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Bolin, M. & Klockmo, C. (2024). Attraktiva arbetsgivare har en socialt fungerande organisation: lärdomar från arbetstidsmodeller i socialtjänsten. Kommunförbundet Västernorrland
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2024 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Kommunförbundet Västernorrland, 2024. p. 33
Series
FoU Västernorrland, ISSN 1653–2414 ; 2024:1
National Category
Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52869 (URN)978-91-88425-18-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-10-16 Created: 2024-10-16 Last updated: 2024-10-16
Bolin, M., Klockmo, C., Nordenmark, M., Rashid, S., Vinberg, S. & Zakrisson, I. (2024). Hållbar arbetsmarknad för ett hälsofrämjande arbetsliv. In: Bäckström, I., Fredman, P., Giritli-Nygren, K., Niskanen, K., Olofsson, A., Nilsson, H-E. & Lindbäck, K. (Ed.), Globala utmaningar – lokala lösningar: Forskning för en hållbar samhällsutveckling i norra Sverige (pp. 101-103). Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet
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2024 (Swedish)In: Globala utmaningar – lokala lösningar: Forskning för en hållbar samhällsutveckling i norra Sverige / [ed] Bäckström, I., Fredman, P., Giritli-Nygren, K., Niskanen, K., Olofsson, A., Nilsson, H-E. & Lindbäck, K., Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet , 2024, p. 101-103Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet, 2024
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52115 (URN)978-91-89786-75-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-08-14 Created: 2024-08-14 Last updated: 2024-08-22Bibliographically approved
Olofsdotter, G., Giritli Nygren, K., Bergström, G., Bolin, M., Klockmo, C., Nyhlén, S., . . . Tjulin, Å. (2024). Study protocol: Local labour market programs–institutional structures, organizational forms and lived experiences. PLOS ONE, 19(1), Article ID e0296242.
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2024 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 19, no 1, article id e0296242Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this programme, we map and examine local labour market programmes (LLMPs) at the municipal level in Sweden. This includes their institutional structure and organisation, as well as the experiences of participants in the programmes, using a longitudinal approach with the aim to improve LLMPs. The long-term goal is to increasing the inclusion of LLMP participants in working life. To answer the programme’s questions, data will be collected and analysed within the four work packages. In each work package, a mixed-method approach is applied with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The programme is informed by three overarching general theoretical approached, tying together institutional ethnography, intersectional studies of structural inequalities on different levels, and the role of emotions in everyday work. At the organisational level (WP 1), we will investigate the circumstances under which LLMPs are performed and negotiated by those involved. Here, the internal organisation, activities and methods are the focus. This approach will result in knowledge about the characteristics of these organisations and the factors promoting the inclusion of underrepresented groups in working life. By examining the activities in LLMPs (WP 2), we will be able to determine how their institutional structure differs between regions in Sweden, how the different municipalities work with labour market policy, how they translate national policy into the local context, how they organise their work and which initiatives they choose to adopt. By examining the individual experiences of those who are directly affected by such incentives (WP 3), knowledge and understanding will be obtained of the connections between experiences and labour market policies. This will give important insights into the functioning of local programmes and of the opportunities to create entry into the labour market. Furthermore, in WP4 we will develop and test an effect evaluation of work methods used in LLMPs and their effect on clients’ progress over time.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50324 (URN)10.1371/journal.pone.0296242 (DOI)001150498000004 ()38265987 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85183335776 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, STY-2021/0005
Available from: 2024-01-26 Created: 2024-01-26 Last updated: 2024-05-24Bibliographically approved
Bäckström, I., Sten, L.-M., Persson Slumpi, T. & Bolin, M. (2023). Experiences with and causes of work interruptions and fragmentation in academia - How can they be managed?. In: Jacques Martin (Ed.), 26th Excellence In Services International Conference (EISIC): . Paper presented at 26th Excellence In Services International Conference (EISIC), University of West Scotland, Paisley Campus, on 31st August and 1st September, 2023.
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2023 (English)In: 26th Excellence In Services International Conference (EISIC) / [ed] Jacques Martin, 2023Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore experiences with and causes of the work interruptions and fragmentation that occur in the daily work of academic staff. This research also aims to explore strategies for managing these issues.

Methodology: As part of a research project, data were collected from a workshop featuring academics to investigate their experiences of workfragmentation and the strategies they used to manage this issue. These academics were asked to individually write down ways of creating coherent time and their perceptions of the reasons underlying the fragmentation of work. They were then asked to discuss and reflect on this topic in groups based on their work roles, after which the groups’ answers were summarized. The written answers were analysed by a total of four researchers working on this project in two separate rounds.

Findings: The analysis resulted in fourteen group labels of experiences and causes of work interruptions and fragmentation, including Knowledge, Resources, Communication, Unplanned tasks, Planning, Digital systems, Processes, Job duties, Administration, (Over)ambition, Meetings, Set-up time, Quality work and Help and support. In the analysis of the strategies used to manage work interruptions and fragmentation, seven groups were identified: Conscious planning to create space for coherent time, Need for knowledge that offers the ability to create coherent time, Control the communication, Support/lead, Working hours, Prioritize, and Respect others and their time.

Research limitations/implications: The research was conducted by reference to a group of heads of subjects drawn from one university.

Originality/Value: Qualitative research on interruptions and fragmentation in higher education institutes (HEI) is rare.

Keywords
Academia, Fragmentation, Interruption, Strategies, Managing, Work, Higher Education Institute (HEI)
National Category
Reliability and Maintenance
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49804 (URN)9791221039054 (ISBN)
Conference
26th Excellence In Services International Conference (EISIC), University of West Scotland, Paisley Campus, on 31st August and 1st September, 2023
Projects
Arbetets villkor och villkorat arbete – kritiska studier av organisatoriska förutsättningar för minskad fragmentisering av akademiskt arbete, AVA
Available from: 2023-11-08 Created: 2023-11-08 Last updated: 2023-12-13Bibliographically approved
Giritli Nygren, K., Olofsdotter, G., Sjöberg, I., Klockmo, C. & Bolin, M. (2022). Närmare men inte nära nog: hur arbete osynliggörs vid kommunala arbetsmarknadsenheter. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 48(2), 54-72
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2022 (Swedish)In: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, ISSN 1400-9692, E-ISSN 2002-343X, Vol. 48, no 2, p. 54-72Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2022
Keywords
kommunala arbetsmarknadsinsats-er, styrningsrelationer, arbetsförmåga, Kolada, utvärdering
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-47605 (URN)
Available from: 2023-02-19 Created: 2023-02-19 Last updated: 2024-05-06Bibliographically approved
Svedenmark, S., Bolin, M. & Nyhlén, S. (2022). Old Wine in a New Bottle? – Interpreting Gender Mainstreaming in a Municipal Reorganisation. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (4), 73-90
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2022 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, ISSN 2001-7405, E-ISSN 2001-7413, no 4, p. 73-90Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Gender mainstreaming (GM) has been on the agenda of organisations at various levels in Sweden and worldwide since the 1990s. Research has shown that GM is difficult to apply and has yet to be clearly defined, and additionally that organisations are uncertain about how to implement it. Research also suggests that the dominance of the new public management (NPM) approach within organisations has made GM work more challenging. In this article, we examine GM in a medium-sized Swedish municipality that is reorganising itself to become gender mainstreamed while introducing trust-based governance (TBG). This municipality provides a unique opportunity to study how GM is constructed in a municipality at the intersection of NPM and TBG. Applying a critical perspective, this article analyses documents from reorganisation based on Bacchi’s (2009) policy analysis. The results demonstrate that GM is mainly translated into TBG-inspired practices and that efficiency becomes an overarching concept that entangles GM, TBG and NPM. GM becomes part of cultural change together with TBG, while NPM maintains its dominance in the structural change of the organisation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: , 2022
Keywords
gender mainstreaming, reorganisation, local governance, critical studies
National Category
Social Sciences Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46965 (URN)10.58235/sjpa.v26i4.10585 (DOI)2-s2.0-85151456772 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-01-23 Created: 2023-01-23 Last updated: 2023-04-19Bibliographically approved
Bolin, M., Giritli Nygren, K., Klockmo, C., Olofsdotter, G. & Sjöberg, I. (2021). Att komma närmare men inte nära nog?: Om att synliggöra arbetsförmågor inom osynliggörande system. Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University
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2021 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Alternative title[sv]
Slutrapportering från en förstudie finansierad av samverkansavtalet mellan Härnösands kommun och Mittuniversitetet
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University, 2021. p. 28
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-42367 (URN)978-91-89341-23-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-06-23 Created: 2021-06-23 Last updated: 2024-05-06Bibliographically approved
Bolin, M. & Klockmo, C. (2021). Tid för återhämtning?: - en utvärdering av Projekt arbetstid. Härnösand: Kommunförbundet Västernorrland
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2021 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: I flera kommuner har socialtjänsten under lång tid haft hög personalomsättning bland socialsekreterare och tillika stora svårigheter att rekrytera dessa. Mot den bakgrunden strävar alltfler kommuner efter att bli attraktiva arbetsgivare genom att erbjuda goda arbetsvillkor. Några kommuner har prövat olika arbetstidsmodeller där den arbetsplatsförlagda arbetstiden förkortas. Som en del av kompetensförsörjningsstrategin beslutade Örnsköldsviks kommun att under åren 2019 och 2020 pröva att förkorta den arbetsplatsförlagda arbetstiden med 45 minuter per dag i ”Projekt arbetstid” bland myndighetsutövande personal inom avdelningen för social utredning.

Metod: I utvärderingen besvarade all personal som ingick i projektet en enkät kring arbetsmiljö och hälsa. Enkäten skickades ut inför projektstart (2019) och ett år in i projektet (2020). Däremellan genomfördes individuella intervjuer med enhetschefer och fokusgruppsintervjuer med personalen. Intervjuerna med personalen skedde enhetsvis.

Resultat: Projektets huvudmål var att främja möjligheter till återhämtning och det upplever majoriteten av personalen att de har fått. En faktor som särskilt lyfts fram är flexibilitet, att personalen kan ta ut tid för återhämtning vid behov under veckan. Resultatet visar också positiva förändringar rörande personalens hälsa. Det skedde en generell effektivisering av mötesrutiner och teknikanvändning, samt utveckling av mer kollektiva arbetssätt på vissa enheter och en förändrad syn och hantering av arbetstiden hos enskilda medarbetare. När det gäller arbetsmiljön framkom en generellt positiv bild med goda utvecklingsmöjligheter och en stark social gemenskap, men även förekomst av potentiella riskfaktorer som högt arbetstempo och lågt inflytande. Projektet bidrog till att en större andel av personalen började arbeta heltid. Faktisk bemanning och förekomsten av organisatoriska förändringar i övrigt påverkade personalens möjligheter att förändra arbetssätt, arbetsmiljö och ta ut återhämtningstid. Avslutningsvis vill vi påminna om att utvärderingen genomfördes innan verksamhetens organisering anpassades till pandemins utbrott.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Härnösand: Kommunförbundet Västernorrland, 2021. p. 46
Series
FoU Västernorrland, ISSN 1653-2414 ; 2021:1
National Category
Occupational Health and Environmental Health
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41994 (URN)978-91-88425-17-1 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-05-06 Created: 2021-05-06 Last updated: 2021-05-07Bibliographically approved
Westerholm, P., Alfredsson, L., Bolin, M., Fransson, E., Knutsson, A., Nordin, M. & Marklund, S. (2020). Arbetsmiljö och hälsa – WOLF-projektets utveckling från individ till organisations- och flernivåanalyser. In: Aronsson Gunnar, Berntson Erik, Björk Lisa, Bolin Malin, Corin Linda (Ed.), Att synliggöra och motverka ojämställdhet i arbetslivet: En vänbok till Annika Härenstam: (pp. 96-113). Helsingborg: Komlitt Förlag AB
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2020 (Swedish)In: Att synliggöra och motverka ojämställdhet i arbetslivet: En vänbok till Annika Härenstam / [ed] Aronsson Gunnar, Berntson Erik, Björk Lisa, Bolin Malin, Corin Linda, Helsingborg: Komlitt Förlag AB , 2020, p. 96-113Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Helsingborg: Komlitt Förlag AB, 2020
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-38287 (URN)9789172512139 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-01-27 Created: 2020-01-27 Last updated: 2020-03-19Bibliographically approved
Olofsdotter, G., Bolin, M., Giritli Nygren, K., Haj Brade, L., Nyhlén, S. & Skott, S. (2020). "Att planera ett träd och låta det växa" - om arbete med jämställdhet och mångfald i SCA Skog AB. Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University
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2020 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University, 2020. p. 47
Keywords
Jämställdhet, mångfald, normkritik, skogssektorn
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-39743 (URN)978-91-88947-65-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-09-09 Created: 2020-09-09 Last updated: 2020-09-09Bibliographically approved
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ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-5449-4400

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