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  1. 1. Individual and Family Consequences of Involuntary Job Loss

    Författare :Marcus Eliason; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job displacment; job loss; displaced workers; plant closure; linked employer-employee data; divorce; mortality; unemployment; job specific capital; added worker effect; female labour supply; family income;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the long-term consequences of involuntary job loss. It consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I: Does Job Loss Shorten Life? This paper examines whether there is a causal relationship from job displacement to mortality. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Job insecurity from a stress perspective : Antecedents, consequences, and moderators

    Författare :Katharina Näswall; Magnus Sverke; Julian Barling; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job insecurity; appraisal; work-related attitudes; mental health complaints; somatic complaints; personality characteristics; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The trend in working life to lower costs by reducing personnel or employing staff on short-term basis has brought uncertainty to many employment situations. Job insecurity is a phenomenon that has received growing attention in research as well as in working life. The present thesis considers job insecurity as a stressor. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Rhythm of the job stress blues : Psychosocial working conditions and depression in working life and across retirement

    Författare :Julia Åhlin; Linda Magnusson Hanson; Hugo Westerlund; Tarani Chandola; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; job stress; psychosocial working conditions; job demand-control-support model; effort-reward imbalance model; organizational justice; depressive symptoms; longitudinal studies; trajectory analysis; latent class analysis; fixed-effects regression; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : A work environment characterized by poor psychosocial working conditions may lead to stress and mental health problems such as depression, a common and burdensome public health problem with significant consequences for individuals and for society at large. A number of psychosocial working characteristics have been found to be associated with increased depressive symptoms or clinical depression. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The work of job seeking : studies on career advice for white-collar workers

    Författare :Marinette Fogde; Mats Ekström; Kerstin Jacobsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job seeking; career advice; employability; governmentality; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In contemporary working life, training and guidance on how to write a curriculum vitae (CV) or succeed at an interview are fundamental features of job seeking. This kind of training and guidance, which emphasizes communicative skills and performance, entails ideals and norms in the process of becoming employed. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Alternative employment and well-being : Contract heterogeneity and differences among individuals

    Författare :Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Magnus Sverke; Kerstin Isaksson; Gunnar Aronsson; Sabine Raeder; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment contract; temporary work; part-time work; individual characteristics; contract motives; work involvement; job characteristics; work-related attitudes; well-being; health; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing use of temporary and part-time employment in recent decades was initially expected to lead to negative effects for the individual. The empirical evidence, however, has been equivocal and the consequences are therefore still unclear. LÄS MER