74 research outputs found
Implementing Health-Promoting Leadership in Municipal Organizations: Managersâ Experiences with a Leadership Program
The aim of this study was to analyze how line and middle managers experience and describe barriers and enablers in the implementation of a health-promoting leadership program in municipal organizations. A qualitative case study design was applied to examine the leadership program in a case involving implementation of an organizational health intervention. Data were mainly collected using semi-structured interviews with line and middle managers participating in the leadership program. Interviews with senior managers, notes from meetings/workshops, and written action plans were used as complementary data. The interview data were analyzed using a thematic analysis, and the complementary data using a summative content analysis. The findings show that the interviewed line and middle managers experienced this leadership program as a new approach in leadership training because it is based primarily on employee participation. Involvement and commitment of the employees was considered a crucial enabler in the implementation of the leadership program. Other enablers identified include action plans with specific goals, earlier experiences of organizational change, and integration of the program content into regular routines and structures. The line and middle managers described several barriers in the implementation process, and they described various organizational conditions, such as high workload, lack of senior management support, politically initiated projects, and organizational change, as challenges that limited the opportunities to be drivers of change. Taken together, these barriers interfered with the leadership program and its implementation. The study contributes to the understanding of how organizational-level health interventions are implemented in public sector workplaces
AllmÀnhetens syn pÄ vÄldsbejakande extremism: En balans mellan sociala, ekonomiska och polisiÀra ÄtgÀrder
AbstractThe so-called Swedish model of trust is characterised by strong public support for the idea of an individual-based and extensive welfare state, well-developed state individualism, high levels of social trust, widespread appreciation of the judiciary, openness, tolerance, and a free and independent press. Today, Swedish society faces several challenges. Will the Swedish model of trust be eroded or is it relatively resilient to stress?
A Novus survey from 2019 found that a total of 74 percent of the Swedish population were very or quite worried about Islamic extremism, 66 percent very or quite worried about right-wing extremism and 46 percent very or quite worried about left-wing extremism. Other surveys show that the public is also concerned about the deterioration of the welfare state, social gaps, the increased number of refugees to Sweden and xenophobia. Moreover, the Novus survey shows that 65 percent believe that violence-promoting extremism will increase in Sweden in the coming ten-year period. 22 percent indicate that they have become suspicious of people they have encountered in everyday situations and 15 percent have avoided large crowds, e.g. shopping malls, pedestrian areas and subways.
When asked which measures are good for increasing security in society, common answers were to reduce social exclusion, increase camera surveillance in public places and provide more information on democratic principles and values. These answers indicate that Swedish public opinion has a relatively balanced view of public measures against violent extremism, which is consistent withthe Swedish model of trust. In general, the public does not propose the implementation of overly excessive measures against violent extremism. However, given continued public concern over the development of violent extremism, the long term stability of the Swedish model of trust remains in question
Dielectric disorder in two-dimensional materials
Understanding and controlling disorder is key to nanotechnology and materials science. Traditionally, disorder is attributed to local fluctuations of inherent material properties such as chemical and structural composition, doping or strain. Here, we present a fundamentally new source of disorder in nanoscale systems that is based entirely on the local changes of the Coulomb interaction due to fluctuations of the external dielectric environment. Using two-dimensional semiconductors as prototypes, we experimentally monitor dielectric disorder by probing the statistics and correlations of the exciton resonances, and theoretically analyse the influence of external screening and phonon scattering. Even moderate fluctuations of the dielectric environment are shown to induce large variations of the bandgap and exciton binding energies up to the 100 meV range, often making it a dominant source of inhomogeneities. As a consequence, dielectric disorder has strong implications for both the optical and transport properties of nanoscale materials and their heterostructures
Spatial extent of the excited exciton states in WS2 monolayers from diamagnetic shifts
We experimentally study the radii of excitons in hBN-encapsulated WS(2 )monolayers by means of magneto-optical reflectance spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures in magnetic fields up to 29 T. We observe field-induced energy shifts of the exciton ground and excited states due to valley Zeeman and diamagnetic effects. We find the g factor of the first excited state of -4.2 +/- 0.1 to be essentially equal to that of the ground state of -4.35 +/- 0.1. From diamagnetic shifts, we determine the root mean square radii of the excitons. The radius of the first excited state is found to be 5-8 nm and that of the ground state around 2 nm Our results further confirm the Wannier-Mott nature of the exciton quasiparticles in monolayer semiconductors and the assignment of the optical resonances in absorption-type measurements. They also provide additional support for the applicability of the effective mass hydrogenlike models in these systems
Covid-19 som spegelbild av samhÀllet
Det har nu gĂ„tt tvĂ„ Ă„r sedan vi sĂ„g början pĂ„ det som har kommit att kallas corona-pandemin. I backspegeln kan vi konstatera att ett virus, hur osynligt det Ă€n mĂ„ vara för det mĂ€nskliga ögat, kan omkullkasta mycket av det som vi tar för givet i vardagen â hur vi mĂ€nniskor kan och fĂ„r röra oss i offentligheten, umgĂ€nget med andra eller graden av, möjligheterna till regelbunden fysisk aktivitet och fördelar/nackdelar med vaccin. Annat som pandemin har kastat ljus pĂ„ Ă€r mediernas och myndigheterna sĂ€tt att rapportera och informera om covid-19, synen pĂ„ fakta, kunskap och experter, medborgarnas förtroende för myndigheter och oro för yttringar och effekter av viruset och vaccinering â för dem sjĂ€lva, andra mĂ€nniskor och samhĂ€llet stort. Det har Ă€ven blivit tydligt att konsekvenserna av en pandemi alltid Ă€r mĂ„ngfacetterade och mĂ„ngfaktoriella och dĂ€rtill ser delvis olika hos olika segment av den svenska befolkningen. Dessa aspekter av pandemin Ă€r nĂ„gra som detta temanummer kretsar kring
The true identity of identity
Todas as pessoas tĂȘm uma necessidade psicolĂłgica de identidade, tal como qualquer grupo de pessoas, cultura ou sociedade precisa de se centrar numa identidade partilhada colectivamente. Para as pessoas individuais ou os grupos, uma identidade representa uma concepção (tanto ilusĂłria, mas ainda relativamente persistente) de quem e do que se Ă© e define as fronteiras fĂsicas, psicolĂłgicas e socioculturais na relação com outras pessoas e com o mundo circundante. A vida e o desenvolvimento pessoal consiste na descoberta do eu, na presença simultĂąnea da mudança e da continuidade pessoal.
Every human being has a psychological need for an identity, the same way any group of people needs to focus on a collectively shared identity. For the people, individuals or groups, an identity represents a concept -somewhat illusory although relatively persistent- of whom and of what one is, thus defining both the physical, psychological, social and cultural relations with other people and with the surrounding world. Life and the individual growth comprise the discovery of oneself with the continuing presence of change and personal evolution
The true identity of identity
Todas as pessoas tĂȘm uma necessidade psicolĂłgica de identidade, tal como qualquer grupo de pessoas, cultura ou sociedade precisa de se centrar numa identidade partilhada colectivamente. Para as pessoas individuais ou os grupos, uma identidade representa uma concepção (tanto ilusĂłria, mas ainda relativamente persistente) de quem e do que se Ă© e define as fronteiras fĂsicas, psicolĂłgicas e socioculturais na relação com outras pessoas e com o mundo circundante. A vida e o desenvolvimento pessoal consiste na descoberta do eu, na presença simultĂąnea da mudança e da continuidade pessoal.
Every human being has a psychological need for an identity, the same way any group of people needs to focus on a collectively shared identity. For the people, individuals or groups, an identity represents a concept -somewhat illusory although relatively persistent- of whom and of what one is, thus defining both the physical, psychological, social and cultural relations with other people and with the surrounding world. Life and the individual growth comprise the discovery of oneself with the continuing presence of change and personal evolution
Akademiskt samskapande och Agenda 2030: Kommunikation, tillit, integritet och makt
LĂ€rosĂ€ten i Sverige och övriga vĂ€rlden har en viktig roll att spela i Agenda 2030-arbetet och det finns idag allt större krav pĂ„ att âöppna uppâ vetenskapen och samverkan och samskapande/samproduktion mellan lĂ€rosĂ€ten, civilsamhĂ€lle, nĂ€ringsliv och offentlig sektor (kvadrupel helix). Denna text diskuterar dessa frĂ„gor i ljuset av akademins vĂ€rden och möjliga dilemman vid kvadrupel helix samarbeten. Diskussionen utgĂ„r frĂ„n egna erfarenheter av olika typer av samverkansarbete och samskapande samt 14 fokusgruppsintervjuer inom ramarna för Accomplissh-projektet. Dessa intervjuer genomfördes i tolv lĂ€nder dĂ€r representanter för akademi, civilsamhĂ€lle, nĂ€ringsliv och offentlig sektor diskuterade hinder för och möjliggörande av samverkan och samskapande. I diskussionen kopplas resultaten till mer allmĂ€nna resonemang och samskapande. Diskussionen utmynnar i nĂ„gra tips som kan vara till nytta i samproduktionsarbetet kring Agenda 2030
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