Here you'll find our guidelines, reports, systematic literature reviews and summaries.
In December 2023, the Government commissioned the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise to report on how increased remote work after the COVID 19 pandemic affects gender equality in the labour market.
The report summarizes experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic from several European countries affiliated with the PEROSH network.
This review provides an overview of Nordic research focusing on three positive work-related states: job satisfaction, organisational commitment and work engagement.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide Occupational Health Services and work environment consultants with a research-based foundation to support the practical work of achieving good visual working environment in various types of workplaces.
This research-based guide is aimed at anyone working at a workplace, such as employees, managers, HR representatives, safety representatives, or union representatives. The guide is intended to disseminate knowledge about how to create a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The overall purpose of this systematic literature review is to gather relevant research concerning safety culture and safety behaviour within military work environments in Sweden and comparable countries.
Regulations and legislation are key to promoting a good work environment and employee well-being. Previous research highlights the need for more knowledge about how organisations follow, interpret, and apply these rules in practice. With this systematic review, the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise aims to deepen the understanding of how work environment regulations influence occupational health and safety (OHS) practices, and the relationship between legal texts and workplace implementation.
The purpose of this report has been to obtain knowledge and experiences about work-related crime and its impact on the work environment, through interviews with experts and relevant stakeholders within public authorities, social partners, industry and employers’ associations, employers, employees, safety representatives, and other elected workplace representatives.
This report compiles existing knowledge from academic studies, reports and analyses to stress how work-related crime affects the work environment from an employee perspective.
This report, the Organisational and psychosocial work environments on the Swedish labour market during the Covid-19 pandemic describes how these work environments were changed. It also studies experiences of the work-life balance during the coronavirus pandemic.
There is a great need to learn more about the factors behind sustainable and healthy working using different methods and considering the work environment from more angles. This report is based on data from a survey conducted by the Agency in 2019–2020, focusing on the correlation between work environment management and several factors, such as company size and work organization within the Swedish business sector.
This systematic literature review aims to identify scientific articles that explore the relationship between work environment management and company size. It also examines the relationship between work environment management and work organization within the business sector.
This guide is directed at workplaces within healthcare, ambulance care, dental care, and public and private care, including home nursing, domestic services and personal assistance.
The Swedish Government has tasked the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise to collect and compile knowledge about factors of importance to the creation of healthy and prosperous workplaces in the healthcare sector.
This report is part of the agency’s reporting on its government assigned task to “collect and compile knowledge about work environment risks and health-promoting factors among healthcare professionals” (Ref. No. S2021/06572[ in part]).
The Swedish Government has tasked the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise to collect and compile knowledge about work environment risks and health-promoting factors among healthcare professionals. The Government task is underpinned by an ambition to offer everyone a sustainable, safe and healthy working life, including through a good work environment.This systematic literature review is part of the agency’s reporting on its government assigned task to “collect and compile knowledge about work environment risks and health-promoting factors among healthcare professionals” (Ref. No. S2021/06572 [in part]).
How did managers experience their work environment during the pandemic and what lessons can we draw for future crises? This report summarizes the results from a survey and interview study on managers' in Swedens work environment before, during, and after the pandemic
The report summarizes the results of the government's mission to map and analyse the short- and long-term consequences of the corona pandemic and the impact on the work environment in Sweden. Read or download the file.
The report summarizes the results of the government's mission to map and analyse the short- and long-term consequences of the corona pandemic and the impact on the work environment in Sweden. Read or download the file.
In a government assignment, we have collected and compiled knowledge about the organizational and social work environment of LGBTQ people, with a particular focus on the situation of transgender people. Read or download the file.