Gendered Norms at Work New Perspectives on Work Environment and Health
This edited volume discusses how deeply entrenched gender norms in work environments, even in welfare economies, can affect women’s health in an adverse way. The volume provides a broad overview of contributing factors. It derives specific answers from case studies in Sweden, a welfare state where w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Series: | Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. On equal terms? Gendering labour markets, the organisation of work and the wellbeing of employees (Britt-Inger Keisu, Helen Brodin and Susanne Tafvelin)
- Part I: Working Conditions
- Chapter 2. Classification of work– an approach for the exploration, understanding and prevention of gender differences in working conditions (Annika Härenstam and Anna Nyberg)
- Chapter 3. Psychosocial working conditions for women and men in industries with different types of production and gender composition: Sweden, 1991-2017 (Anna Nyberg, Annika Härenstam, Gun Johansson, Paraskevi Peristera)
- Chapter 4. A Multilevel Approach to Understanding Job Demands and Resources in Health Care (Anne Richter, Marta Roczniewska, Henna Hasson & Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz)
- Chapter 5. Managing Care Work in Times of Austerity – Gendered Working Conditions for Managers (Klara Regnö)
- Part II: Organisation of Work
- Chapter 6. Invisible workers – on digitalisation in home care work from a gender and technology perspective (Charlotte Holgersson and Britt Östlund)
- Chapter 7. Organising auditing, person centered care and competence in Swedish residential care homes (Palle Storm & Anneli Stranz)
- Chapter 8. Gender differences in the impact of work hours on health and well-being (Philip Tucker)
- Chapter 9. The interplay between gendered norms and new public management strategies in the shaping of homecare services’ work environments (Annika Vänje)
- Part III: Violence and Conflicts
- Chapter 10. 'Don´t let it get to you.' Gendering workplace violence in disability services in Sweden (Helene Brodin and Sara Erlandsson)
- Chapter 11. The concept of intragroup conflict in relation to gender and wellbeing in women-dominated work (Britt-Inger Keisu and Susanne Tafvelin)
- Index