally associated with issues of crisis and security. Teachers in the compulsory school system are members of such a group. The purpose of this study is to examine teachers’ view of their own role as crisis management actors in a female-dominated occupation. A Grounded Theory approach applying a gender perspective was used as an analytical tool for data processing. In total, 16 informants from four different schools in two different municipalities in Sweden were interviewed. The analysis of these interviews shows that teachers’ perceptions of risk, crisis, and security are influenced and characterized by social and emotional regulation aimed at (a) reducing vulnerability, (b) increasing the sense of security, and (c) regaining or restoring a sense of order and control. These strategies have been discussed froma gender perspective as teachers do not regard themselves as legitimate crisis management actors.
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- Alvinius, Aida, Docent, 1979-, et al.
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A Gender Perspective on Temporary Organisations in Crisis Management
- 2020
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In: NORA. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-8740 .- 1502-394X. ; 28:4, s. 273-286
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this study is to examine, explain and interpret concepts of gender in relation to information management, crisis communication and collaboration within the framework of (crisis) communicator tasks. Since the crisis management realm is malecoded and the communications profession is female-coded, there is reason to gain more knowledge of how these relate to each other. The ambition is to contribute to an underdeveloped area of theory. A total of nineteen participants joined the study. All the interviews were processed according to the guidelines for the thematic analysis method. Analysis showed that three themes are central to understanding the role of communicators in the crisis management system. These are a) crisis communication as a temporary organization; b) requirements imposed on, and expectations from, the role and the individual and c) organizational greed. Results are discussed theoretically from a gender perspective, and practical implications are given as well as proposals for further studies.
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- Alvinius, Aida, et al.
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Becoming a Swedish military ranger : a grounded theory study
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In: Norma. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1890-2138 .- 1890-2146. ; 11:1, s. 34-51
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The armed forces in virtually all countries are traditionally male-dominated organisations. Military rangers constitute an elite unit whose chief skills and capabilities centre on unconventional warfare and intelligence gathering in enemy territory, as well as conducting low-intensity warfare. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the process of becoming a military ranger and what it means to be one in this context from a masculinity perspective. The study was carried out with informants from three military ranger units in Sweden: the Army’s ranger battalion, parachuting rangers from an airborne battalion and intelligence battalion, and coastal rangers. In total, 28 informants participated in the study. All of them were men. A qualitative analysis resulted in a model where the core variable was labelled on becoming a ranger through reproducing masculinity as a form of emotional regime. This core variable is built up by three different strategies, each of which contains a number of actions: building social identity by means of coolness strategies, observing symbols and rituals to build a sense of pride and building cohesion to maintain group intimacy, and emotionally exclude the external environment
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- Alvinius, Aida, Docent, 1979-, et al.
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Blaming and shaming in the shadow structure : individual resistance towards genderequality work as expressions of social conflict
- 2023
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In: Feminist Media Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1468-0777 .- 1471-5902. ; 23:1, s. 83-100
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article explores individual resistance related to a military organization’s gender equality work as expressed in online contexts. Resistance is explained as expressions of wider social conflicts, grounded in experiences of threats towards military masculinities, challenged by societal and political transformation processes perceived as feminine. The data consists of defence-related blogs and comments. A thematic analysis finds that individual resistance can be understood as blaming and shaming strategies. Five sub-themes are identified: blaming the “feminised” organization, blaming and shaming women’s abilities to serve, individualisation of structural problems, verbal violence and violations, and objectification of men working with and supporting gender equality initiatives. The analysis exemplifies how social conflict is transferred to organizations through individual resistance. As gender equality policies are questioned, organizations need to confront resistance also within the online context.
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- Alvinius, Aida, 1979-
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Bridging Boundaries in the Borderland of Bureaucracies : Individual Impact on Organisational Adaption to Demanding Situations in Civil and Military Contexts
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to reach a deeper understanding of how boundary spanners are bridging boundaries between uniformed bureaucratic organisations and their environment, characterised by demanding conditions.The main part of this thesis is based upon empirical data gathered through 71 interviews with Swedish civil and military informants from several uniformed organisations. Four articles have been included in this thesis in order to address the overarching aim.The results show that boundary spanners are crucial to the adaption of uniformed organisations to demanding conditions. A number of aspects that are included in the process of organisational adaption have been identified. One of the tasks is to balance between structuring and improvisation where much is at stake. The other task is to create confidence among the involved actors and contribute in different ways to create a sense of symmetry between partners. Finally, the third task for boundary spanners is to recognise improvised roles such as spontaneous links in order to maintain stressful conditions and bridge a gap in the bureaucratic organisation. The present thesis contributes to sociological theory of emotions, disaster management and military studies through a common denominator, namely the demanding context. Taken together, the findings increase awareness of how organisations act towards their environments and how individuals, especially boundary spanners, adapt the organisation to its environment. For leaders and managers, it is important to make decisions, provide mandates and authorisation, as well as invest confidence in boundary spanners. The hierarchical chain may remain in existence, but it can be made shorter and more transparent through this kind of knowledge.
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- Alvinius, Aida, Docent, 1979-, et al.
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Covid-19 som en strukturell beslutsutmaning i vård- och omsorgssektorn
- 2021
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In: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 98:1, s. 82-90
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Artikeln problematiserar beslutsfattande i vård- och omsorgssektorn till följd av Covid-19 pandemin. Detta görs deduktivt genom att applicera en empiriskt framtagen beslutsmodell på nya data som utgörs av medieartiklar. Be-slutsmodellen kan delas in i två dimensioner; en medarbetarinriktad och en organisationsinriktad. Varje dimension anger beslutsriktningen och sträcker sig från anti till pro. Det innebär att beslut kan fattas pro/anti medarbetare/organisation. Vi har funnit belägg för tre av modellens fyra dimensioner, vilka är utgångspunkter för analys av vilka konsekvenser beslut kan få på medar-betare, på arbetslivet och på det det civila samhället i stort.
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