SVA - Work Research Institute (AFI): Recent submissions
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Barn og unges deltakelse i forskning: Muligheter og utfordringer
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019-02-01)Dette temanummeret belyser og diskuterer utfordringer og muligheter i deltakelse og involvering av barn og ungdom, med utgangspunkt i fersk kvalitativ og kvantitativ samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning. Dette temanummeret byr ... -
The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMC, 2019-01-04)Background: Pandemic mortality rates in 1918 and in 2009 were highest among those with the lowest socioeconomic status (SES). Despite this, low SES groups are not included in the list of groups prioritized for pandemic ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(SAGE Publications, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ... -
Employability as an Alternative to Job Security
(Emerald, 2018)Purpose – Employability has been suggested as an alternative to job security in response to more flexible work arrangements, arguing that the important question for employees is no longer the security of their current job, ... -
A cross-sectional study of experienced coercion in adolescent mental health inpatients
(BMC, 2018-05-30)Background: Involuntary care and coercive measures are frequently present in mental healthcare for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent adolescents perceive or experience coercion during ... -
Arbeid gjennom bemanningsbyrå i Norge: En mangfoldig typologi av arbeidstakere
(2018)Bemanningsbransjen er en omdiskutert del av arbeidslivet i Norge. Avhengig av hvordan man opplever sin maktposisjon på arbeidsmarkedet, livsfase, kompetanse og andre personlige forhold, kan arbeidstakere ha ulik motivasjon ... -
Visual Inquiry: Exploring embodied organizational practices by collaborative film-elicitation
(SAGE Publications, 2018)Analysis of visual data is underdeveloped in visual research, and this article gives a methodological contribution on how to perform collaborative video research on organizational practices, combining ethnographic methods ... -
Short-term Birth Sequelae of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic in the United States: State-Level Analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2018-07-28)This paper illuminates short-term birth sequelae of the influenza pandemic of 1918–20 in the USA using monthly data on births and all-cause deaths for 19 US states in conjunction with data on maternal deaths, stillbirths, ... -
Resident Participation in an Era of Societal Self-Organisation: The Public Administrative Response in Tøyen
(Göteborgs Universitet, Förvaltningshögskolan, 2018)Participatory measures are widely acclaimed as a solution enabling public administrations to become more responsive to citizens. Research has nevertheless documented that, despite intentions, residents end up feeling ... -
Østkanten tar til gatene. Marginalitet og banalitet i Oslo
(Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2018)The Israeli invasion of Gaza in late December 2008 triggered demonstrations – or as several commentators termed them, riots – in downtown Oslo, as it did in other European cities. Many young people from the «immigrant ... -
Nettverksorganisasjoners betydning for kunnskapstilgang og innovasjon
(Universitetsforlaget, 2018-09-04)I denne artikkelen undersøker vi om regionale innovasjonsnettverksorganisasjoner (RINOer) bidrar til bedre kunnskapstilgang og innovasjon. Hvilke organiserte aktiviteter eller funksjoner i RINOen er i så fall relevante? ... -
Lær meg å bli ansettbar. Refortolkninger av etnisitet i et karrierekurs
(Universitetsforlaget, 2018-04-12)Denne artikkelen skal undersøke hvordan forståelser av etnisitet og ansettbarhet kommer til uttrykk i et talentprogram for minoritetskvinner. Artikkelen behandler talentprogrammet som en prosess derdeltagerne skal lære å ... -
Contrasting supply-side, demand-side and combined approaches to Labour market integration
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-07-05)In social policy discussions about activation or ALMP (Active Labour Market Policies), most attention is paid to supply-side approaches, directed towards jobless individuals. In these discussions, little attention is given ... -
Privacy and Future Consent in Smart Homes as Assisted Living Technologies
(Springer Nature, 2018)In the field of assisted living technologies, one central strand is to investigate how smart homes might fulfill ambitions for older adults to live longer at home. With the advent of the General Data Protection Regulative ... -
Incentive effects of cash benefits among young people. A natural experiment from Norway
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2018)Prior research on active labour market programmes (ALMPs) for young people has revealed either no effect or negative effects on transition rates into employment. In addition to accessing the programme content, participation ... -
Adolescent mental health and behavioural predictors of being NEET: a prospective study of young adults not in employment, education, or training
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04)Young adults who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) are at risk of long-term economic disadvantage and social exclusion. Knowledge about risk factors for being NEET largely comes from cross-sectional ... -
Long working hours and sickness absence—a fixed effects design
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: While long working hours seem to lead to impaired health, several studies have also shown that long working hours are related to lower levels of sickness absence. Previous studies on the relationship between ... -
Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for the Assessment of Human Cognitive Enhancement Applications
(Springer, 2017)This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, ... -
Liminality at Work in Norwegian Hotels
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-18)Hotels are spaces of temporary accommodation, but they are also important temporary spaces for an increasingly mobile and segmented workforce with different backgrounds and motives. In this paper we wish to address the ... -
How do international medical graduates and colleagues perceive and deal with difficulties in everyday collaboration? A qualitative study
(SAGE, 2017-06-01)Aim: Many medical doctors work outside their countries of origin. Consequently, language barriers and cultural differences may result in miscommunication and tension in the workplace, leading to poor performance and quality ...
