Care: a challenge to healthy organizations? A case study of a hospital department

In this article we study a healthy organization through exploring the dual agenda from the perspective of a human service organization. Looking at the case of a specialized department at a major teaching hospital in Sweden, we analyze whether the concept of the healthy organization needs an added dimension. Quantitative and qualitative methods have been used, collected within the framework of the EU project Quality of Life in a Changing Europe.  We explore the dual agenda from two perspectives — the work-household duality and workforce-organization duality. Using a multi-method approach shows a complex picture, especially with regard to stress and workload intensity.Neste artigo estudamos uma organização saudável através da exploração da agenda dual, na perspetiva de uma organização de serviços a pessoas. Olhando para o caso de um departamento especializado num hospital universitário na Suécia, analisamos se o conceito de organização saudável necessita de uma dimensão adicional. Foram usados métodos quantitativos e qualitativos, recolhidos no âmbito do projeto europeu Qualidade de Vida numa Europa em Mudança. Explorámos a agenda dual em dois planos — a dualidade do trabalho doméstico e a dualidade do trabalho em contexto organizacional. Usámos uma abordagem multi-método que dá a conhecer uma realidade complexa, especialmente no que diz respeito ao stress e à intensidade da carga de trabalho.Cet article étudie une organisation saine à travers l’exploration du double emploi du temps, du point de vue d’une organisation de services à la personne. En observant le cas d’un département spécialisé dans un hôpital universitaire en Suède, nous nous sommes demandé si le concept d’organisation saine nécessite une dimension additionnelle. Les méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives utilisées ont été relevées dans le cadre du projet européen Qualité de vie dans une Europe en changement. Nous avons exploré le double emploi du temps sur deux plans — la dualité du travail domestique et la dualité du travail en milieu organisationnel. Nous avons utilisé une approche multi-méthode qui nous permet de connaître une réalité complexe, surtout en ce qui concerne le stress et l’intensité de la charge de travail.En este artículo estudiamos una organización saludable a través de la exploración de la agenda dual, en la perspectiva de una organización de servicios a personas. Observando  el caso de un departamento especializado en un hospital universitario en Suecia, analizamos si el concepto de organización saludable necesita de una dimensión adicional. Fueron utilizados métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos, recabados en el ámbito del proyecto europeo Calidad de Vida en una Europa en Cambio. Exploramos la agenda dual en dos planos — la dualidad del trabajo doméstico y la dualidad del trabajo en contexto organizacional. Utilizamos un abordaje multi-método que da a conocer una realidad compleja, especialmente en relación al stress y a la intensidad de la carga de trabajo

Care: a challenge to healthy organizations? A case study of a hospital department

Neste artigo estudamos uma organização saudável através da exploração da agenda dual, na perspetiva de uma organização de serviços a pessoas. Olhando para o caso deumdepartamento especializadonumhospital universitário na Suécia, analisamos se o conceito de organização saudável necessita de uma dimensão adicional. Foram usados métodos quantitativos e qualitativos, recolhidos no âmbito do projeto europeu Qualidade de Vida numa Europa em Mudança. Explorámos a agenda dualemdois planos—a dualidade do trabalho doméstico e a dualidade do trabalho em contexto organizacional. Usámos uma abordagem multi-método que dá a conhecer uma realidade complexa, especialmente no que diz respeito ao stress e à intensidade da carga de trabalho.In this article we study a healthy organization through exploring the dual agenda from the perspective of a human service organization. Looking at the case of a specialized department at a major teaching hospital in Sweden, we analyze whether the concept of the healthy organization needs an added dimension. Quantitative and qualitative methods have been used, collected within the framework of the EU project Quality of Life in a Changing Europe. We explore the dual agenda from two perspectives — the work-household duality and workforce-organization duality. Using a multi-method approach shows a complex picture, especially with regard to stress and workload intensity.Cet article étudie une organisation saine à travers l’exploration du double emploi du temps, du point de vue d’une organisation de services à la personne. En observant le cas d’un département spécialisé dans un hôpital universitaire en Suède, nous nous sommes demandé si le concept d’organisation saine nécessite une dimension additionnelle. Les méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives utilisées ont été relevées dans le cadre du projet européen Qualité de vie dans une Europe en changement. Nous avons exploré le double emploi du temps sur deux plans—la dualité du travail domestique et la dualité du travail en milieu organisationnel. Nous avons utilisé une approche multi-méthode qui nous permet de connaître une réalité complexe, surtout en ce qui concerne le stress et l’intensité de la charge de travail.En este artículo estudiamos una organización saludable a través de la exploración de la agenda dual, en la perspectiva de una organización de servicios a personas. Observando el caso de un departamento especializado en un hospital universitario en Suecia, analizamos si el concepto de organización saludable necesita de una dimensión adicional. Fueron utilizados métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos, recabados en el ámbito del proyecto europeo Calidad de Vida en una Europa en Cambio. Exploramos la agenda dual en dos planos—la dualidad del trabajo doméstico y la dualidad del trabajo en contexto organizacional. Utilizamos un abordaje multi- método que da a conocer una realidad compleja, especialmente en relación al stress y a la intensidad de la carga de trabajo

Care: a challenge to healthy organizations? A case study of a hospital department

In this article we study a healthy organization through exploring the dual agenda from the perspective of a human service organization. Looking at the case of a specialized department at a major teaching hospital in Sweden, we analyze whether the concept of the healthy organization needs an added dimension. Quantitative and qualitative methods have been used, collected within the framework of the EU project Quality of Life in a Changing Europe.  We explore the dual agenda from two perspectives — the work-household duality and workforce-organization duality. Using a multi-method approach shows a complex picture, especially with regard to stress and workload intensity.Neste artigo estudamos uma organização saudável através da exploração da agenda dual, na perspetiva de uma organização de serviços a pessoas. Olhando para o caso de um departamento especializado num hospital universitário na Suécia, analisamos se o conceito de organização saudável necessita de uma dimensão adicional. Foram usados métodos quantitativos e qualitativos, recolhidos no âmbito do projeto europeu Qualidade de Vida numa Europa em Mudança. Explorámos a agenda dual em dois planos — a dualidade do trabalho doméstico e a dualidade do trabalho em contexto organizacional. Usámos uma abordagem multi-método que dá a conhecer uma realidade complexa, especialmente no que diz respeito ao stress e à intensidade da carga de trabalho.Cet article étudie une organisation saine à travers l’exploration du double emploi du temps, du point de vue d’une organisation de services à la personne. En observant le cas d’un département spécialisé dans un hôpital universitaire en Suède, nous nous sommes demandé si le concept d’organisation saine nécessite une dimension additionnelle. Les méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives utilisées ont été relevées dans le cadre du projet européen Qualité de vie dans une Europe en changement. Nous avons exploré le double emploi du temps sur deux plans — la dualité du travail domestique et la dualité du travail en milieu organisationnel. Nous avons utilisé une approche multi-méthode qui nous permet de connaître une réalité complexe, surtout en ce qui concerne le stress et l’intensité de la charge de travail.En este artículo estudiamos una organización saludable a través de la exploración de la agenda dual, en la perspectiva de una organización de servicios a personas. Observando  el caso de un departamento especializado en un hospital universitario en Suecia, analizamos si el concepto de organización saludable necesita de una dimensión adicional. Fueron utilizados métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos, recabados en el ámbito del proyecto europeo Calidad de Vida en una Europa en Cambio. Exploramos la agenda dual en dos planos — la dualidad del trabajo doméstico y la dualidad del trabajo en contexto organizacional. Utilizamos un abordaje multi-método que da a conocer una realidad compleja, especialmente en relación al stress y a la intensidad de la carga de trabajo

Moderna fäder mellan tradition och relation

Modern fathers - between tradition and relation Research on families simultaneously shows change and instability and duration and stability. Research on men as fathers bears the same contradiction, showing a man, who has got both traditional and more family and relation oriented characteristics. By asking men and women to tell about their life plans, their experiences of family life, gender and equality, we have tried to get hold of changes between ideal and gender identity, within the family context. The results show that the family with the focus on the children dominates the life plan of men and of women. We also find great similarities between the sexes in what they tell as about their family project. Differences appear, however, in what men and women tell us about what they do in their everyday family praxis. In the conflict between traditional roles, equality and every day praxis, men and women create routines which are effective, but also producing ambivalence in the conception of one self as parent, sex partner and equal partner of a married couple.Sociologisk Forsknings digitala arkiv</p

Comparing transitions to fatherhood across contexts

This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the transition to parenthood and attempt to find a 'work-life balance'. Using in-depth qualitative biographical data, the book offers a deep understanding of working parents' real lives by locating them within diverse national, workplace and family contexts. It provides rich insights into how policies and practices at the institutional level play out in individual and family lives, how they shape the decisions during both transition phases and in parents' daily experiences of juggling work and family life. It highlights some difficult and complex issues about the sustainability of contemporary working practices for bringing up children that are highly relevant in times of economic retrenchment. 'Transitions to parenthood in Europe' will be of interest to an academic readership at all levels of the social sciences, as well as employers, managers, trade unions and policy maker