Professor Michael Rosander is professor of psychology. His main research interests are within work and organizational psychology. In his research there is a focus on
how different organizational factors affect individuals, work groups and the organization as a whole. An important aspect is to investigate how negative exposures, e.g. workplace bullying, can be understood and prevented. This includes the impact of the organizational and social work environment on the wellbeing of individuals, but also how it affects bystanders and the organization as a whole.
On January 1, 2024, a new research project funded by The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) started (professor Rosander is the project leader). In this, we build on the knowledge from two previous research projects professor Rosander has lead; one financed by AFA insurance and one by Forte. The AFA project started in 2017 and there we collected data from a national probability sample of all working in Sweden. The previous Forte project started in 2019 and with that we also added data from various organizations where we, for example, were able to study close to 200 work groups. This project will end in the summer of 2024. The work that remains is to publish additional articles based on the data that we have.
The new Forte project will also focus on bullying at work, but also sexual harassment and discrimination and it will last 2024–2026. We will examine various aspects of organizational and social work environment and health. The project will collect two types of data; data from a representative sample of all working in Sweden (via Statistics Sweden) and data from a number of different companies and organisations. In both cases, there will be longitudinal data. We will begin data collection during the spring of 2024 but new organisations will be added throughout 2024, and the follow-up survey will come nine months later.
His research has also covered studies of crowds in connection with demonstrations and sports, parental groups in primary care, leadership at incident sites (cooperation between ambulance, emergency services and police), and PBL groups.
how different organizational factors affect individuals, work groups and the organization as a whole. An important aspect is to investigate how negative exposures, e.g. workplace bullying, can be understood and prevented. This includes the impact of the organizational and social work environment on the wellbeing of individuals, but also how it affects bystanders and the organization as a whole.
On January 1, 2024, a new research project funded by The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) started (professor Rosander is the project leader). In this, we build on the knowledge from two previous research projects professor Rosander has lead; one financed by AFA insurance and one by Forte. The AFA project started in 2017 and there we collected data from a national probability sample of all working in Sweden. The previous Forte project started in 2019 and with that we also added data from various organizations where we, for example, were able to study close to 200 work groups. This project will end in the summer of 2024. The work that remains is to publish additional articles based on the data that we have.
The new Forte project will also focus on bullying at work, but also sexual harassment and discrimination and it will last 2024–2026. We will examine various aspects of organizational and social work environment and health. The project will collect two types of data; data from a representative sample of all working in Sweden (via Statistics Sweden) and data from a number of different companies and organisations. In both cases, there will be longitudinal data. We will begin data collection during the spring of 2024 but new organisations will be added throughout 2024, and the follow-up survey will come nine months later.
His research has also covered studies of crowds in connection with demonstrations and sports, parental groups in primary care, leadership at incident sites (cooperation between ambulance, emergency services and police), and PBL groups.
