Young Workers in Transition: Explaining the Density Gap by a Life-course Perspective

A common challenge for all trade unions in most of the Western world is the growing trade union density gap between young and older workers. In this paper, we examine the generational trade union gap with point of departure in the Danish case. Our data stem from two large surveys (APL II & III).We find that young workers are not more individualized; to the contrary, unorganized young workers have a growing collective mind-set. Through the lens of a life-course perspective, our data show that young workers have a growing ‘fluidic’ working life. Many young workers also take jobs in parts of the labor market with weak trade unions representation not allowing them to get in contact with trade unions representatives

Age Management in Danish Companies: What, How, and How Much?

This article investigates Danish employers’ behavior in the area of active aging, which is made topical by demographic aging. It describes age management practices and explains why some companies are more prone to employ age management than others. The study is based on a survey conducted among a representative sample of Danish employers, and 609 interviews in total have been carried out. Data have been scrutinized using frequency analysis for descriptive purposes as well as binary logistic regression analysis for explanatory purposes. Findings indicate that structural, cognitive, and action-oriented variables have significance for whether companies develop and employ active age management policies

Conceptions of Gender and Competencies among Police Recruits in Scandinavia

Conceptions of gender and competencies may be of importance for the gendered allocation of tasks and may help explain gender segregation in the labor market and within organizations. Drawing on survey panel data from Scandinavian police recruits in the male-dominated police profession, this article explores and discusses the prevalence of conceptions of gender and different police competencies. A substantial portion of the police recruits disagree that men are more competent at specific police tasks (handling violence) and women at others (care and communication). However, quite a large minority have more stereotypical conceptions of gender and competencies. Male police recruits generally report more gender-stereotypical conceptions than female and this tendency increases over time after entering the police. Furthermore, the Danish police recruits report the most gender-stereotypical conceptions, while the Swedish recruits more often dismiss the idea that men and women are suited for different police tasks

Datasans – etisk skole- og uddannelsesledelse med data

Dorthe Staunæs, Helle Bjerg, Malou Juelskjær og Kristian Gylling Olesen. Udgivet på Nyt fra samfundsvidenskaberne 2021 (326 sider) ISBN: 978-87-7683-205-6 Hvordan skal en skoleledelse arbejde og lede med udgangspunkt i data? Det er et spørgsmål, forfatterne sætter sig for at besvare. Svaret på dette spørgsmål implicerer en særlig tilgang til data, dataforståelse samt fordringer til databrug. I bogens introduktion redegør forfatterne for deres syn på, hvordan data og særligt databrug i skole- og uddannelsesledelse skal forstås. Et centralt argument er, at data og brugen af data i skolesammenhænge har skabende effekter. Herved skriver forfatterne sig efter eget udsagn ind i en feministisk tradition for diskussion af data, hvor data ikke blot ses som en repræsentation eller beskrivelse, men samtidig er performativ og derigennem fungerer som medskaber af det, som data i udgangspunktet er en beskrivelse af