Internet use increases markedly throughout the world and it will also be an increasing number of electronic services in healthcare. One of the services is the electronic medical record services (e-journal services) that are considered to increase patient participation and a better look of their own care. Getting access to their medical records online creates the possibility for the patient to for example, see their test results, follow their referrals, book and cancel appointments. E-journal services were introduced to create benefits for the three main groups: the individual care / nursing personnel and decision makers. The purpose of the study is to determine the nurses' opinions of the introduction of electronic medical record services in Uppsala and how it affects their relationship with the patient. Seven nurses were interviewed the fall of 2016. The result of the survey is presented in the following five categories: altered patient contact, increased workloads, improved availability, creates uncertainty and requires new knowledge. The Conclusion of introducing e-journal services is seen as something positive. Because of the e-journal services the patients participate and get a much better view of their own care as well, it also leads to a better and more efficient contact with health services. However, it shows that if the use of e-journal is going to be more successful then the people who work in health care need to get an introduction of how it works. / Internetanvändandet ökar markant i hela världen i och med det tillkommer allt fler olika elektroniska tjänster inom hälso- och sjukvården. En av tjänsterna är Elektroniska journaltjänster (e-journaltjänster) som anses öka vårdtagardelaktighet och insynen i vården.  Att få tillgång till sin journal på nätet ger vårdtagaren möjlighet att bland annat se sina provsvar, följa sina remisser, boka samt avboka sjukvårdstider. E-journaltjänster infördes för att skapa nytta för framförallt tre grupper: individen, vård/omsorgspersonal samt beslutsfattare. Syftet med studien är att undersöka sjuksköterskornas uppfattningar om införandet av Elektroniska journaltjänster i Uppsala län och hur det påverkar deras relation till vårdtagare. Sju sjuksköterskor intervjuades hösten 2016. Undersökningens resultat presenteras i fem kategorier: Förändrad vårdtagarkontakt, Ökad arbetsbelastning, Förbättrad tillgänglighet, Skapar osäkerhet samt Kräver ny kunskap.   Slutsatsen är att införandet av e-journaltjänster uppfattas som något positivt. Införandet upplevs öka vårdtagarens delaktighet och insyn i den egna vården samt leda till en bättre och effektivare kontakt med den. Samtidigt framkommer det att mer utbildning behövs för de som arbetar inom vården för att användandet av e-journaltjänsten ska fungera bättre.

The fundamental theme of this Master's Degree Thesis is Media Staff Fluctuation in the Czech Republic. The qualitative research, specifically that of individual semi-structured interviews with the journalists, was dominantly used for the processing. The interviews were aimed at the identification of the phenomena which have been complicating their professional performance and making it unpleasant. The respondents were asked directly as well as indirectly about the motivations which had led them to changing their occupation or have had such potential. Organization elements of media institutions are also taken into account, mainly the career code and the way of shift planning. The thesis deals with side-effects of media work such as excessive timeload, stress, haste, competition manifestations, the pressure from the side of advertisers etc. It pays attention to the impacts on freedom of expression and the veracity of published communiqués which may be caused by the unsuitably created conditions. It also includes a look at purely personal level, among others at family and partnership life, or as the case may be, at a possibility of satisfactorily spent leisure time. The recognized causes of employee turnover were classified, described, further categorized on the basis of an analysis of the interviews...

At the Swedish forest owner association Mellanskog pre-harvest planning prior to thinning is traditionally performed by company foresters. In the past three years, Mellanskog has in one business area, instead outsourced pre-harvest planning to thinning contractors. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the outsourcing of pre-harvest planning is perceived by the company foresters and contractors and how it affects the working environment and costs. The study showed positive experiences from foresters and contractors, though there were some responsibility issues and economic concerns. Outsourcing improves the contractor’s working environment, but deteriorates that of the foresters. Having foresters performing the pre-harvest planning is more expensive than having contractors performing it, especially on small harvesting worksites.

Student Number : 9802242A - MSc research report - School of Therapeutic Sciences - Faculty of Health Sciences / Introduction: The nursing profession in South Africa has lost skilled nurses due to intense international recruitment drives. This hospital in the West Rand has also failed to recruit and retain skilled nurses. The shortage of skilled nurses has led to a deterioration in the quality of patient care. The aims of this study: The aim of this study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions about their working environment and conditions, and their intention to stay in the workplace in this regional hospital. The methodology: A quantitative, descriptive survey was used. The data were collected using the Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire. The sample included professional and sub professional (staff and auxiliary) nurses. A stratified (random) sampling method was used. Respondents were one hundred and seventeen (117), namely, sixty two (62) professionals and fifty five (55) sub professionals. Results: Generally all the nurses were moderately satisfied with the intrinsic aspects of their job, such as motivation, responsibility, opportunity for creativity and innovation, independence, and recognition. Alarmingly nurses were to a greater extent dissatisfied with the extrinsic aspects of their job, namely, relationships in the workplace, supervisors’ decision-making skills, supervision, working conditions, policies, job security, and compensation. Conclusions: This study indicated that the important extrinsic aspects were not in place. The employer (Department of Health) needs to make major efforts in improving nurses’ salaries, promotion and advancement opportunities, and to empower all unit and area managers in the areas of supervisory skills, decision-making, communication, and mentoring of nurses.

Research shows that an increasing number of people in society is taking sick leave for psychological reasons connected to working life. The focus in this study lies on how the organizational culture influences some of the employees’ health and wellbeing. To find answers to these problems my research questions are how some of the employees experience the prevalent organizational culture and how this perceived culture influences these employees’ health and wellbeing. Four qualitative interviews were conducted in a medium size organization based in Sweden. Focus lied here on perceived norms regarding the organization, social life, work and health. Answers where analysed with the theoretical perspectives of organisational pedagogic, organizational culture, sociocultural theory and psychological contracts. Results show that organizational culture is perceived as mainly consistent for all informants. Findings give that satisfaction is high in many areas regarding health which is consistent with chosen theories and presented research based on their needs being met. The results indicate a smaller difference between managerand floor workers mainly in perceived stress and control and there is also signs of a difference between formal and informal culture regarding which behaviours are perceived as acceptable by the different working groups.

The aim of this thesis was to analyse business environment in Austria and to evaluate the possibilities for Czech entrepreneurs and Czech job applicants on this market. The business environment in Austria was analysed on the basis of PESTLE analysis. I have carried out a questionnaire survey for comparison of business and working environment. I have conducted two interviews in order to gain information about possibilities of consultancy for Czech entrepreneurs entering Austrian market. This thesis is intended for future entrepreneurs, who would like to enter the Austrian market and for people, who would like to be employed in Austria.

<p>U radu se proučava uticaj parametara mikroklime, buke i osvetljenja<br />na toplotni osećaj i toplotni komfor u radnoj sredini. Između čoveka<br />i njegovog okruženja postoji stalna interakcija, koja može uzrokovati<br />fiziološke poremećaje u organizmu. U okviru rada, prikazane su<br />teorijske osnove parametara mikroklime, buke i osvetljenja, kao i<br />njihov teorijski uticaj na generisanje i razmentu toplotne energije<br />između čoveka i okoline. Rad obuhvata istraživanje međuzavisnosti<br />proučavanih parametara, toplotnog osećaja i toplotnog komfora<br />čoveka na radnom mestu u poziciji stajanja.</p> / <p>This paper examines the influence of the parameters of microclimate, noise<br />and lighting on the thermal sensation and thermal comfort in the working<br />environment. There is a constant interaction between a person and his<br />environment, which can cause physiological disorders in the organism. In the<br />framework of this paper, the theoretical bases of the parameters of<br />microclimate, noise and lighting, as well as their theoretical influence on the<br />generation and exchange of heat energy between person and environment<br />are presented. The paper encompasses research on the interdependence of<br />the parameters studied for thermal sensation and the thermal comfort of a<br />person at the workplace in a standing position.</p>

Rising needs and dwindling resources has caused more attention to be placed on long-termsustainability. In recent years social sustainability has taken its place, alongsideenvironmental and economic sustainability, as a subject of intense focus and inquiry. We aretwo university students in the field of behavioral sciences writing for the purposecompleting our candidate exam in pedagogy. In this paper we discuss our study into thewellbeing and social interactions of workers within an organization currently working withsocial sustainability strategies. The pedagogical focus of the paper lies in understanding thelearning processes connected with the implementation of strategies promoting socialsustainability. A qualitative methodology is used in the study. Through interviews withmanagement and personnel, we have attempted reach an understanding of how co-workersexperience their work environment and current social sustainability strategies. Evidence wasalso collected from previous scientific research. Results show that attaining a sociallysustainable workplace is complicated, time consuming and requires constant reevaluation ofprogress and processes. The results also reveal differences in opinions between managementand personnel regarding the perceived success and effectiveness of current strategies in use.We would like to continue and expand our research to other organizations in order to createmore effective implementation strategies for promotion long-term social sustainabilitywithin the workplace. / <p>Godkännande datum: 2019-06-05</p>

<p><strong>Aim:</strong> The aim of this study is to explore, discuss and analyse patterns that make up a successful multicultural labour marketing and management. Riihimäki Würth Ltd. employees´ experiences have been used as an example of multicultural labour management.</p><p>In the report, the following research questions have been answered:</p><ul><li><p>What are the main cultural differences in multicultural working place?</p></li><li><p>What are the benefits and challenges of multicultural working environment?</p></li><li><p>How do Finnish managers prepare employees on multicultural working environment, prevent, solve problems that are caused by multicultural working environment and, promote multicultural working environments.</p></li><li><p>What are the lessons learned from multicultural working environment?</p></li></ul><p>Culture can be best expressed in the interactions of values, attitudes and behavioural assumptions of society. We must be able to unpack the culture concept (Schwartz 1994).</p><p>I have worked as a government labour consultant/officer in Finland for 7yrs. I used my knowledge of today’s Finnish labour market condition to get a full picture of the cultural labour marketing possibilities.</p><p>Method: I picked four big companies in Finland that practice multicultural labour strategies from our clients’ registration data system and send them an email offer to interview their employees. Only Riihimäki Würth Ltd. took my offer and booked me in as a visitor. I interviewed five natives and five migrant employees in Riihimäki Würth Oy company in Finland that fix and assemble materials like screws, screw accessories, dowels and plugs, chemical products, furniture and construction fittings, tools, and stock keeping and picking systems.</p><p>Common denominator for all ten respondents was an over one-year experience in multicultural working environment. I walked around the building, selected 10 employees by random, contacted face-to-face oral interviews and recorded their answers using my Video camera.</p><p>Findings on how the respondents have handled their multicultural working environment are discussed in the analysis. Employees’ suggestions on how to create and manage multicultural working environment have been reviewed too.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Result and conclusions:</strong> My conclusion is that cultural differences may not affect unskilled working environment (like the researched warehouse operating Würth Ltd. company), as long as all the employees are treated equally. Carrying out of given duties in unskilled working place is the same in a warehouse company despite of the country of origin.</p><p>The Würth Ltd. unskilled labour respondents provided evidence that equal salary, treatment, sharing of duties and other benefits could be the key to successful multicultural working environment, marketing and management. It creates harmony, kindness and friendliness in the air that I too, witnessed while walking around the building before the interview.</p><p>Learning the native or working language is very important to enable communication and career progress even in Würth’s unskilled warehouse multicultural working environment, marketing and management.</p><p><strong>Researched company has 126 employees in 379 departments of which 28 are migrants from Vietnam, Morocco, Kosovo, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Egypt, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Japan and Philippines. It hired the first foreign employee in 1990 but none of foreign employees has ever been promoted. This could be a multicultural working environment dark side or failure. Multicultural marketing in Finland might not be the right strategy or solution for ambitious foreigners who are interested and looking for quick career advancements or career progress if this is the case in most of the Finnish multicultural working places.</strong></p><p>I suggests the following for future research:</p><ul><li><p>A deeper study on communication in a multicultural working environment: How can information be easily and successfully communicated in a working environment where employees do not share a common language.</p></li><li><p>Promotions: How can foreign employees advance their career in a foreign labour market if their native language skill is below the native or required standard, but the job skills are excellent?</p></li><li><p>Why Finland attracts and uses more foreigners for unskilled labour than skilled?</p></li></ul><p>Contribution of the study: The study offers a pattern and lays down a background for further studies on multicultural labour force. It may reduce the fear of multicultural working environment. It might help the managers and companies to overcome prejudices on cultural differences and barriers. Some organisations and networks (e.g. The Municipality of Riihimäki town, TJS ; STTK and AKAVA union education institute and Mosaiikki project sponsored by Ministry of Migration) have already copied my research interview DVD to use as a guideline for training new foreign employees and managing multicultural working environments strategies. I believe that it might help marketing managers to create better multicultural labour marketing strategies.</p>

<p>The exposed position of a social worker entails serious demands to their working environment. The experience of the working environment is coherent with various circumstances such as physical, technical and psychosocial factors. The aim of this study is to investigate how social workers in Gotland experience their psychosocial working environment. As a theoretical ground we describe the working environment regulations and it´s framework. Previous national and international research enlighten issues such as definitions of threat and violence, the significance of education and policys within social work, social support and riskfactors. The research shows that there is no unanimity in how clientrelated threats or violence is manifested and the social worker´s experience is indivudual. With a qualitative method this study is based on interviews with socialworkers. The result of this study shows that the socialworkers in Gotland experience the psychosocial working environment as satisfying concerning their security and safety. The colleagues are significant factors for the outcome. A threatening or violent situation is characterized by the socialworkers feeling of being personally threatened or exposed. The result also discloses the socialworkers request for education in how to handle a threatening or violent situation. They ask for a more continuous discussion of the routins and policys regarding the working environment.</p> / <p>Det sociala arbetets natur och utsatthet ställer stora krav på socialsekreterarens arbetsmiljö. Upplevelsen av arbetsmiljön sammanhänger med olika omständigheter såsom fysiska, tekniska och psykosociala faktorer. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka socialsekreterarens upplevelse av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön på Gotland. Tidigare forskning visar att den psykosociala arbetsmiljön är av stor betydelse för hur socialsekreteraren upplever sin arbetsplats. Centrala begrepp är arbetsmiljö, trygghet och säkerhet samt hot och våld. Arbetarskyddsstyrelsens författningssamling med lagar, paragrafer och föreskrifter är väsentliga i tolkningsramen. Gällande klientrelaterat hot eller våld visar tidigare forskning att det inte finns någon konsensus om hur en hot– eller våldsituation yttrar sig och forskningen värdesätter kontinuerlig utbildning och konkreta rutiner. Med en kvalitativ metod som redskap baseras denna uppsats på intervjuer med socialsekreterare verksamma inom socialtjänsten. Resultat som synliggörs i uppsatsen är att socialsekreterarna upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö som trygg och säker i de mest väsentliga delarna, samt att kollegor och gemenskap är betydelsefulla faktorer. En hot- eller våldssituation präglas av att socialsekreteraren känner sig hotad för sin egen person eller arbetsgrupp. Resultatet åskådliggör en brist i utbildningen gällande hot- eller våldssituationer och socialsekreterarna efterfrågar en mer kontinuerlig genomgång av rutinerna på arbetsplatsen. Nyckelord: Socialsekreterare, arbetsmiljö, trygghet och säkerhet, hot och våld.</p>