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Research paper thumbnail of The effects of new dimensions of psychological job demands and job control on active learning and occupational health

PsycEXTRA Dataset, Feb 22, 2013

The changes in the job content in the 1990's may have led to changes in job demands and general j... more The changes in the job content in the 1990's may have led to changes in job demands and general job control. The aim of this paper is to show how new dimensions of psychological job demands are related to two sets of outcome variables, employee health and active learning, and to show how these relationships are modified or interact with social support and types of job control. The study was part of the project: "Restructuring the electric energy industry: Work design, productivity and health" funded by the Norwegian Research Council as part of the "Health in Working Life" program. The study was carried out as a survey in 1999 in 13 electric energy companies in Norway with totally 3335 employees. Extended versions of measurement instruments of the demands-control model were used in the questionnaire. Lisrel analysis was used to assess the fit of the proposed models. The findings confirm that different dimensions of demands are differentially related to the outcome variables. Skill discretion uniformly reduced the effect of the demands: for groups low in skill discretion there was a stronger relationship between demands and outcomes than for groups high in skill discretion. The interaction pattern for the remaining control-and support variables is however more complicated and warrants further studies as to the exact nature and form of the interactions. The practical implications of this study are that employers should carefully consider the quality of work. Special attention should be given to the quantitative demands of the jobs, since there seems to be few moderators for the relationship between those demands and job stress and subjective health complaints.

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of participatory organizational intervention on job stress in community health care institutions

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1999

Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both "flexible o... more Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both "flexible organization" and improvements in health, as outlined in occupational stress intervention models. This study evaluates the impact of a participatory organizational intervention on job stress and job characteristics. The intervention was carried out in two post offices in the Norwegian Postal Service. "Local theories" were seen as the key drivers for organizational improvement and increased control. The underlying dynamics of the intervention were to manipulate employees' learning opportunity and decision authority so as to improve work environment and health. Work groups, in dialogue with a steering committee, conducted diagnosis, action planning, and action taking. Work conditions deteriorated during the observation period in the control groups. In one of the intervention groups, this negative trend was reduced by the intervention. Lack of positive results in the other intervention group may have been due to organizational restructuring and turbulence.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of a Participatory Organizational Intervention on Job Characteristics and Job Stress

International Journal of Health Services, Oct 1, 1999

Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both “flexible organizati... more Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both “flexible organization” and improvements in health, as outlined in occupational stress intervention models. This study evaluates the impact of a participatory organizational intervention on job stress and job characteristics. The intervention was carried out in two post offices in the Norwegian Postal Service. “Local theories” were seen as the key drivers for organizational improvement and increased control. The underlying dynamics of the intervention were to manipulate employees' learning opportunity and decision authority so as to improve work environment and health. Work groups, in dialogue with a steering committee, conducted diagnosis, action planning, and action taking. Work conditions deteriorated during the observation period in the control groups. In one of the intervention groups, this negative trend was reduced by the intervention. Lack of positive results in the other intervention group may have been due to organizational restructuring and turbulence.

Research paper thumbnail of General practitioners’ perceptions of distributed leadership in providing integrated care for elderly chronic multi-morbid patients: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, Aug 25, 2022

Background: Distributed Leadership (DL) has been suggested as being helpful when different health... more Background: Distributed Leadership (DL) has been suggested as being helpful when different health care professionals and patients need to work together across professional and organizational boundaries to provide integrated care (IC). This study explores whether General Practitioners (GPs) adopt leadership actions that transcend organizational boundaries to provide IC for patients and discusses whether the GPs' leadership actions in collaboration with patients and health care professionals contribute to DL. Methods: We interviewed GPs (n = 20) of elderly multimorbid patients in a municipality in Norway. A qualitative interpretive case design and Gioia methodology was applied to the collection and analysis of data from semi-structured interviews. Results: GPs are involved in three processes when contributing to IC for elderly multimorbidity patients; the process of creating an integrated patient experience, the workflow process and the process of maneuvering organizational structures and medical culture. GPs take part in processes comparable to configurations of DL described in the literature. Patient micro-context and health care macro-context are related to observed configurations of DL. Conclusion: Initiating or moving between different configurations of DL in IC requires awareness of patient context and the health care macro-context, of ways of working, capacity of digital tools and use of health care personnel.

Research paper thumbnail of Employability and Job Performance as Links in the Relationship Between Mentoring Receipt and Career Success : A Study in SMEs

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Apr 1, 2016

This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as interve... more This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 Information Technology (IT) professionals employed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three European countries. Mentoring receipt was related to both employability and job performance. Employability mediated the relationship of mentoring receipt with objective and subjective career success, as well as its relationship with job performance. The findings indicate that receipt of mentoring is connected to job performance, a link that has hitherto lacked empirical evidence. In addition, they suggest a pivotal role for employability in the relationship of mentoring receipt with job performance and career success. Overall, this study helps unveil the mechanism through which mentoring affects career outcomes. Moreover, it shows that the benefits of mentoring hold outside the context of large corporations.

Research paper thumbnail of Company efforts to improve occupational health? The case of the Norwegian electric energy sector in a restructuring period

27, 2002

During the 1990’s the individual employees have experienced changes in job content and increased ... more During the 1990’s the individual employees have experienced changes in job content and increased demands on flexibility and learning. In the same period the psychosocial work problems and sick leave have increased. The aim of this study was to identify company initiated interventions to improve occupational health during a restructuring period, to study the effect of these interventions and to compare company departments with a positive versus a negative development in occupational health in the defined intervention period. The study was part of the project “Restructuring the electric energy industry: Work design, productivity and health” funded by the Norwegian Research Council as part of the “Health in Working Life” program. The sample consisted of 13 electric energy companies in Norway. Survey data from two measurements and qualitative interview data were used. In contrast to the findings in the literature where most of the interventions were individual and concentrated on reducing the effects of stress, rather then its sources, most of the company initiated interventions in this study fell in the work-oriented group as either primary or secondary interventions. In reporting on the improvement activities carried out, the managers and supervisors only with rare exceptions discriminated between primary and secondary/tertiary interventions. Performance appraisals, HES agendas and safety auditions were among the most common interventions. For the respondents that reported that they had participated in intervention, the occupational health interventions had a positive, but limited effect on commitment, job satisfaction, efforts, skill discretion, decision authority and organizational climate variables

Research paper thumbnail of Tre eller fire uker hjemme

55, 2001

RF-Rogalandsforskning fikk i oktober 2000 forespørsel fra Norsk Rederiforbund om å gjennomføre et... more RF-Rogalandsforskning fikk i oktober 2000 forespørsel fra Norsk Rederiforbund om å gjennomføre et prosjekt om forholdet mellom sikkerhet og innføring av fire versus tre uker hjemme som arbeidstidsordning for offshoreansatte i Nordsjøen. De ansattes organisasjoner NOPEF, OFS og DSO gav støtte til prosjektet. Både fra organisasjonenes side og fra arbeidsgivers side reises spørsmålet om det er noen sammenhenger mellom arbeidstidsordninger og sikkerhet. Det reises også spørsmål om avstanden i tid mellom periodene på jobb er for stor til å gjøre jobben på en forsvarlig og sikker måte sett i forhold til kompetanse og innlærte ferdigheter

Research paper thumbnail of A cross-cultural study of the relationships among flow at work: Leader-Member Exchanges (LMX) and employee career outcome

Research paper thumbnail of Institutional stress and job performance among hospital employees

International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2019

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate if institutional stress is related to job pe... more Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate if institutional stress is related to job performance among hospital employees, and if institutional stress is fully or partly mediated by motivational resources with regards to the relation with job performance. Design/methodology/approach A self-completion survey was distributed to four public hospitals in Norway, and had a response rate of 40% (N = 9,162). Structural equation modelling was conducted on two groups of hospital employees with (N = 795) and without (N = 8,367) managerial responsibilities. Findings Institutional stress was negatively related to job performance for hospital employees without managerial responsibilities. The motivational resources autonomy, competence development and social support partly mediated the relationship between institutional stress and job performance in the group of employees without managerial responsibilities. In the leader group, the motivational resources fully mediated the relationshi...

Research paper thumbnail of Employability Management Needs Analysis within the ICT sector in Europe

tilburguniversity.edu

Esther van der Schoot, Beatrice IJM van der Heijden, Dora Scholarios, Nikos Bozionelos, Olga Epit... more Esther van der Schoot, Beatrice IJM van der Heijden, Dora Scholarios, Nikos Bozionelos, Olga Epitropaki, Piotr Jêdrzejowicz, Peter Knauth, Izabela Marzec, Aslaug Mikkelsen, Claudia van der Heijden, & the Indicator Study Group ... Dr. Esther van der Schoot Institute of Applied ...

Research paper thumbnail of Hairy Goals in Change Management: The Case of Implementing ICT-Supported Task Planning in a Hospital Setting

Journal of Change Management, 2015

Abstract The technological development in health communication systems changes premises for infor... more Abstract The technological development in health communication systems changes premises for information flow and task planning to provide the patients the best possible treatment. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of hairy goals in the implementation of an advanced information and communication technology (ICT) task planning system in a hospital setting. The study is based on a qualitative, single instrumental case study. Forty-six in-depth interviews with employees from four different hospitals were carried out. Hairy goals had a unifying effect on employees from different professions and subcultures within the hospitals in the implementation of the new ICT-supported advanced task planning system. An agile project style in the first phase of the implementation caused some frustration, but was solved by self-organization and locally set learning goals. Our findings revealed a gap between the hairy goals set by the top management and the time it took for the self-organizing change principles of agile management to set in. This study indicates that goal-setting procedures should match the phases of the change process.

Research paper thumbnail of Older adults’ experiences with participation and eHealth in care coordination: A qualitative interview study in a primary care setting (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Due to the demographic changes in the elderly population worldwide, delivering coordin... more BACKGROUND Due to the demographic changes in the elderly population worldwide, delivering coordinated care at home to multimorbid older adults is of great importance. Older adults living with multiple chronic conditions need information to manage and coordinate their care. eHealth can be effective for gaining sufficient information, communication, and self-management of chronic conditions for the elderly. There is a need for more knowledge on how multimorbid older adults participate in coordinating their care and for a better understanding of how eHealth supports their participation. OBJECTIVE This study aims to 1) gain knowledge on multimorbid older adults’ experiences with participation in care coordination with the general practitioner (GP) and district nurses (DNs), and 2) explore how eHealth supports their participation in care coordination. METHODS The study has a qualitative explorative approach. Data collection included semi-structured interviews with 20 older adults with mu...

Research paper thumbnail of in Europe: The Case of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

The following full text is a publisher's version.

Research paper thumbnail of Levekår og pensjon i norsk politi

Research paper thumbnail of What about the employability and career success of different age groups? Effects of Age-related HRM Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Informal learning climate as a determinant for lifelong employability

Research paper thumbnail of Changing to improve? Organizational change and change-oriented leadership in hospitals

Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to fill gaps in one’s knowledge of the impact of organizational change on ... more PurposeThis paper aims to fill gaps in one’s knowledge of the impact of organizational change on two outcomes relevant to hospital service quality (performance obstacles and physician job satisfaction) and in one’s knowledge of the role of middle manager change-oriented leadership in relation to the same outcomes. Further, the authors aim to identify how physician participation in decision-making is impacted by organizational change and change-oriented leadership, as well as how it mediates the relationships between these two variables, performance obstacles and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a cross-sectional survey design including data from Norwegian hospital physicians (N = 556). A hypothetical model was developed based on existing theory, confirmatory factor analysis was carried out in order to ensure the validity of measurement concepts, and the structural model was estimated using structural equation modelling.FindingsThe organizational changes ...

Research paper thumbnail of Readiness for Change and Good Translations

Journal of Change Management, 2020

Translation studies have shown that management ideas and practices change as they travel between ... more Translation studies have shown that management ideas and practices change as they travel between contexts, and that there are regularities in how they are translated through editing. We, however, know less about what facilitates good translations, i.e. the translation of new ideas and practices into working practices or routines that contribute to the attainment of organizational goals. This study investigates how the concept of readiness for change can increase our understanding of translation processes and translation outcomes through following an intra-organizational translation of a new management idea and practice in a hospital. The aim is to identify how the use of editing rules in a strategic translation process impacts readiness for change. It is also to identify how readiness influences the use of editing rules and translation practices in an operative translation process and the resulting differences in the quality of translation outcomes. This study finds that strategic translations may foster readiness for change. Readiness furthermore enables inclusive operative translation processes in which editing practices and translation rules are used to thoroughly rework a new management idea and practice into a good translation. MAD-Statement Management ideas and practices change as they travel to new organizational settingsthey are translated. Not all translation outcomes contribute to the attainment of organizational goals. This paper argues that readiness for change is a key concept in understanding translation processes and the quality of translation outcomes. Change initiators may foster readiness for change among operative level employees through strategic translations. When readiness is high, a further operative translation process including a wide range of participants as translators may thoroughly rework the new idea and practice into new, constructive work practices that enable the organization to attain important goals.

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Agreement for Employability and Objective Career Outcomes

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Making a career in hospitals: Determinants of registered nurses’ aspirations to become a manager

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2019

All authors have agreed on the final version and meet at least one of the following criteria (rec... more All authors have agreed on the final version and meet at least one of the following criteria (recommended by the ICMJE*): 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. *

Research paper thumbnail of The effects of new dimensions of psychological job demands and job control on active learning and occupational health

PsycEXTRA Dataset, Feb 22, 2013

The changes in the job content in the 1990's may have led to changes in job demands and general j... more The changes in the job content in the 1990's may have led to changes in job demands and general job control. The aim of this paper is to show how new dimensions of psychological job demands are related to two sets of outcome variables, employee health and active learning, and to show how these relationships are modified or interact with social support and types of job control. The study was part of the project: "Restructuring the electric energy industry: Work design, productivity and health" funded by the Norwegian Research Council as part of the "Health in Working Life" program. The study was carried out as a survey in 1999 in 13 electric energy companies in Norway with totally 3335 employees. Extended versions of measurement instruments of the demands-control model were used in the questionnaire. Lisrel analysis was used to assess the fit of the proposed models. The findings confirm that different dimensions of demands are differentially related to the outcome variables. Skill discretion uniformly reduced the effect of the demands: for groups low in skill discretion there was a stronger relationship between demands and outcomes than for groups high in skill discretion. The interaction pattern for the remaining control-and support variables is however more complicated and warrants further studies as to the exact nature and form of the interactions. The practical implications of this study are that employers should carefully consider the quality of work. Special attention should be given to the quantitative demands of the jobs, since there seems to be few moderators for the relationship between those demands and job stress and subjective health complaints.

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of participatory organizational intervention on job stress in community health care institutions

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1999

Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both "flexible o... more Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both "flexible organization" and improvements in health, as outlined in occupational stress intervention models. This study evaluates the impact of a participatory organizational intervention on job stress and job characteristics. The intervention was carried out in two post offices in the Norwegian Postal Service. "Local theories" were seen as the key drivers for organizational improvement and increased control. The underlying dynamics of the intervention were to manipulate employees' learning opportunity and decision authority so as to improve work environment and health. Work groups, in dialogue with a steering committee, conducted diagnosis, action planning, and action taking. Work conditions deteriorated during the observation period in the control groups. In one of the intervention groups, this negative trend was reduced by the intervention. Lack of positive results in the other intervention group may have been due to organizational restructuring and turbulence.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of a Participatory Organizational Intervention on Job Characteristics and Job Stress

International Journal of Health Services, Oct 1, 1999

Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both “flexible organizati... more Increased employee control and participation are recommended to achieve both “flexible organization” and improvements in health, as outlined in occupational stress intervention models. This study evaluates the impact of a participatory organizational intervention on job stress and job characteristics. The intervention was carried out in two post offices in the Norwegian Postal Service. “Local theories” were seen as the key drivers for organizational improvement and increased control. The underlying dynamics of the intervention were to manipulate employees' learning opportunity and decision authority so as to improve work environment and health. Work groups, in dialogue with a steering committee, conducted diagnosis, action planning, and action taking. Work conditions deteriorated during the observation period in the control groups. In one of the intervention groups, this negative trend was reduced by the intervention. Lack of positive results in the other intervention group may have been due to organizational restructuring and turbulence.

Research paper thumbnail of General practitioners’ perceptions of distributed leadership in providing integrated care for elderly chronic multi-morbid patients: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, Aug 25, 2022

Background: Distributed Leadership (DL) has been suggested as being helpful when different health... more Background: Distributed Leadership (DL) has been suggested as being helpful when different health care professionals and patients need to work together across professional and organizational boundaries to provide integrated care (IC). This study explores whether General Practitioners (GPs) adopt leadership actions that transcend organizational boundaries to provide IC for patients and discusses whether the GPs' leadership actions in collaboration with patients and health care professionals contribute to DL. Methods: We interviewed GPs (n = 20) of elderly multimorbid patients in a municipality in Norway. A qualitative interpretive case design and Gioia methodology was applied to the collection and analysis of data from semi-structured interviews. Results: GPs are involved in three processes when contributing to IC for elderly multimorbidity patients; the process of creating an integrated patient experience, the workflow process and the process of maneuvering organizational structures and medical culture. GPs take part in processes comparable to configurations of DL described in the literature. Patient micro-context and health care macro-context are related to observed configurations of DL. Conclusion: Initiating or moving between different configurations of DL in IC requires awareness of patient context and the health care macro-context, of ways of working, capacity of digital tools and use of health care personnel.

Research paper thumbnail of Employability and Job Performance as Links in the Relationship Between Mentoring Receipt and Career Success : A Study in SMEs

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Apr 1, 2016

This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as interve... more This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 Information Technology (IT) professionals employed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three European countries. Mentoring receipt was related to both employability and job performance. Employability mediated the relationship of mentoring receipt with objective and subjective career success, as well as its relationship with job performance. The findings indicate that receipt of mentoring is connected to job performance, a link that has hitherto lacked empirical evidence. In addition, they suggest a pivotal role for employability in the relationship of mentoring receipt with job performance and career success. Overall, this study helps unveil the mechanism through which mentoring affects career outcomes. Moreover, it shows that the benefits of mentoring hold outside the context of large corporations.

Research paper thumbnail of Company efforts to improve occupational health? The case of the Norwegian electric energy sector in a restructuring period

27, 2002

During the 1990’s the individual employees have experienced changes in job content and increased ... more During the 1990’s the individual employees have experienced changes in job content and increased demands on flexibility and learning. In the same period the psychosocial work problems and sick leave have increased. The aim of this study was to identify company initiated interventions to improve occupational health during a restructuring period, to study the effect of these interventions and to compare company departments with a positive versus a negative development in occupational health in the defined intervention period. The study was part of the project “Restructuring the electric energy industry: Work design, productivity and health” funded by the Norwegian Research Council as part of the “Health in Working Life” program. The sample consisted of 13 electric energy companies in Norway. Survey data from two measurements and qualitative interview data were used. In contrast to the findings in the literature where most of the interventions were individual and concentrated on reducing the effects of stress, rather then its sources, most of the company initiated interventions in this study fell in the work-oriented group as either primary or secondary interventions. In reporting on the improvement activities carried out, the managers and supervisors only with rare exceptions discriminated between primary and secondary/tertiary interventions. Performance appraisals, HES agendas and safety auditions were among the most common interventions. For the respondents that reported that they had participated in intervention, the occupational health interventions had a positive, but limited effect on commitment, job satisfaction, efforts, skill discretion, decision authority and organizational climate variables

Research paper thumbnail of Tre eller fire uker hjemme

55, 2001

RF-Rogalandsforskning fikk i oktober 2000 forespørsel fra Norsk Rederiforbund om å gjennomføre et... more RF-Rogalandsforskning fikk i oktober 2000 forespørsel fra Norsk Rederiforbund om å gjennomføre et prosjekt om forholdet mellom sikkerhet og innføring av fire versus tre uker hjemme som arbeidstidsordning for offshoreansatte i Nordsjøen. De ansattes organisasjoner NOPEF, OFS og DSO gav støtte til prosjektet. Både fra organisasjonenes side og fra arbeidsgivers side reises spørsmålet om det er noen sammenhenger mellom arbeidstidsordninger og sikkerhet. Det reises også spørsmål om avstanden i tid mellom periodene på jobb er for stor til å gjøre jobben på en forsvarlig og sikker måte sett i forhold til kompetanse og innlærte ferdigheter

Research paper thumbnail of A cross-cultural study of the relationships among flow at work: Leader-Member Exchanges (LMX) and employee career outcome

Research paper thumbnail of Institutional stress and job performance among hospital employees

International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2019

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate if institutional stress is related to job pe... more Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate if institutional stress is related to job performance among hospital employees, and if institutional stress is fully or partly mediated by motivational resources with regards to the relation with job performance. Design/methodology/approach A self-completion survey was distributed to four public hospitals in Norway, and had a response rate of 40% (N = 9,162). Structural equation modelling was conducted on two groups of hospital employees with (N = 795) and without (N = 8,367) managerial responsibilities. Findings Institutional stress was negatively related to job performance for hospital employees without managerial responsibilities. The motivational resources autonomy, competence development and social support partly mediated the relationship between institutional stress and job performance in the group of employees without managerial responsibilities. In the leader group, the motivational resources fully mediated the relationshi...

Research paper thumbnail of Employability Management Needs Analysis within the ICT sector in Europe

tilburguniversity.edu

Esther van der Schoot, Beatrice IJM van der Heijden, Dora Scholarios, Nikos Bozionelos, Olga Epit... more Esther van der Schoot, Beatrice IJM van der Heijden, Dora Scholarios, Nikos Bozionelos, Olga Epitropaki, Piotr Jêdrzejowicz, Peter Knauth, Izabela Marzec, Aslaug Mikkelsen, Claudia van der Heijden, & the Indicator Study Group ... Dr. Esther van der Schoot Institute of Applied ...

Research paper thumbnail of Hairy Goals in Change Management: The Case of Implementing ICT-Supported Task Planning in a Hospital Setting

Journal of Change Management, 2015

Abstract The technological development in health communication systems changes premises for infor... more Abstract The technological development in health communication systems changes premises for information flow and task planning to provide the patients the best possible treatment. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of hairy goals in the implementation of an advanced information and communication technology (ICT) task planning system in a hospital setting. The study is based on a qualitative, single instrumental case study. Forty-six in-depth interviews with employees from four different hospitals were carried out. Hairy goals had a unifying effect on employees from different professions and subcultures within the hospitals in the implementation of the new ICT-supported advanced task planning system. An agile project style in the first phase of the implementation caused some frustration, but was solved by self-organization and locally set learning goals. Our findings revealed a gap between the hairy goals set by the top management and the time it took for the self-organizing change principles of agile management to set in. This study indicates that goal-setting procedures should match the phases of the change process.

Research paper thumbnail of Older adults’ experiences with participation and eHealth in care coordination: A qualitative interview study in a primary care setting (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Due to the demographic changes in the elderly population worldwide, delivering coordin... more BACKGROUND Due to the demographic changes in the elderly population worldwide, delivering coordinated care at home to multimorbid older adults is of great importance. Older adults living with multiple chronic conditions need information to manage and coordinate their care. eHealth can be effective for gaining sufficient information, communication, and self-management of chronic conditions for the elderly. There is a need for more knowledge on how multimorbid older adults participate in coordinating their care and for a better understanding of how eHealth supports their participation. OBJECTIVE This study aims to 1) gain knowledge on multimorbid older adults’ experiences with participation in care coordination with the general practitioner (GP) and district nurses (DNs), and 2) explore how eHealth supports their participation in care coordination. METHODS The study has a qualitative explorative approach. Data collection included semi-structured interviews with 20 older adults with mu...

Research paper thumbnail of in Europe: The Case of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

The following full text is a publisher's version.

Research paper thumbnail of Levekår og pensjon i norsk politi

Research paper thumbnail of What about the employability and career success of different age groups? Effects of Age-related HRM Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Informal learning climate as a determinant for lifelong employability

Research paper thumbnail of Changing to improve? Organizational change and change-oriented leadership in hospitals

Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to fill gaps in one’s knowledge of the impact of organizational change on ... more PurposeThis paper aims to fill gaps in one’s knowledge of the impact of organizational change on two outcomes relevant to hospital service quality (performance obstacles and physician job satisfaction) and in one’s knowledge of the role of middle manager change-oriented leadership in relation to the same outcomes. Further, the authors aim to identify how physician participation in decision-making is impacted by organizational change and change-oriented leadership, as well as how it mediates the relationships between these two variables, performance obstacles and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a cross-sectional survey design including data from Norwegian hospital physicians (N = 556). A hypothetical model was developed based on existing theory, confirmatory factor analysis was carried out in order to ensure the validity of measurement concepts, and the structural model was estimated using structural equation modelling.FindingsThe organizational changes ...

Research paper thumbnail of Readiness for Change and Good Translations

Journal of Change Management, 2020

Translation studies have shown that management ideas and practices change as they travel between ... more Translation studies have shown that management ideas and practices change as they travel between contexts, and that there are regularities in how they are translated through editing. We, however, know less about what facilitates good translations, i.e. the translation of new ideas and practices into working practices or routines that contribute to the attainment of organizational goals. This study investigates how the concept of readiness for change can increase our understanding of translation processes and translation outcomes through following an intra-organizational translation of a new management idea and practice in a hospital. The aim is to identify how the use of editing rules in a strategic translation process impacts readiness for change. It is also to identify how readiness influences the use of editing rules and translation practices in an operative translation process and the resulting differences in the quality of translation outcomes. This study finds that strategic translations may foster readiness for change. Readiness furthermore enables inclusive operative translation processes in which editing practices and translation rules are used to thoroughly rework a new management idea and practice into a good translation. MAD-Statement Management ideas and practices change as they travel to new organizational settingsthey are translated. Not all translation outcomes contribute to the attainment of organizational goals. This paper argues that readiness for change is a key concept in understanding translation processes and the quality of translation outcomes. Change initiators may foster readiness for change among operative level employees through strategic translations. When readiness is high, a further operative translation process including a wide range of participants as translators may thoroughly rework the new idea and practice into new, constructive work practices that enable the organization to attain important goals.

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Agreement for Employability and Objective Career Outcomes

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Making a career in hospitals: Determinants of registered nurses’ aspirations to become a manager

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2019

All authors have agreed on the final version and meet at least one of the following criteria (rec... more All authors have agreed on the final version and meet at least one of the following criteria (recommended by the ICMJE*): 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. *