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- Johansson, Christer, et al.
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Balance and mobility in patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease : a five-year follow-up of a cohort in northern Sweden
- 2020
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In: Disability and Rehabilitation. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0963-8288 .- 1464-5165. ; 42:6, s. 770-778
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The presence of early balance impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease has not been fully investigated.PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine balance and mobility, self-perceived unsteadiness, self-reported falls, and effects of medication on balance among patients at their first visit to a neurological clinic and during the ensuing five years.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The participants were collected from a prospective longitudinal study. One hundred and forty-five patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and 31 healthy controls were included. The outcome measures were the Berg Balance Scale, the Timed Up and Go, the Postural Stability test and a questionnaire.RESULTS: At their first visit to the neurological clinic, the patients performed less well on the Berg Balance Scale (p < 0.001, r = 0.36), the Timed Up and Go (p < 0.001, r = 0.32), and the Postural Stability test (p < 0.001, r = 0.35) compared with the controls. In addition, a higher percentage of the patients reported self-perceived unsteadiness (p < 0.001, phi = 0.47). During the ensuing five years, balance and mobility worsened both with and without medication (p < 0.01, r = 0.24-0.37), although with small median differences.CONCLUSIONS: Further studies are needed to confirm that minor balance impairments exist even at the time of diagnosis and worsen during the ensuing five years. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Impairments in balance and mobility may occur early in Parkinson's disease, especially in the elderly patients, and seem to worsen during the first five years. There is a need to use sensitive outcome measures and to ask the patients about unsteadiness and falls to detect balance impairment in this cohort. Parkinsonian medication has a limited effect on balance and may preferably be complemented with balance exercises to target balance impairment early in Parkinson's disease.
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Accounting Research and Trust - A Literature Review
- 2011
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In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. - : Emerald. - 1176-6093. ; 8:4, s. 382-424
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a structured overview of literature in the nexus of trust and accounting. This can serve as a basis for future research, and thus provide a framework for asking more precise and focused research questions. Design/methodology/approach – All papers published in prominent accounting journals during a 15-year period were examined. Papers pertaining to the field of trust and accounting were categorized and analyzed in more detail, and qualitatively classified in accordance with selected dimensions. The review focused on papers explicitly exploring the link between accounting and trust. Findings – A large proportion of the papers is in the field of management accounting (MAN). The majority of published papers in the field are based on sociological theory, but there are some economics-based papers. Sociologically based analysis seems to provide more structure, but is also less paradigmatic in nature than economic theory. Only a small number of papers have an explicit definition of the concept of trust. The authors’ conclusion is that the state of research has been developing to become more paradigmatic in recent years. Originality/value – This is the only literature review that provides a comprehensive overview of research on trust and accounting. Thus, it is an aid to future research in the area.
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Actor-based management - the Tesco way
- 2011
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In: An actors approach to management. Conceptual framework and company practices. - Copenhagen : DJÖF Publishing. - 9788757424690 ; , s. 75-97
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Crush the Crisis with Actions, Accounts and Accounting
- 2005
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In: Accounting in Scandinavia - The Northern Lights (Eds) Sten Jönsson & Jan Mouritsen. - Copenhagen, Denmark : Liber & Copenhagen Business School Press. ; , s. 243-262
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Don't Mistake Shadow for Substance : Real-life responsibility
- 2003
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Previous management-control studies have regarded responsibility accounting as the assigned formal authorities of individuals underpinned by other organisational structures. The financial success of, for example, projects, is evaluated through various business ratios extracted from accounting figures. Also, performance feedback to individual managers who are held responsible is crucial to this view. However, what being responsible means is not clarified. This paper reports on a yearlong study of project management at Ericsson Microwave Systems AB in Sweden. The study is of an ethnographical character and is based on a series of interviews with members of a project team and on observations of their meetings. Within the paper the following question is addressed: How is responsibility constructed within companies, and what is the role of accounting information in this regard? The purpose of the study is to enhance the understanding of what types of responsibility constructs organisational members develop, and the role of accounting figures in this respect. A distinction is made between correlated and superimposed control in order to clarify the decisive difference between formal authority and responsibility. The findings indicate greater complexity than mainstream research attributes to accounting and its link to responsibility. By means of a number of illustrations, we show how constructs of responsibility reflect a tension between expectations of (1) what one wants to do versus what one ought to do, (2) responsibility versus formal assigned authority, and finally (3) co-ordination of one's own needs with the needs of others versus securing one's self-interest. Contrary to mainstream ideas, in our case accounting figures played a secondary role in project management. However, accounting is an important point of reference for peoples actions and for their responsibility. Our conclusions are not in line with previous claims about legitimating and dominating being the most significant aspects of accountability situations. Instead, we add the trust-creation aspect to the sense-making aspect.
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Micro processes (contin’d)– examples of how we can study them. Constructs of responibility - A case study at Ericsson Microwave Systems AB
- 2003
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In: The 17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies in Reykjavik 14-16th of August 2003.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Previous management control studies look upon responsibility accounting as assigned formal authorities of individuals underpinned by other organisational structures. Financial success of e.g. projects is evaluated through various business ratios extracted from accounting figures. Also, performance feedback to individual managers who are held responsible is crucial to this view. However, what being responsible means, is not clarified. This paper reports on a yearlong study of project management at Ericsson Microwave System AB in Sweden. The study is of ethnographical character and based on series of interviews with members of a project team and observations of their meetings. Within the paper following question is addressed: How is responsibility constructed within companies and what is the role of accounting information in this connection? The purpose is to enhance the understanding of what type of responsibility constructs organisational members develop and the role of accounting figures in this respect. A distinction is made between correlated and superimposed control in order to clarify the decisive difference between intrinsic and extrinsic responsibility. The findings indicate greater complexity than mainstream research attributes accounting and its link to responsibility. By a number of illustrations, it is shown how responsibility constructs reflect a tension between expectations of (1) what one wants to do versus what one ought to do, (2) responsibility versus formal assigned authority and finally (3) to co-ordinate one's own needs with the needs of others versus to secure one's self-interest. Contrary to mainstream ideas our case shows that accounting figures are given a secondary role in the management of the project. However, accounting is an important point of reference for peoples' actions and for their intrinsic responsibility. Here, the way two identified trust-carriers use accounting figures in various situations, establishes the point of reference for the others.
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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The Role of Trust in Accounting Research
- 2003
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In: 26th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, April 2-4, 2003 at the University of Seville, Spain.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the knowledge about the trust concept and its application within the accounting research context. This is done by examining the different ontological and epistemological assumptions that accounting research are based on, by relating these assumptions to various conceptions of trust used in accounting research, and by revealing the explicit and implicit role that is given to trust in accounting research. The review is based on articles published between 1995 and 2002 in eleven influential accounting journals. The results show that few accounting articles are explicitly related to trust. Our review supports observations regarding the absence of empirical research made in previous research. Our classification of epistemological and ontological assumptions resulted in an even distribution between the mainstream and alternative approaches. The use of trust in the selected articles showed four different types reflecting an increasing role of trust in explaining accounting phenomena. To summarise, our review produces a dissociated impression of the role of trust in accounting research.
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- Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, 1962, et al.
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Trust Research in Accounting – A Literature Review
- 2009
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to provide a structured overview of literature in the nexus of trust and accounting. This can serve as a basis for future research, and thus provide a framework for asking more precise and focused research questions. Design/methodology/approach: All papers published in prominent accounting journals during a 10-year period were scanned. Papers pertaining to the field of trust and accounting were categorized and analyzed in more detail, and qualitatively classified in accordance with selected dimensions. The review was focused on papers explicitly exploring the link between accounting and trust. Findings: The greater part of the papers is in the field of management accounting. The majority of published papers in the field are based on sociological theory, but there are some economics-based papers. Sociologically-based analysis seems to provide more structure, but is also less paradigmatic in nature than economic theory. Only a minority of papers has an explicit definition of the concept of trust. Our conclusion is that the state of research is clearly non-paradigmatic in nature. Origininality/value: This is the only literature review that provides a comprehensive overview of research on trust and accounting. Thus, it is an aid in future research in the area.
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