Designing Sustainable Working Lives and Environments : Work, Health and Leadership in Theory and Practice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nilsson, Kerstin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

This book offers a theoretical framework visualizing the complexity of working life. It increases the knowledge and awareness of individuals, companies and society regarding different factors and work patterns and aims to support reflections and discussions into daily operations on the individual, organizational and societal level.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Why Is a Book on a Healthy and Sustainable Working Life for All Ages Using the SwAge[sup(TM)] Model Needed?

The Structure of the Book and the SwAge[sup(TM)] Model

Part I: Determinant Areas for a Sustainable Working Life and Employability

Influence and Determinant Areas for the Ability and Willingness to Work

To Stay or to Leave?

What Determines a Healthy and Sustainable Working Life for All Ages?

Consider and Reflect

SPHERE A: Health Effects of the Work Environment

Area 1. Diagnoses, Self-rated Health and Functional Diversity

Different Dimensions of Health

Health on the Individual Level

Bodily Functions that Matter to Work

The Dual Continuum Model of Health

The Work Environment as a Predictor of Ill-health

Measuring Health and Ill-health in Working Life

Area 2. The Physical Work Environment

The Physical Design of the Workplace

Physical Workload, Heavy Lifting and Unilateral Movements

The Sensory System and the Work Environment

Chemical Health Risks in the Work Environment

Climate and Work Ability

Safety Risks and Occupational Injuries

Gender Differences between Physical Demands in Working Life

Area 3. Mental Work Environment

Stress that Matter to Work

Stressors Related to Working Life

Coping with Work Stress

Bullying in the Workplace

Threats and Violence

Area 4. Working Hours, Work Pace and Time for Recuperation

Working Hours and Work Schedule

Working Time Regulations

Work Pace and Breaks during Working Hours

Exhaustion and Sleep Disorders

Time for Recuperation.

Working Hours, Work Pace and Time for Recuperation Related to Age and Gender

Organisational Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to the Health Effects of the Work Environment

Organisational/Meso Level and Health

Health Promotion and Health Prevention

Health Promotion and Organisational Productivity

The Health Prevention Process: Identify-Prioritise-Rectify-Reorient

Measures for Physical, Mental and Temporal Work Environment Issues and Health

The Design of the Physical Work Environment

The Design of the Mental Work Environment

Organisation of Work to Facilitate Recuperation

Occupational Health Care

Societal Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to Health Impacts of the Work Environment

Societal/Macro Level and Health

The Significance of Society for Healthy Choices

The Significance of Society for the Knowledge of and Compliance with Laws and Directives

Societal Perspectives on Fragmentation, Demands and Control in the Work Situation

Societal Support in Choices and Changes of Profession and Work Environment

Contact-based Professions and Mental Demands

Working Time Models

The Significance of Occupational Health Care to Decrease the Negative Health Effects of the Work Environment

SPHERE B: The Financial Situation

Area 5. Personal Finance and Economics

Finance and Employability

Economics and Financial Incentives

Organisational Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to the Financial Situation

Occupational Injuries Affect on Finance

The Significance of Leadership for Good Health and Employability

Attitudes in Organisations and Employability

Organisational Costs of Sickness Absence

Consider and Reflect.

Societal Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to the Financial Situation

Societal Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to Personal Finance

Financial Perspective on Societal Support for Employability

Social Security Systems

Employment Development in Society in Relation to Social Security and Pension Systems

SPHERE C: Social Inclusion, Support and Sense of Community

Area 6. The Personal Social Environment

Social Inclusion outside Working Life

Boundaries between Work and Personal Life

How Partner and Family Affect Labour Force Participation

How the Personal Social Environment Affects Work

Work-life Balance

Area 7. The Social Work Environment

Identity and Social Contexts

Social and Instrumental Support and Inclusion in the Workplace

The Social Effects of Informal Organisations in Working Life

Disregard, Bullying and Discrimination

Norms, Norm Breakers and Power

Organisational Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to Social Inclusion, Support and Sense of Community

Organising Groups

Leadership for Employeeship-Social Innovation and Support through Need-, User-, and Person-centred Development

Situational and Age-conscious Leadership

Communication as a Tool to Prevent Risks of Disregard and Discrimination in the Social Work Environment

Inventory of the Workplace Culture

Conflict Management in the Social Work Environment

Societal Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to Social Inclusion, Support and Sense of Community

Society as a Supportive Environment for Social Inclusion and Participation

How Society Affects Disregard and Discrimination in Working Life

How Society Affects Work-life Balance

SPHERE D: The Execution of Work Tasks and Activities

Area 8. Work Satisfaction, Motivation, Stimulation and the Core of Work

Meaningfulness and Stimulation or Futility in the Work Situation

Building a Wall or Building a Windmill

The Individual's Experience of Comprehensibility, Manageability and Meaningfulness in the Work Situation

Satisfaction of Needs Is Fundamental to Work Motivation

Effort-reward Balance/Imbalance

Motivation through Empowerment and Nudging

Occupational Identity

Area 9. Knowledge, Skills and Competence Development

Perception and Cognition

Intelligence

Memory

Knowledge

Learning and Employability

Organisational Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to the Execution of Work Tasks and Activities

Design of the Execution of Work Tasks-A Historical Overview of Efficiency and Meaningfulness in Working Life

Satisfaction in Working Life

Employability in a Changing Working Life-Resilience

Employeeship-Increasing Individuals' Experiences of Being Part of a Greater Whole

Organisation of Work in Relation to Employees' Abilities and Motivation

The Learning Organisation

Learning Processes in Organisations and Companies

Methods for Competence Development and Transfer of Tacit Knowledge

Societal Perspective and Action Proposals that Matter to the Execution of Work Tasks and Activities

How Society Affects Individuals' Experience of Their Work Tasks and Activities

Possibilities of Updating Knowledge

Possibilities of Changing and Adjusting Work Content to the Individuals' Conditions

Part II: Age in Relation to a Sustainable Working Life

The Demographic Situation

Age Definitions and Perspectives on Age in Working Life

Biological Age in Working Life.

Individual Perspectives on Biological Age

Organisational Perspectives on Biological Age

Societal Perspectives on Biological Age

Chronological Age in Working Life

Individual Perspectives on Chronological Age

Organisational Perspectives on Chronological Age

Societal Perspectives on Chronological Age

Social Age in Working Life

Individual Perspectives on Social Age

Organisational Perspectives on Social Age

Societal Perspectives on Social Age

Cognitive Age in Working Life

Individual Perspectives on Cognitive Age

Organisational Perspectives on Cognitive Age

Societal Perspectives on Cognitive Age

All Ages in Working Life

Individual Level-Micro Level

Organisational Level-Meso Level

Societal Level-Macro Level

Part III: Practical Application Based on the SwAge[sup(TM)] Model

Practice Application of the SwAge[sup(TM)] Model

Case for Reflection Supported by the SwAge[sup(TM)] Model

Nine Quick Ways to Increase Sustainability in the Organisation's Environment

The Survey Tool for Investigation and Reflection of Work Ability, Employability and Work Situation

Questionnaire: Sustainable Working Life for All Ages

The Tool for Employer/Manager-Employee Work Situation and Career Development Conversations

The Dialogue Tool for Career Development Conversations with Employeess

Before Conducting Career Development Conversations

Conduct Your Career Development Conversations Based on Different Perspectives

Documenting the Career Development Conversation

Individual Goals and Competence Development

A Tool for Systematic Workplace Management and Action Plan for a Sustainable Working Life for All Ages

How to Conduct the Analysis

The Matrix Tool for Systematic Workplace Management and Action Plan for a Sustainable Working Life.

Examples of Measures Taken in Different Workplaces.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781040006092

1040006094

9781040006016

1040006019

9781032616681

1032616687

OCLC:

1430660544