Sökning: "Workplace safety"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 53 avhandlingar innehållade orden Workplace safety.

1. 1. Promoting safety in organizations : The role of leadership and managerial practices

   Författare :Malin Mattson; Johnny Hellgren; Ingemar Torbiörn; Magnus Sverke; Gudela Grote; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transformational leadership; transactional leadership; safety-specific leadership; workplace safety; injuries; accidents; safety compliance; safety initiative; organizational citizenship behavior; communication; incident reporting; patient safety; incentive program; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Workplace accidents and injuries are a growing problem for organizations in Sweden as well as in many other countries. As a consequence, improving workplace safety has become an area of increasing concern for employers and politicians as well as researchers. LÄS MER

3. 2. Constructing Safety - Workplace Safety in Construction Industry with Emphasis on Safety Climate and Empirical Base in a Large Construction Project

   Författare :Susanna Larsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; safety climate; safety performance; safety behaviour; psychological climate; accident precention; organisational climate; occupational safety; construction industry;

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4. 3. Workplace Ethics : Some practical and foundational problems

   Författare :Anders J Persson; Sven Ove Hansson; Matti Häyry; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Ethics; contract of employment; ethics; ethical criteria; health and safety standards; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the present thesis is twofold: first, to analyse some practical ethical problems that stem from the workplace and the working environment and to offer guidelines concerning how such problems can be solved; second, to illuminate how the specific nature of work and the working environment is intimately connected to the relation between the employee and the employing entity, as set forth in an employment contract, and how the form and content of such contracts are, among other things, determined by culturally and socially established ideas. The normative question to be addressed is thus: which of these ideas should be maintained? This can be seen as a second-order, or more fundamental, ethical question whose answer depends on determining which normative principles are right. LÄS MER

5. 4. Rummet som resurs för förändringsarbete

   Författare :Göran Lindahl; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; workspace design; participation; workplace; workplace design; workspace;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the relationship between spatial and organisational issues, and how they relate to the development of organisations. The objective is to support organisational development by viewing space as a resource in processes of change and development. The thesis is based on two studies. LÄS MER

7. 5. "I know where you live" : Statutory social work, client violence, and dilemmas for safety and practice

   Författare :Jimmy Munobwa; Brian Littlechild; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; client violence; cognitive appraisal; coping; discretion; occupational injury; occupational safety; power; statutory social work; social work; workplace violence; arbetsplatsvåld; arbetsskada; arbetsskadeanmälan; coping; handlingsfrihet; klientvåld; makt; socialsekreterare; socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : Violence from service users towards social workers (client violence) has been a growing concern over the last decades. Statutory social work is among the occupations with a high risk of client violence. Sweden has a long history of legislation on workplace safety, yet client violence in social work is perpetual. LÄS MER