scholarly journals Implementing New Working Practices Through a Structured Support Model for Systematic Work Environment Management

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Molin ◽  
Therese Hellman ◽  
Magnus Svartengren
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Support Model

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study on Employees’ Experiences of a Support model for Systematic Work Environment Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Hellman ◽  
Fredrik Molin ◽  
Magnus Svartengren
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Support Model

Background: The aim is to explore how an organisational work environment support model, the Stamina model, influences employees’ work situations and the development of sustainable work systems. Methods: It was a qualitative study with semi-structured, focus-group interviews, including 45 employees from six work groups. Eighteen focus group interviews were conducted over a period of two years. Data were analysed with constant comparative method. Results: The core category, shifting focus from an individual to an organisational perspective of work, illustrated how communication and increased understanding of one’s work tasks changed over time and contributed to deeper focus on the actual operation. These insights were implemented at different time points among the work groups during the two-year process. Conclusions: Our results indicate that working with the model engages employees in the work environment management, puts emphasis on reflections and discussions about the meaning and purpose of the operations and enables a shared platform for communication. These are important features that need to continue over time in order to create a sustainable work system. The Stamina model, thus seems to have the potential to promote productive and healthy work places.

scholarly journals First-Line Managers’ Experiences of Working with a Structured Support Model for Systematic Work Environment Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3884
Author(s):  
Fredrik Molin ◽  
Therese Hellman ◽  
Magnus Svartengren
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
First Line ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Thematic Approach ◽  
One Year ◽  
Monitoring Progress ◽  
Support Model

Background: This paper describes the experiences of first-line managers when working with a structured support model for systematic work environment management in their work groups. First-line managers play a key part in influencing the work environment. Methods: In this study, a sample of managers implementing a structured support model, the Stamina model, in Swedish municipalities were interviewed. A total of 31 (n = 31) interviews were conducted at two time points during a one-year period. The collected data were analysed using a qualitative thematic approach. Results: The results showed that managers experienced discomfort when giving the responsibility of working with work environmental issues to employees. However, managers also experienced and were impressed by how well it worked in allowing employees to take on work environmental issues. Managers found that they balanced between being quiescent and, at the same time, actively monitoring progress in the work groups. Conclusions: The results from this study implicate that managers need to be sensitive to the needs and capacity of their work groups. The oracle in Delphi stated know yourself. We conclude: Know your group!

scholarly journals How Human Resources Index, Relational Justice, and Perceived Productivity Change after Reorganization at a Hospital in Sweden That Uses a Structured Support Model for Systematic Work Environment Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11611
Author(s):  
Erebouni Arakelian ◽  
Sofia Paulsson ◽  
Fredrik Molin ◽  
Magnus Svartengren
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Productivity Change ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Production Loss ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Relational Justice ◽  
Support Model

To facilitate systematic work environment management, which should be a natural part of business development, a structured support model was developed. The Stamina model has previously been used in Swedish municipalities, showing positive results. The aim was to study how the Human Resources Index (HRI), relational justice, short-term recovery and perceived productivity changed in a recently reorganised perioperative setting in a hospital in Sweden that uses a structured support model for systematic work environment management. A longitudinal design that took measurements at four time points was used in a sample of 500 employees in a perioperative hospital department. The results for the overall sample indicated a positive trend in the HRI (Mt1 = 48.5, SDt1 = 22.5; Mt3 = 56.7, SDt1 = 21.2; p < 0.001). Perceived health-related production loss (Mdt1 = 2, IQR = 3; Mdt3 = 0, IQR = 3; p < 0.001) and perceived work environment-related production loss (Mdt1 = 2, IQR = 3; Mdt3 = 0, IQR = 4; p < 0.001) showed major improvements. Short-term recovery showed a minor improvement (Mt1 = 2.61, SDt1 = 1.33; Mt3 = 2.65, SDt3 = 1.22; p = 0.872). In conclusion, the implementation of the Stamina model, of which the HRI constitutes an important part, seems to be a helpful tool to follow-up on work environment processes, and minimise production losses due to health and work environment-related issues.

scholarly journals Information ergonomics in eHealth

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussi Okkonen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Digital Work ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Digital Channels

Maintaining performance in digital ubiquitous work environment is increasingly dependent on the quality of physical, cognitive and organizational ergonomics of work. Since digital work environment is the reign of most knowledge workers, there is a need to elaborate the study of work ergonomics by devoting attention to the issue of information ergonomics. In health care digitalisation has affected operation model thoroughly. It has affected how information is recorded, managed and distributed. Novel service models powered by digital channels offer now ways to practice professions as well as there are several outcomes regarding the whole service area. This paper is a summary of four research projects on how digitalisation affects knowledge work and how working is (re)shaped by sociotechnical work environments with reflection to eHealth. The conclusion in the paper underlines the digital transformation shaping the lives of knowledge workers. Discussion on how sociotechnical reshapes both individual and organisations, not to mention extended organisations. As the working practices as well as conventions and norms dictate the daily flow people have developed digital coping strategies. Paper also discusses the future of information ergonomics research in health care as way to find normative result for enhancing work in sociotechnical environment. technical environment.

scholarly journals Commitment or Compliance? Institutional Logics of Work Environment Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Uhrenholdt Madsen ◽  
Peter Hasle
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
The State ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Ideal

Scholars of the work environment have pointed out how management ideas and practices inspired by a human resource approach are influencing the work environment efforts in Nordic organiza tions. In this paper, we use the ‘institutional logics’ perspective to propose heuristic ideal types of two institutional logics of work environment management:The logic of compliance as the ideal type of the ‘traditional’ approach to work environment management and the logic of commitment as the human resource informed approach. Through a side-by-side comparison of key characteristics, we analyze the two ideal types as instantiations of institutional orders on the societal level with the compliance logic being rooted in the orders of the state and the corporation, and the commitment logic as based on the orders of the corporation.The paper ends with a discussion on the how the two logics can influence concrete work environment practices and approaches to management in organizations. 

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