Research subject Work and organizational psychology

Alcohol consumption is a leading risk factor for injury, disease and premature death in Europe. Hence, there is increasing interest in effective universal interventions to reduce alcohol consumption and related harm, and the workplace is a favorable arena.

Due to population ageing and reductions in social care services, providing informal care is becoming more common, while simultaneously working lives are becoming longer. Therefore, there is higher risk of conflict between these two roles, paid work and informal care, which can become stressful and time-demanding.

Green and blue environments are fundamental to environmental sustainability and contribute to a variety of ecosystem services that directly or indirectly affect human health and sustainability.

The overall purpose of this project is to contribute to an increased understanding of individuals' retirement decision making and to investigate employers' perspectives on extended working lives and HR policies and strategies for an ageing workforce in the welfare sector.

That excessive gambling for money can have serious consequences for the player is well-known, but what we know too little about is how workplaces can influence gambling habits.

The project "Green cognition: on the links between sustainability factors in the environment and human sustainability with regard to health and behavior" develops environmental data and examines the importance of environmental exposures in the living environment and more.

The aims of the project are to assess the role of green and blue environments for health and resilience to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and changes in behaviors.

In March 2020, everyday life changed dramatically for many Swedish workers as a result of the Public Health Agency’s recommendations on telework (work from home using ICT) to reduce the spread of COVID-19; within some weeks telework increased by 400%. Many of those who began teleworking did so without or with only limited experience of telework.

The overall aim of the research project "Legitimacy in Pay-setting: A Psychological Perspective on Work-related Pay-setting and Employee-related Pay-setting" has been to contribute to more secure knowledge about pay setting and wage formation in the private sector in Sweden.

Employment contracts, job insecurity, unionization, working conditions, work-related attitudes and health among women and men in a flexible labor market.

Entrepreneurs are important for Sweden's economy, but the Swedish welfare system is mostly structured around the needs of employees.

Over the past years, Sweden has seen a growing interest in the promotion of sustainable health and well-being in working life. This is for instance reflected in the national work environment strategy and also forms the starting point for this research project.

It is increasingly common for people to be in paid work after retirement. This is partly a result of governments in many advanced economies implementing reforms to extend working lives.

Pension reforms have increased individual choice over retirement age as well as encouraging retired people to supplement their incomes with paid work.

The overall aim of the project is to study the importance of different job demands and job resources for outcomes such as attitudes, behaviors and health among employees, primarily in the retail sector.

With this project we aim to examine the nature and financial impacts of participation in the labour market after pensionable age in two contrasting societies: Sweden and the United States.

Organizational justice perceptions refer to subjective evaluations of the fairness of organizational authorities in terms of resource allocations, organizational procedures, and interpersonal treatment of employees.

Many employees perceive that they put too much effort into work tasks they consider as unnecessary or unreasonable.

Mapping psychosocial stress factors in the organization in a reliable way is important for preventing work-related stress and ill-health.