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Lundqvist, D., Reineholm, C., Ståhl, C. & Hellgren, M. (2024). Occupational health and safety management: managers’ organizational conditions and effect on employee well-being. International Journal of Workplace Health Management
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Occupational health and safety management: managers’ organizational conditions and effect on employee well-being
2024 (English)In: International Journal of Workplace Health Management, ISSN 1753-8351, E-ISSN 1753-836XArticle in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose – Knowledge regarding the importance of the psychosocial work environment for health and wellbeing in the workplace is extensive. However, more knowledge is needed about how the managers’ organizational conditions are related to what occupational health and safety management (OHSM) is actually conducted and how this relates to the work-related health of employees. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate if managers’ organizational conditions are associated with the conducted OHSM, and if the conducted OHSM is associated with the psychosocial work environment and well-being of the employees.

Design/methodology/approach – An electronic questionnaire was sent to managers and their employees working in 10 different organizations in Sweden, resulting in 1,097 valid responses. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the results.

Findings – The SEM analysis showed that managers’ conditions were related to employee well-being via OHSM and psychosocial work environment (job demands and job resources).

Originality/value – This study contributes to the existing literature in the field of OHSM by placing explicit focus on the role of organizational conditions for conducting OHSM. By studying not only the link between work environment and health, but also focus on the underlying organizational structures for OHSM, provides additional possibilities for prevention of the increasing work-related illness. As such, this paper contributes to a more holistic perspective in the field of OHSM.

Keywords
Occupational health and safety management; Systematic work environment management; Psychosocial work environment; Organizational and social work environment; Well-being
National Category
Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-201629 (URN)10.1108/ijwhm-10-2023-0151 (DOI)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-00851
Available from: 2024-03-15 Created: 2024-03-15 Last updated: 2024-03-15
Reineholm, C., Ståhl, C. & Lundqvist, D. (2023). Bringing risk back in: managers prioritization of the work environment during the pandemic. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 16(1), 4-19
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Bringing risk back in: managers prioritization of the work environment during the pandemic
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Workplace Health Management, ISSN 1753-8351, E-ISSN 1753-836X, Vol. 16, no 1, p. 4-19Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate managers experiences of managing work environment and risks during the Covid-19 pandemic and to explore how managers might use these experiences to develop future risk management. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 18 Swedish managers at different hierarchical levels working in 11 different organizations. A directed content analysis was carried out, informed by theory on risk management. Findings The results point to the pandemic as a societal crisis which workplaces needed to manage through large means of improvisation. Regular work environment routines were put to the test, and several deficiencies in the work environment and risk management were identified. Organizations that handle occupational safety and risks on a daily basis through established routines were less affected and could easier adjust work environment and risk management, compared to organizations prioritizing the social and organizational work environment, which had to re-prioritize and start paying more attention to the physical work environment and to bring risk management into their daily routines. Originality/value The study offers an account of how managers in different labor market sectors in Sweden have acted in the midst of the pandemic by handling real-time crises, how these experiences can be used for engaging in retrospective learning and how this may imply changes to their prospective risk management.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2023
Keywords
Leaders; Systematic work environment management; Risk management; Prospective risk management; Covid-19; Sweden
National Category
Work Sciences Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-187380 (URN)10.1108/IJWHM-03-2022-0041 (DOI)000824506800001 ()
Note

Funding Agencies|Forte: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare [2019-00851]

Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2023-11-28Bibliographically approved
Ståhl, C. & Persson, M. (2023). Klimatfrågan är sociologisk. Sociologisk forskning, 60(3-4), 215-217
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Klimatfrågan är sociologisk
2023 (Swedish)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 60, no 3-4, p. 215-217Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sveriges Sociologförbund, 2023
Keywords
Sociologi, klimatkris, miljösociologi
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-201412 (URN)10.37062/sf.60.25965 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-03-08 Created: 2024-03-08 Last updated: 2024-03-14Bibliographically approved
Persson, M. & Ståhl, C. (2023). Sociologisk Forskning ger ut sin 60:e årgång!. Sociologisk forskning, 60(2), 121-123
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sociologisk Forskning ger ut sin 60:e årgång!
2023 (Swedish)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 60, no 2, p. 121-123Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sveriges Sociologförbund, 2023
Keywords
redaktionellt, jubileum, 60år, Sociologisk Forskning
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-198907 (URN)10.37062/sf.60.25480 (DOI)2-s2.0-85176591143 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2023-00316
Available from: 2023-11-01 Created: 2023-11-01 Last updated: 2023-11-24Bibliographically approved
Ståhl, C., De Wispelaere, J. & MacEachen, E. (2023). The work disability trap: manifestations, causes and consequences of a policy paradox. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(11), 1916-1922
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The work disability trap: manifestations, causes and consequences of a policy paradox
2023 (English)In: Disability and Rehabilitation, ISSN 0963-8288, E-ISSN 1464-5165, Vol. 45, no 11, p. 1916-1922Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose This article focuses on the risk that work disability policies lock people into work disability rather than promote durable health and return to work. We outline the concept of a work disability trap as a heuristic device to explore this policy paradox inherent in the design of most social insurance systems. Materials and methods This is a conceptual paper drawing on examples from existing research. Results We identify three manifestations of the disability trap: not overcoming disability; underperforming; and returning to work prematurely. The causes of these manifestations are identified as structural rather than based on malingering clients, while negative consequences are identified both on client and system levels. Conclusion We emphasize the need for systems built on trust and reasonable expectations, and the need for providing rehabilitation support independently of economic compensation. Universal basic income is introduced as a potential tool to ameliorate some of the consequences of the disability trap.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023
Keywords
Moral hazard; return to work; universal basic income; work disability; disability trap
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185609 (URN)10.1080/09638288.2022.2074554 (DOI)000799441600001 ()35576235 (PubMedID)
Available from: 2022-06-09 Created: 2022-06-09 Last updated: 2023-11-16Bibliographically approved
MacEachen, E., de Rijk, A., Dyreborg, J., Fassier, J.-B., Fletcher, M., Hopwood, P., . . . Welti, F. (2022). Laws, Policies, and Collective Agreements Protecting Low-wage and Digital Platform Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 32(3), 201-212
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Laws, Policies, and Collective Agreements Protecting Low-wage and Digital Platform Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2022 (English)In: NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, ISSN 1048-2911, E-ISSN 1541-3772, Vol. 32, no 3, p. 201-212Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this commentary describes and compares shifting employment and occupational health social protections of low-wage workers, including self-employed digital platform workers. Through a focus on eight advanced economy countries, this paper identifies how employment misclassification and definitions of employees were handled in law and policy. Debates about minimum wage and occupational health and safety standards as they relate to worker well-being are considered. Finally, we discuss promising changes introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic that protect the health of low-wage and self-employed workers. Overall, we describe an ongoing "haves" and a "have not" divide, with on the one extreme, traditional job arrangements with good work-and-health social protections and, on the other extreme, low-wage and self-employed digital platform workers who are mostly left out of schemes. However, during the pandemic small and often temporary gains occurred and are discussed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications Inc, 2022
Keywords
social security policy; digital platform gig work; self-employment; low wage; occupational health
National Category
Law and Society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-189774 (URN)10.1177/10482911221133796 (DOI)000870454200001 ()36262099 (PubMedID)
Note

Funding Agencies|Canadian Institutes of Health Research [VR5-172687]

Available from: 2022-11-08 Created: 2022-11-08 Last updated: 2023-05-05Bibliographically approved
Ståhl, C. & Karlsson, E. (2022). Misstro och kamp: Sjukskrivnas erfarenheter av kontakter med Försäkringskassan. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (4), 601-611
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Misstro och kamp: Sjukskrivnas erfarenheter av kontakter med Försäkringskassan
2022 (Swedish)In: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, ISSN 0037-833X, no 4, p. 601-611Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Sociology Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-198317 (URN)
Available from: 2023-10-04 Created: 2023-10-04 Last updated: 2023-10-04
Ståhl, C., Norvell Gustavsson, I., Jonsdottir, I. H. & Akerstrom, M. (2022). Multilevel, risk group-oriented strategies to decrease sickness absence in the public sector: evaluation of interventions in two regions in Sweden. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 95, 1415-1427
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Multilevel, risk group-oriented strategies to decrease sickness absence in the public sector: evaluation of interventions in two regions in Sweden
2022 (English)In: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, ISSN 0340-0131, E-ISSN 1432-1246, Vol. 95, p. 1415-1427Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose Sickness absence has been identified as needing to be addressed through multilevel interventions, but knowledge regarding optimal design and implementation of such interventions is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation and effects of a large-scale multilevel intervention in the public sector in Sweden. Methods The overall effect of the intervention was assessed using mixed-effect models. Sickness absence data (before, and 6 or 12 months after the intervention) for 90 intervention groups and 378 reference groups was retrieved from administrative personnel systems from the two participating regional councils. The implementation processes were evaluated using qualitative content analysis of qualitative interviews conducted at two timepoints. Results The results show that the vast majority of implemented measures were on an individual level and the integration of the intervention differed between the two regions. The reception and perception of the intervention activities seem to have been influenced by the implementation process, and how well the interventions were communicated and integrated, both regarding the integration of the different interventions and their integration into the discrete context and existing routines. No short-term overall effects on sickness absence were found. Conclusions The results point to the many challenges in implementing complex interventions, especially where organizational measures are involved-including adequate participation by, and communication between, the involved actors, as well as sufficient resources. The results indicate potential learning effects regarding the awareness of organizational factors in sick leave, after implementing and integrating multilevel strategies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2022
Keywords
Sickness absence; Workplace interventions; Process evaluation; Multilevel strategies; Public sector
National Category
Other Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-184732 (URN)10.1007/s00420-022-01864-6 (DOI)000785693900001 ()35451629 (PubMedID)
Note

Funding Agencies|Linkoping University

Available from: 2022-05-05 Created: 2022-05-05 Last updated: 2024-02-19Bibliographically approved
Ståhl, C. (2022). Sjukförsäkringsutopier. In: Niklas Altermark, Magnus Dahlstedt (Ed.), Bortom systemskiftet: mot en ny gemenskap (pp. 121-140). Stockholm: Verbal förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sjukförsäkringsutopier
2022 (Swedish)In: Bortom systemskiftet: mot en ny gemenskap / [ed] Niklas Altermark, Magnus Dahlstedt, Stockholm: Verbal förlag , 2022, p. 121-140Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [sv]

Den svenska sjukförsäkringen bygger på att den som tillfälligtvis är svag får stöd från det gemensamma till denna åter är i skick att stå på egna ben. Det är, i korthet, systemets syfte och mål. Men bakom detta finns olika idéer om det goda samhället samt på vilket sätt detta kan åstadkommas genom politik och genom offentliga institutioner. Varje idé m ett gott samhälle rymmer också ett slags utopi om det ideala, det vi kanske aldrig når, men som fungerar som en kompass för vår politiska strävan.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Verbal förlag, 2022
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185316 (URN)9789189155916 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-05-23 Created: 2022-05-23 Last updated: 2022-10-11Bibliographically approved
Boonstra, M. D., Abma, F. I., Wilming, L., Ståhl, C., Karlsson, E. & Brouwer, S. (2022). Social Insurance Literacy of Dutch Workers Receiving Disability Benefits and its Associations with Socio-Economic Characteristics. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 32, 494-504
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social Insurance Literacy of Dutch Workers Receiving Disability Benefits and its Associations with Socio-Economic Characteristics
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2022 (English)In: Journal of occupational rehabilitation, ISSN 1053-0487, E-ISSN 1573-3688, Vol. 32, p. 494-504Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose This study explores the concept social insurance literacy (SIL) and corresponding questionnaire (SILQ) among workers receiving disability benefits and the comprehensibility of the social security institute (SSI), and examines associations with socio-economic characteristics. Methods 1753 panel members of the Dutch SSI were approached to complete the SILQ-NL37. This measure was based on the original SILQ. The SILQ-NL37 contains domains for obtaining, understanding and acting upon information for both individual SIL and system comprehensibility. A higher score means better SIL or comprehensibility. Data on age, gender, education, living situation, Dutch skills and time receiving disability benefits were also collected. With k-means clustering, groups with adequate and limited SIL were created. Associations with socio-economic characteristics were examined with independent t-tests and linear regression analyses for both the total scores and within domain scores. Cronbach alpha and Spearman rhos indicated measurement properties were good to acceptable for the SILQ-NL37. Results Thirty-five percent of the 567 participants were in the group with limited SIL. Higher individual SILQ-NL37 scores were associated with having a partner (p = 0.018) and northeastern living region (p = 0.031). Higher scores for obtaining (p = 0.041) and understanding (p = 0.049) information were associated with female sex, and for acting on information with younger age (p = 0.020). People with limited Dutch skills (p = 0.063) and a partner (p = 0.085) rated system comprehensibility higher. Conclusions According to the SILQ-NL37 scores, about 35% of the panel members have limited ability to obtain, understand and act upon social insurance systems information. Limited SIL is associated with several socio-economic factors. Future researches should study the concept in a more representative sample, and in different countries and social insurance contexts.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer / Plenum, 2022
Keywords
Social security; Literacy; Comprehension; Socio-economic background; Cross-sectional studies
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-182349 (URN)10.1007/s10926-021-10018-3 (DOI)000739275400001 ()34985681 (PubMedID)
Note

Funding Agencies|Dutch SSI, the Institute for Employee Benefits Schemes (UWV)

Available from: 2022-01-18 Created: 2022-01-18 Last updated: 2023-05-05Bibliographically approved
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