Innovation is often related to positive outcomes for the majority to enjoy that enhances welfare and facilitates everyday activities. In different fields of study (economics, management, sociology, history and science and technology) it is becoming a field of magnitude (Malerba and Brusoni, 2007). Fagerberg and Verspagen (2009) discuss the emerging interest of innovation in the field of social science. Although the interest within the subject of innovation is high, very little research has been done regarding the aim to contribute to the design innovation policy, developed by scholars studying the field of innovation. One often so neglected study within innovation is in the field of negative unintended consequences of innovation (NUCoI) (Sveiby et al, 2012). One main contributor of innovative activities is organizational operations leading to value for end customers. While firms often have the aim to create value with innovation for the greater benefit in society, sometimes these value-creating mechanisms may create unintended negative consequences in addition to the positive effects. While innovations are increasing in rapidness and numbers of output produced, the effects on society and the natural environment needs to be highlighted. With assumptions regarding vague CSR implementation in corporations (Newell, 2005), this research tries to grasp understanding on how NUCoI is perceived from the managerial perspective in organizations regarding their stakeholder viewpoint. As a starting point, the authors use Charlie Chaplin’s famous quote “More than machinery, we need humanity” from the movie “The Great Dictator” indicating the importance of caring for various stakes. Purpose: The aim of this research is to highlight the new field of study in social science; Negative unintended consequences of innovation (NUCoI) in relation to the societal natural environment (society and the natural environment). The research contributes to the existing frameworks on organizational value creation mechanisms in innovation policy to incorporate the aspect of negative consequences of innovation (NCoI), in terms of sustainability to highlight the importance of secondary stakeholders. Results: The new Extended Value Creation Mechanism for Global Sustainability, the Societal-Natural-Environment Stakeholder Framework of Innovation and Global Sustainability framework (SNE SFI GS-framework), aims to contribute in the long-term perspective for research in innovation policy by highlighting one aspect of a field of the often so neglected societal natural environment perspective, when competing rivalry becomes too fierce. The framework highlights the importance of secondary stakeholders, where primary stakeholders may act as a “link” between the organization and secondary stakeholders. Additionally, the authors suggest going to basic practices regarding sustainability with valuating the natural resources for a prospering sustainable society. The aspects in the research include stakeholder-theory, value-creation in terms of the societal natural environment, and innovation as a field of social science, negative consequences and organizational sense-making.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskors upplevelser av arbetsrelaterad stress samt att beskriva deras upplevelser av vad stress kan leda till för konsekvenser. En deskriptiv intervjustudie med kvalitativ ansats genomfördes. Datainsamlingen utfördes genom åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer. Det insamlade materialet analyserades med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys. Huvudresultatet påvisade att nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor har upplevt stress under sin första tid i yrket, bland annat till följd av att det är en tid av osäkerhet. Nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor har beskrivit att upplevelsen av stress har minskat med tilltagna kunskaper och erfarenheter samt minskade krav på sig själv i yrkesrollen. Sjuksköterskeyrket har beskrivits vara stressigt på grund av en mängd olika orsaker men det finns åtgärder som kan vidtas för att minska stressen. Stressen har beskrivits kunna leda till konsekvenser både för sjuksköterskan som individ och för omvårdnaden av patienterna, vilket har beskrivits kunna resultera i känslor som frustration och otillräcklighet. I linje med Benners teori kan konstateras att nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor genomgår en yrkesutveckling vilken leder till en upplevelse av minskad stress. Stress inom sjuksköterskeyrket är ett komplext problem som måste angripas från flera håll. För den nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskan är det av stor vikt att vara snäll mot sig själv i yrkesrollen genom att inte ha för höga krav på sig själv, detta för att kunna utöva sin yrkesroll som innebär att bedriva optimal patientfokuserad omvårdnad. / The aim of the study was to describe newly graduated nurses' experiences of work-related stress and to describe their experiences of what consequences stress can lead to. A descriptive interview study with qualitative approach was used. Data collection was performed by eight semi-structured interviews. The collected data was analyzed using qualitative manifest content analysis. The main result demonstrates that newly graduated nurses experienced stress in the beginning of their profession, partly because it is a time of uncertainty. Newly graduated nurses have described a decreased experience of stress with increased knowledge and experience, and reduced demands on herself in the professional role. Nursing is described to be stressful due to a variety of causes but there are measures that can be used to reduce stress. Stress has been described to cause consequences both for the nurse as an individual and for the care of patients, which has been described to result in feelings such as frustration and inadequacy. In line with Benner's theory it can be stated that newly graduated nurses undergo a professional development which lead to a experience of decreased stress. Stress in the nursing profession is a complex problem that must be dealt with on several fronts. For the newly graduated nurse it is very important that she is gentle with herself in the professional role by not having too high demands on herself to be able to practice her profession, that is carry out optimal patient-focused nursing.

In an ever-changing world, work and personal life are the main areas in which most employed adults spend their time. Today the essence of the relationship between work- and personal life is that these two domains overlap and interact. Consequently, an increasing number of employed adults are confronted with bigger demands in both their work and personal lives, and many of their daily hassles stem from job responsibilities that are incompatible with responsibilities in their personal lives. Educators' work has also become more intricate and demanding and may be one of the professions in which individuals find it difficult to combine their work and personal lives. The objective of this study was to determine how Setswana-speaking educators experienced their work-personal life interaction (WPLI), and more specifically to determine the significant domains, antecedents, consequences and strategies associated with WPLI for the participants. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample (N = 10) was taken of Setswana-speaking secondary school educators from the Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp areas in the North West Province. Data collection was done through a phenomenological method of semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data was analysed by the use of content analysis The results indicated that educators experienced factors in both their work and personal lives to be demanding. In addition, work demands led to various time constraints and strain. However, factors were identified that made the demands less overwhelming and it was also found that educators valued certain things (family, friends, leisure time, church and personal time) in their personal lives. Educators nevertheless employed certain strategies to cope with this interaction, which in turn led to numerous positive outcomes. Lastly, an interesting finding relating to this study was that educators felt a responsibility towards the children. Recommendations were made for the organisation and for future practice. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

In the current South African context, job insecurity has become a phenomenon to be reckoned with. Although research on this phenomenon is still scarce, a growing interest in the perceived experience of job insecurity and its different underlying constructs is obvious from the increase of job insecurity research. A comprehensive summary of previous research studies and relevant outcomes is therefore relevant. Up to now, South African studies on job insecurity have accepted the assumptions and context of international research studies on job insecurity. It is now time to investigate the influence of the South Afncan context on this phenomenon and to include this background in future studies. The main objective of this study was to review, investigate, compare, evaluate and interpret existing research, conducted internationally and nationally, in order to set a research agenda through proposing a theoretical model for job insecurity in South Afncan organisations. The model will primarily serve as an academic tool to new research scholars to identify new research problems, existing sources of information, relevant measuring instruments, and contextual variables that may be of interest. The model will also be applicable as a management tool to understand and deal with job insecurity in South Ahcan organisations. A qualitative, descriptive research design was followed to perform content analysis and an extensive literature review. Results of the qualitative content analysis were enhanced with semi-structured interviews with managers from different organisations (N = 24). Results indicated gaps between international and South African research studies as well as the gaps indicated between theory and practice. This was indicated by a comparison between the South African research results and the results from the semi-structured interviews with selected managers. These results were integrated into a proposed model for job insecurity in order to serve as a guideline for future research. It also serves as a tool for managers to be aware of the presence of job insecurity, and to enable them to improve their management intervention. Conclusions and limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations for organisations and for future research were made. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

In South Africa, the staff of higher education institutions experiences several stressors in their work and home domains. Therefore, it is important to understand how these two life domains are in interaction with each other. The general objective of this study was to investigate how higher education staff experienced work-personal life interaction (WPLI). A sample of 24 higher education staff that was willing to participate in the study was taken from different faculties and departments from a higher education institution in the Free State Province. For the purpose of this research, a qualitative design from a phenomenological approach was used. The specific objectives of this study were to determine the experiences, main dimensions, antecedents, consequences, and strategies in the lives of higher education staff. The results obtained indicated that Afrikaans and African women and men experienced time and strain-based conflict. Their work environment was characterised by a heavy workload, long working hours, resulting in work being taken home, and their home environment was characterised by a demanding family (spouses and children) and household duties. Men and women also thought about things in the family domain (e.g., when their children were sick) while they were at work. This caused a constant spill over, leaving employees tired and stressed. Strategies (e.g., prioritising, planning and time management) and support (e.g., spouses, division of family and household duties, friends and colleagues, as well as the flexible working hours) helped them to cope with this interaction. Recommendations were made for future research and the organisation. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Hardly any research has been done on work-life interaction (WLI) in the mining industry in South Africa. Mining is a high-risk profession and the custom of reducing the occurrence of morbidity and inhumanity in these industries must be gainfully considered. Many of the individuals who work in the mining industry are shift workers. Individuals who are working shifts often appear to have little time for non-work related commitments. Their families, personal health, socialising with friends, maintenance of their households and hobbies do not receive the necessary attention, which cause an imbalance of work and life. The general objective of this research was to study the experience of WLI of two cultural groups (Afrikaans and Setswana-speaking individuals) in the mining industry and more specifically, to determine certain antecedents, consequences and strategies used with regards to WLI. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample of 25 mineworkers was taken from the Northern Cape Province. Participants consisting of males and females were stratified in terms of language (Afrikaans and Setswana). Data collection for this research consisted of a pilot study, qualitative interviews and field notes, The data was transcribed verbatim and checked by independent researchers. Content analysis was used to analyse the data. It was found that Afrikaans males, Setswana males and Setswana females experienced pressure and stress at work, where the Afrikaans females did not have that same experience. Several antecedents (e.g., pressure at work, heavy workload, stress, and family obligations) that led to definite consequences (e.g., lack of quality time for self and family, physical and emotional strains, and low levels of productivity), as well as the strategies (e.g., prioritising, time management, communication and planning) which the different language groups use to cope with their work-life interaction were revealed during interviews. The results also confirmed that there were some major differences between Afrikaans and Setswana-speaking individuals in terms of their experiences of work-life interaction. Recommendations were made for the organisation and for future research. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007

Bakgrund: Bröstcancer är den vanligaste cancerformen bland kvinnor i västvärlden. Trots att behandlingsmetoderna har blivit bättre och dödsantalet minskat skapar det fortfarande omvårdnadsproblem inom sjukvården. En orsak kan vara att kvinnorna som drabbas måste gå igenom svåra behandlingar som ofta påverkar dem både fysiskt och psykiskt.            Syfte: Att beskriva kvinnors upplevelse av att drabbas av bröstcancer. Metod: En litteraturöversikt baserad på kvalitativa artiklar, som analyserades med en induktiv ansats. Resultat: Fyra kategorier framkom vid analysen: Att få en diagnos, Att få konsekvenser av behandlingen, Att få konsekvenser i vardagen samt Att ha tankar om framtiden. Att få en bröstcancerdiagnos upplevde kvinnorna som omtumlande. Flera av kvinnorna upplevde att bröstcancerprocessen gett dem en ny identitet, både kroppsligt och mentalt. Efter behandlingens slut fanns det fortfarande en rädsla hos en del av kvinnorna att cancern skulle komma tillbaka vilket påverkade deras syn på framtiden. Slutsats: Att drabbas av bröstcancer påverkade kvinnorna på olika sätt. Vissa såg positivt på upplevelsen när behandlingarna var över medan andra bara fokuserade på vad de hade förlorat. Eftersom kvinnornas upplevelse varierade är det viktigt att vårdpersonalen anpassar vården efter den enskildes behov och önskningar samt ger tydlig information för att skapa trygghet och lugn. / Background: Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the western world. Although treatment is improving and the mortality rate drops, problems still exist within health care. This may be because the women undergo difficult treatments which affect them physically and mentally. Purpose: To describe women’s experience of suffering from breast cancer. Method: A literature review based on qualitative articles, analyzed with an inductive approach. Results: The analysis resulted in four categories: Receiving a diagnosis, Experiencing consequences from treatment, Experiencing consequences in everyday life and Having thoughts about the future. The women experienced the breast cancer diagnosis as overwhelming. Several of the women experienced that the breast cancer process gave them a new identity, both physically and mentally. After completed treatment some women still feared cancer would return which affected their view of their future. Conclusion: Suffering from breast cancer affected women differently. Some women looked positively at the experience after the treatments was completed while others just focused on what they had lost. Because the women's experience varied, it’s important that healthcare staff adjust their care according to the individual's needs and desires, and provides the patients with clear information to create peace and security.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att identifiera vilka konsekvenser som uppstått i och med den praktiska implementeringen av komponentavskrivningarna i bostadsrättsföreningar. För att uppnå studiens syfte har vi utgått från en kvalitativ metod med en abduktiv ansats. Insamlingen av empirin har skett genom semistrukturerade individuella intervjuer från sex stycken ekonomer inom förvaltningsbranchen. Detta material har sedan analyserats med hjälp av teori för att slutligen uppfylla syftet. Vår slutsats är att K3-regelverket medför brister i redovisningen i Bostadsrättsföreningar och att ett nytt regelverk anpassat för den branschen är önskvärt. / The purpose of this paper is to identify the consequences of the practical implementation of ”component depreciations komponentavskrivningarna” in housing cooperatives. To acquire this purpose, we have practice a qualitative method with an abductive hypothesis. When collecting the empirical data we have been conducting semi-structured individual interviews with six economists in the investment management industry. This data has been analyzed, tied to the theological data, to satisfy the purpose The conclusion of this research implies that the implement of the regulation of K3 has caused deficiencies in the accounting in housing associations and that a new regulation, more accommodated to the industry, is desirable.

The aims of this thesis were to increase the knowledge about the long-term psychological consequences in parents of children diagnosed with cancer, including parents of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) and bereaved parents, and to take the first steps towards developing a psychological treatment for parents of CCSs. Study I was a systematic review synthesizing the literature on psychological long-term consequences in parents of CCSs. Study II had a longitudinal design assessing posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) from shortly after the child’s diagnosis (T1, N=259) up to five years after end of the child’s treatment or death (T7, n=169). Study I and II concluded that while most parents show resilience in the long-term, a subgroup report high levels of general distress and/or PTSS. In Study III, interview data from the last assessment in the longitudinal project (T7, n=168) was used. Participants described particularly negative and/or positive experiences in relation to their child’s cancer, and results pointed to the wide range of such experiences involved in parenting a child with cancer. In Study IV and V, parents of CCSs reporting cancer-related psychological distress were included (N=15). In Study IV, a conceptualization of this distress was generated by aggregation of individual behavioral case formulations. The conceptualization consisted of two separate but overlapping paths describing development and maintenance of symptoms of traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. In Study V, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) based on the individual case formulations were preliminarily evaluated in an open trial. The CBT appeared feasible, and at post-assessment participants reported significant decreases in PTSS (p<.001), depression (p<.001), and anxiety (p<.01) with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen’s d=0.65-0.92). Findings indicate that psychological long-term consequences in parents of children with cancer consist of a broad range of negative as well as positive experiences, and that while most parents show resilience in the long-term, a subgroup report high levels of psychological distress. For parents of CCSs this distress is suggested to primarily consist of symptoms of traumatic stress and depression, and a preliminary evaluation of CBT targeting hypothesized maintaining mechanisms showed promise in terms of feasibility and treatment effect. / Behandling av traumatisk stress hos föräldrar till cancerdrabbade barn med kognitiv beteendeterapi via internet / Förekomst, utveckling och behandling av posttraumatiskt stressymptom hos föräldrar till barn med cancer / Utveckling och utvärdering av ett webbaserat psykologiskt självhjälpsprogram för föräldrar till barn som tidigare behandlats mot cancer

<p>Ovim istraživanjem eksplorativnog tipa, postavljeno je pitanje karaktera i uloge konflikata u sportskim organizacijama kroz ispitivanje masivnog kompleksa odnosa brojnih faktora, koje konflikt kao fenomen sadrži. Na opredeljenje da se značajna pažnja posveti kritičkoj analizi spolja&scaron;njeg okruženja sportskih organizacija uticala je činjenica da se sportske organizacije oblikuju pod uticajem spolja&scaron;njeg okruženja (sportska konkurencija, sponzori, donatori, poslovni partneri i mediji). Jedan od najznačajnijih aspekata ovog istraživanja je demonstracija korisnosti od kvalitetnijeg razumevanja obrazaca pona&scaron;anja trenera u procesu re&scaron;avanja konflikata, kao i efikasnije re&scaron;avanje konflikata putem usklađivanja izabrane strategije i konfliktne situacije. Uzorak na kojem je izvr&scaron;ena statistička obrada sadrži 104 trenera, koji su imali radno iskustvo u prva dva savezna ranga. Rezultati istraživanja sugeri&scaron;u da faktori iz spolja&scaron;njeg okruženja (lo&scaron;a organizaciona klima, te&scaron;ka finansijska situacija, neadekvatna komunikacija) značajno utiču na pojavu konflikata u sportskim organizacijama kroz proces aktiviranja primarnih faktora (personalna dispozicija, strukturalni i komunikacijski faktori). Analiza podataka je pokazala da većina trenera ne sagledava konflikt kao složen i dinamičan proces kojim je moguće upravljati u okviru jedinstvene konfliktne situacije. Ovaj dokaz umanjuje mogućnost da konflikt postane agens pozitivnih promena i podržava sugestiju na razvoj ve&scaron;tina trenera vezanih za menadžment konflikta kroz osnovne pristupe stručnog obrazovanja i profesionalnog razvoja. Rezultati istraživanja mogu da posluže menadžerima u sportu, rukovodiocima, trenerima i istraživačima u procesu efikasnog upravljanja konfliktima kao dominantnog ishoda.</p> / <p>This study explores the role and the character of conflicts in sport organizations, testing complex relationships among many factors, which conflict as a phenomenon includes. Significant attention to the critical analysis is due to the influence of external environment on sport organizations (sports competition, sponsors, donors, business partners and the media). One of the most important aspects of the study is the demonstration of importance of better understanding coach behavior patterns in the conflict resolution process and effective conflicts resolution through harmonizing selected strategies and conflict situations. The sample includes 104 trainers with work experience in the first two federal rank. The study results suggest that external environment factors (poor organizational climate, difficult financial situation, inadequate communication) significantly affect the conflicts appearance in sports organizations through the process of activating the primary factors (personal disposition, structural and communication factors). Data analysis showed that most trainers are not perceived conflict as complex and dynamic process that can be managed within a single conflict situations. This results reduce the possibility of conflict becoming positive change factor and underlines the importance of trainers conflict management development skills through education and professional development. The study implication can be used in sports managers, managers, trainers and researchers in the effective conflict management process.</p>