There is a lack of knowledge in the following areas:
LGBT people's organisational and social work environmentexpand_more
- bisexual, transgender, queer, pansexual and non-binary working environment
- effects of work organizations taking specific work environment measures
- work environment for LGBTQ people in working-class occupations
- gay and bisexual as well as trans and queer people in industries with worse working conditions
- how the work environment in specific industries affects the health and well-being of LGBTQ people
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The importance of leadership for employee well-being and performanceexpand_more
- the new theories introduced contribute something new
- studies that pit leadership theories against each other
- how different leadership theories complement each other instead of competing
- systematic knowledge of how destructive behaviours become visible and measurable
- how leaders can be trained in behaviours that benefit employees’ well-being and work performance at individual, group and organisational level
- which factors can influence the leadership process
- measurement of cortisol, sickness absence or cardiovascular disease risk or diary entries through studies with stronger designs
- how destructive leadership affects employee performance over a longer period of time
- qualitative studies
- more leadership training studies
- the relationships between leadership and performance, where levels are studied separately; individual level, group and organisational level
- clarity around how work performance at the individual level is to be measured and distinguished from results of work performance and other closely related concepts.
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Senior workforce - a systematic compilation of knowledge with a focus on mental work environment and work social environment in Swedenexpand_more
- studies on age, in the same way that differences between women and men are usually analysed in research
- individual sectors, professions, men, women and the interaction between its factors
- to follow, examine and analyse risks and consequences for the senior workforce based on the aspects of the various age definitions
- the senior workforce’s experiences of ageism, age discrimination and bullying
- an intersectional perspective on disregard and analysis of how age co-varies with other grounds of discrimination
- qualitative surveys, different survey methods in general
- longitudinal studies
- on remote work for senior workers
- the physical and ergonomic design of workplaces
- about senior workforce and changes in working life, such as more rental staff, gig economy, variants of self-employment and a globalized labor market
Read the full report (in Swedish): Senior workforce – a systematic compilation of knowledge with a focus on the mental work environment and work social environment in Sweden
Work environment and health in organisations during epidemics and pandemics caused by coronavirusexpand_more
- how the work environment and health in Sweden are affected by epidemics and pandemics
- how long-term symptoms of mental illness are among the healthcare employees
- the stigmatization of professionals who work with infected patients during an epidemic or pandemic
- how organizations outside healthcare are affected by epidemics and pandemics
- opportunities for the development of working life during epidemics and pandemics by making use of positive experiences from working life made during the covid 19 pandemic
- evaluation, with good research methodology, of interventions to improve work environment and health
- consequences for the work environment and health when working remotely during pandemics and epidemics
- intervention studies where efforts to improve the working environment and health are evaluated
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Remote work – review of international research on work environment and health, work–life balance and productivity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with particular consideration for conditions for women and menexpand_more
- what types of tasks are suitable and less suitable to perform during remote work at home
- obstacles or advantages that exist when working at home or at the primary workplace
- which tasks are more and less suitable to perform during remote work at home
- obstacles or advantages when working at home or at the primary workplace
- if an individual who works at home needs to develop special skills in order to be effective at work
- whether certain personality types are more suited to working remotely
- about how to optimize the distribution of work between home and primary workplace in a future working life and create hybrid workplaces
- about blurred boundaries between work and private life when working from home
- knowledge of NWW research, where new working methods could be introduced in a planned manner
- about how the degrees of freedom for individuals and businesses can grow
- if teleworking at home expands to more professional groups after the pandemic
- about the adaptation process that follows from moving one’s work from the primary workplace to the home
Artificial intelligence, robotisation and work environmentexpand_more
- work environment impact of AI and robotisation
- the concrete measures that can have an effect on the resulting work environment, not just applications of the new technologies
- AI and robotisation as a work life and work environment issue
- concretely applicable knowledge of, for example, introducing technical systems in a professional context
- empirical research on the work environment impact of already existing applications of AI and robotics
- humanities and social science research around AI and robotics related to professionals in working life and their work environment
- gender perspective and equality perspective
- how skills and tasks are affected in the short and long term
- causes and forms of stress, for example “technostress”
- how security in a business or organisation is affected by AI and robots
- how AI and robot systems can and should be designed to contribute to a good work environment
- change processes in connection with AI and robotisation
- the work environment of other professional groups than surgeons around robotics
- emotions, for example the sense of meaningfulness in work, when introducing AI and robotics
- connections between individual, organisational and structural levels
- how media portrayals around the fact that certain professional groups may disappear affect
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