Magnus Sverke

Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, Faculty Member

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Ideological and instrumental union commitment

The Future of Trade Unionism, 2019

Gender differences in coping with job insecurity

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2006

Flexibility demands on organizations along with an ever-changing economic environment have made t... more

Is work affecting my health? Appraisals of how work affects health as a mediator in the relationship between working conditions and work-related attitudes

Work & Stress, Sep 26, 2014

This study investigates the role of appraisals by employees of how work is affecting their health... more This study investigates the role of appraisals by employees of how work is affecting their health, or could end up affecting it in the future. The study tests a model of health appraisals as a mediator of the effect of demands and control on employee attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intentions). This was investigated in a sample of employees in a Swedish white-collar organization, who participated in three waves of a longitudinal study conducted in 2007, 2008 and 2009; a final sample of 292 employees participated at all three waves. The results indicate that employee appraisals of how work affects their health have an important role in how working conditions relate to subsequent work-related attitudes. The study supports the importance of including employee appraisals when studying the effects of working conditions.

On the same path? Profiles of proximal socialization outcomes among new police officers

Nordic Psychology, Mar 14, 2022

Psychosocial risk assessment and prevention in Sweden

ABSTRACT Modern working life involves higher demands on individual responsibility, blurrier lines... more ABSTRACT Modern working life involves higher demands on individual responsibility, blurrier lines between work and private life, increasing flexibility as regards the scheduling of work hours including a high variability from week-to-week or day-to-day, temporary employment contracts and job insecurity, and unstable organizational conditions. This development has raised concerns regarding job-related stress in Sweden, as well as in other countries, and underscored the need to create sustainable psychosocial work conditions for economic competitiveness and occupational health and safety. This chapter aims to provide an overview of psychosocial risk factors characterizing the contemporary Swedish working life, to describe the institutional frameworks that regulate work environment issues, and to describe how various actors work to prevent psychosocial risk factors. The following section outlines work environment trends and the Swedish system in terms of legislation, various actors on the labor market and so on. Drawing on this, we highlight four sets of psychosocial risk factors (flexible work, working hours, new demands at work, and organizational restructuring) before describing activities related to prevention, health promotion at work and healthy work practices. La actual vida laboral implica mayores exigencias en la responsabilidad individual, la existencia de líneas difusas entre el trabajo y la vida privada, la necesidad de un aumento de la flexibilidad en la programación de las horas de trabajo incluyendo una alta flexibilidad entre las semanas o incluso los días, las contrataciones temporales y la inseguridad en el trabajo, además de unas inestables condiciones de la propia organización. Este desarrollo se ha manifestado a través de una preocupación más intensiva por el trabajo en Suecia, al igual que en otros países y se ha destacado la necesidad de crear condiciones de trabajo psicosocialmente sostenibles para contribuir a la competitividad económica y a la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo. Este trabajo tiene por objeto proporcionar una visión general de los factores de riesgo psicosocial que caracterizan la actual vida laboral en Suecia, con la intención de describir los marcos institucionales que regulan las cuestiones relativas al entorno laboral y la descripción del funcionamiento de los diversos agentes para evitar factores de riesgo psicosocial. El siguiente apartado describe las tendencias de actuación del sistema sueco sobre el entorno de trabajo en lo que respecta a la legislación, a los distintos actores que intervienen en el mercado de trabajo, para a partir de ello, subrayar cuatro grupos de factores de riesgo psicosocial (el trabajo flexible, las horas de trabajo, las nuevas exigencias en el trabajo y la reestructuración de la organización) antes de describir las actividades relacionadas con la prevención, la promoción de la salud en el trabajo y las prácticas saludables de trabajo.

Vad vet vi om anställnings-otrygghet och dess konsekvenser? Slutsatser från två decenniers forskning

Nordisk Psykologi, 2001

The present artide takes into account theoretical and empirical issues which influence our unders... more The present artide takes into account theoretical and empirical issues which influence our understanding of job insecurity, a phenomenon which has received more attention along with the increased flexibilization of working life. The main purpose of the artide is to contribute to the understanding of the influence job insecurity has, and show areas where more research is necessary. We base our discussion on a definition of job insecurity as a subjectively experienced stressor, which reflects the perception that one's present employment is threatened. Our literature review shows, firstly, that there may be dillerent aspeels of job insecurity with, to some extent, dillerent consequences for work related attitudes and well-being. Secondly, given that the present knowledge of the concept to a great extent is based on cross-sectional studies, more longitudinal research is needed before we know if and how job insecurity is related to changes in attitudes and well-being. Thirdly, we identify factors which may moderate the relation between job insecurity and its assumed consequences. We maintain that further theoretical as well as empirical research is needed in order to increase our understanding of what job insecurity is and what consequences it can have for the individual.

Andemeningen är bra, men... : kvalitetsfrågans betydelse för vårdens arbetsmiljö och organisation

Andemeningen ar bra, men... : kvalitetsfragans betydelse for vardens arbetsmiljo och organisation

Bolagiseringen av S:t Görans sjukhus : en proaktiv organisering

Akut vard och akutsjukhus ar ett av samhallets mest sammansatta servicesystem. Detta forhallande ... more

Social support at work and mental distress: A three‐wave study of normal, reversed, and reciprocal relationships

Journal of Occupational Health, 2019

Objectives: This longitudinal study aimed to investigate the causal relationships between social ... more Objectives: This longitudinal study aimed to investigate the causal relationships between social support at work and mental health in terms of mental distress. Despite assuming social support at work to be associated with less mental distress, reversed and reciprocal relationships were investigated as well. Methods: Self-reports in questionnaires of social support and mental distress were collected longitudinally, with annual measurements over three consecutive years, among 301 office workers (57% women) in Sweden. Cross-lagged structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Results: The reciprocal causation model was considered the best-fitting model. The results suggest that social support and mental distress influenced each other negatively, but with a delayed effect. Specifically, this involves Time 1 levels of social support being negatively associated with Time 2 levels of mental distress, while Time 2 levels of mental distress were negatively associated with Time 3 levels of support. Conclusions: The findings partly align with the hypothesis that social support is related to lower levels of mental distress but also suggest that mental distress can reduce levels of social support. While the findings also suggest a mutual interrelation between social support and mental distress, this is not a consistent reciprocal causation. Rather, and due to the variation in reciprocity between time points, it appears to be a cyclical process, which needs further investigation.

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Perceived job insecurity predicting involuntary and voluntary turnover 6 months later

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate perceived job insecurity (i.e., the threat to lose the c... more

Too old for work?: mediated associations between perceived age discrimination and job search among older unemployed people

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Does Pay for Performance Increase Employee Motivation and Performance? Results from a Longitudinal Study in a Swedish Industrial Company

The private sector in Sweden as well as other industrial countries is rapidly moving towards more... more

What is the relationship between school age and psychosocial work characteristics in adult life to various aspects of self-reported health among working women and husband?

Gunnar Aronsson och ett gränslöst arbetsliv. Introduktion till temanummer till Gunnar Aronsson

Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 2013

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Are general mental ability and psychosocial work characteristics related to midlife health in working women and men

USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast), 2010

control visit. Study variables included depression (POMSdepression scale), medication beliefs (Sp... more control visit. Study variables included depression (POMSdepression scale), medication beliefs (Specific Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire), and adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medication (Hill-Bone Medication Adherence Scale). Results: Depressive patients had a higher level of specific medication concerns than non-depressive patients (t=3,351, p<,001). Multivariate linear regression shows that medication non-adherence is predicted by depression (B=.172, p<.01), and medication beliefs have a mediating role on this effect. Mediation effects were studied using Baron and Kenny's Criteria (1986): depression predicted medication beliefs (B=−.304, p<.01); medication beliefs predicted non-adherence (B=−.442, p<.01), and the predictive role of depression on non-adherence decreased when medication adherence was included in the regression equation (B=.012, p=.863). Conclusion: Our results confirm, in a sample of Chilean hypertensive patients, the effect of depression and beliefs about medicine over medication adherence and suggest that concerns about medication should be included in anti-depression psychotherapy for hypertensive patients.

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Introduktion till temanummer : Ett gränslöst arbetsiv: Temanummer till Gunnar Aronsson

Faktisk lön har liten betydelse för arbetsmotivationen : om individuell lön ur ett arbets- och organisationspsykologiskt perspektiv

Det svenska lonebildnings- och forhandlingssystemet ar idag pa vag att forandras - alldeles oavse... more

The moderating effects of work-based and non-work based support on the relation between job insecurity and subsequent strain

Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, Oct 29, 2005

Job insecurity is a stressor empirically linked to various negative outcomes, such as impaired wo... more Job insecurity is a stressor empirically linked to various negative outcomes, such as impaired work attitudes and adverse health symptoms. Less is known about how these negative consequences can be buffered. The present study investigates whether work-based and non-work based social support moderate the relation between job insecurity and subsequent strain. The results, based on Swedish longitudinal questionnaire data, show that job insecurity predicted strain, even after controlling for demographic variables and baseline levels. Non-work based support moderated the negative effect of job insecurity on mental health complaints and somatic complaints after controlling for baseline levels. The results suggest that employees can benefit from their support network during times of turbulence. OPSOMMING Werksonsekerheid is 'n stressor wat emperies verband hou met verskeie negatiewe uitkomste soos verlaagde werksgesindhede en nadelige gesondheidssimptome. Minder is bekend oor hoe hierdie negatiewe gevolge gebuffer kan word. Die huidige studie ondersoek of werks gebaseerde en nie-werks gebaseerde sosiale ondersteuning die verhouding tussen werksonsekerheid en daaropvolgende spanning modereer. Die resultate, gebaseer op Sweedse longitudinale vraelysdata, toon dat werksonsekerheid spanning voorpsel het, selfs na die kontrolering vir demografiese veranderlikes en basislyn veranderlikes. Nie-werks gebaseerde ondersteuning het die negatiewe effek van werksonsekerheid op psigiese ongesteldhede en somatiese simptome gemodereer nadat gekontroleer vir basislyn veranderlikes is. Die resultate stel voor dat werknemers voordeel kan trek uit hulle ondersteunings netwerk gedurende tye van turbulensie.

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Does occupational self-efficacy mediate the relationships between job insecurity and work-related learning? A latent growth modelling approach

Work & Stress, Feb 24, 2021

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Development of perceived job insecurity among young workers: a latent class growth analysis

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Apr 15, 2019

Purpose Individual differences in the development of perceived job insecurity among young workers... more Purpose Individual differences in the development of perceived job insecurity among young workers may be influenced by characteristics of the first job (contract type and sector) and individual background (education and previous unemployment), and can have implications for subsequent health and well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the development of perceived job insecurity during the early career, as well as associations between different patterns of development (i.e., trajectories), predictors and outcomes. Methods We conducted a latent class growth analysis to identify trajectories of perceived job insecurity and investigated their respective associations with predictors and outcomes across 6 years in a sample of 1711 German labor market entrants. Results Six trajectories were identified: three showed stable job insecurity perceptions (stable moderate, 36%; stable low, 32%; stable high, 5%), two showed decrease (moderate to low, 12%; high to moderate, 3%), and one showed increasing job insecurity perceptions (low to moderate, 13%). Temporary contracts and previous unemployment predicted trajectories characterized by increasing, higher initial or higher overall levels of perceived job insecurity. In contrast, public sector employees and university graduates were less likely to experience persisting or increasing job insecurity. The trajectories differed in their overall levels of self-rated health and job satisfaction, but not with respect to change in these outcomes. Instead, increasing perceived job insecurity was associated with decreasing life satisfaction. Conclusions The findings suggest that an insecure career start and individual risk factors may predispose young workers to an unfavorable development of both job insecurity perceptions and levels of well-being.

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Ideological and instrumental union commitment

The Future of Trade Unionism, 2019

Gender differences in coping with job insecurity

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2006

Flexibility demands on organizations along with an ever-changing economic environment have made t... more

Is work affecting my health? Appraisals of how work affects health as a mediator in the relationship between working conditions and work-related attitudes

Work & Stress, Sep 26, 2014

On the same path? Profiles of proximal socialization outcomes among new police officers

Nordic Psychology, Mar 14, 2022

Psychosocial risk assessment and prevention in Sweden

Vad vet vi om anställnings-otrygghet och dess konsekvenser? Slutsatser från två decenniers forskning

Nordisk Psykologi, 2001

Andemeningen är bra, men... : kvalitetsfrågans betydelse för vårdens arbetsmiljö och organisation

Andemeningen ar bra, men... : kvalitetsfragans betydelse for vardens arbetsmiljo och organisation

Bolagiseringen av S:t Görans sjukhus : en proaktiv organisering

Akut vard och akutsjukhus ar ett av samhallets mest sammansatta servicesystem. Detta forhallande ... more

Social support at work and mental distress: A three‐wave study of normal, reversed, and reciprocal relationships

Journal of Occupational Health, 2019

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Perceived job insecurity predicting involuntary and voluntary turnover 6 months later

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate perceived job insecurity (i.e., the threat to lose the c... more

Too old for work?: mediated associations between perceived age discrimination and job search among older unemployed people

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Does Pay for Performance Increase Employee Motivation and Performance? Results from a Longitudinal Study in a Swedish Industrial Company

The private sector in Sweden as well as other industrial countries is rapidly moving towards more... more

What is the relationship between school age and psychosocial work characteristics in adult life to various aspects of self-reported health among working women and husband?

Gunnar Aronsson och ett gränslöst arbetsliv. Introduktion till temanummer till Gunnar Aronsson

Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 2013

Vi vill uttrycka vårt tack till Forte (Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd) för ekon... more

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Are general mental ability and psychosocial work characteristics related to midlife health in working women and men

USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast), 2010

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Introduktion till temanummer : Ett gränslöst arbetsiv: Temanummer till Gunnar Aronsson

Faktisk lön har liten betydelse för arbetsmotivationen : om individuell lön ur ett arbets- och organisationspsykologiskt perspektiv

Det svenska lonebildnings- och forhandlingssystemet ar idag pa vag att forandras - alldeles oavse... more

The moderating effects of work-based and non-work based support on the relation between job insecurity and subsequent strain

Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, Oct 29, 2005

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Does occupational self-efficacy mediate the relationships between job insecurity and work-related learning? A latent growth modelling approach

Work & Stress, Feb 24, 2021

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Development of perceived job insecurity among young workers: a latent class growth analysis

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Apr 15, 2019

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