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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Erik Berntson.
1. Employability perceptions : Nature, determinants, and implications for health and well-being
Sammanfattning : The general aim of the present thesis is to increase our understanding of perceived employability. Employability perceptions refer to individuals’ beliefs about their possibilities of finding new, equal, or better employment. LÄS MER
2. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? : Parachute training, self-efficacy and leading in combat
Sammanfattning : Training military officers to lead in combat has always presented a training paradox: it is impossible to expose individuals to the inherent strains and dangers of real combat, but combat is where they are supposed to lead, making those demands normative for training. To overcome this paradox, the military uses training courses where stress is as realistic as possible within ethical limits. LÄS MER
3. Self-efficacy at work : Social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions
Sammanfattning : Research has shown that self-efficacy is one of the most important personal resources in the work context. However, research on working life has mainly focused on a cognitive and task-oriented dimension of self-efficacy representing employees’ perceptions of their capacity to successfully complete work tasks. LÄS MER
4. Job insecurity climate : The nature of the construct, its associations with outcomes, and its relation to individual job insecurity
Sammanfattning : Work is an essential part of most people’s lives. With increasing flexibility in work life, many employees experience job insecurity – they perceive that the future of their jobs is uncertain. LÄS MER
5. Office type, performance and well-being : A study of how personality and work tasks interact with contemporary office environments and ways of working
Sammanfattning : Today, many organisations are adopting offices that have an open design with or without flexible seating. While advocates of open-plan offices propose that these office types lead to cost savings and aid inter and intra-team communication, opponents argue that these office types are associated with decreased performance and worsened health among employees. LÄS MER