Work conditions and health

In this theme, we focus on the relationship between work conditions, organization and management, and their relationship to health and illness in the workplace. In this theme we also conduct studies on workplace-based strategies for rehabilitation and work disability prevention.

Ongoing projects within this theme:

Employer support for work disability prevention.

The project aims to develop a knowledge-based framework for prevention of work disability in workplaces, through knowledge syntheses and interactive research.

Leading and organizing for health and production (LOHP).

A prospective cohort study aiming to study organizational conditions, management, work environment and health, including 10 organizations with more than 5000 employees.

Employers’ costs for sick leave.

The project includes managers’ reports of measures before, during and after sick leave, and the related costs.

Knowledge syntheses.

We have produced several knowledge syntheses in this theme, commissioned by the Swedish Work Environment Authority, or in collaboration with other research groups.

Publications

Selected publications from this theme:

Ståhl, C. (2016): Leder regler och inspektioner till en bättre arbetsmiljö? Kunskapssammanställning 2016:10. Stockholm: Arbetsmiljöverket.
Fagerlind Ståhl, A-C. (2016): Konsekvenser av lean produktion på arbetsmiljö och hälsa, Kunskapssammanställning 2016:5, Stockholm: Arbetsmiljöverket.
MacEachen, E., Kosny A., Ståhl, C., O’Hagan, F., Redgrift, L., Sanford, S., Carrasco, C., Tompa, E., Mahood, Q. (2016): “Systematic review of qualitative literature on occupational health and safety legislation and regulatory enforcement planning and implementation”, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 42(1), 3-16.
Ståhl, C., Åborg, C., Toomingas, A., Parmsund, M., Kjellberg, K. (2015): “The influence of social capital on employers' use of occupational health services: a qualitative study”, BMC Public Health, 15:1083.
Seing, I., MacEachen, E., Ekberg, K., Ståhl, C. (2015): “Return to Work or Job Transition? Employer Dilemmas in Taking Social Responsibility for Return to Work in Local Workplace Practice”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 37(19), 1760-1769.
Seing, I., Ståhl, C., MacEachen, E., Ekberg, E. (2015): “Early-Return-to-Work in the Context of an Intensification of Working Life and Changing Employment Relationships”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(1), 74-81.
Ekberg, K., Wåhlin, C., Persson, J., Bernfort, L., Öberg, B. (2015): “Early and Late Return to Work After Sick Leave: Predictors in a Cohort of Sick-Listed Individuals with Common Mental Disorders”. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 25(3):627-37.
Lundqvist, L., Reineholm, C., Gustavsson, M. Ekberg, K. (2013). Investigating work conditions and burnout at three hierarchical levels. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55, 1157-1163.
Ståhl, C., Toomingas, A., Åborg, C., Ekberg, K., Kjellberg, K. (2013): “Promoting occupational health interventions in early return to work by implementing financial subsidies: a Swedish case study”, BMC Public Health, 13:310.