Ewa Wikström

Datos Biográficos

ID6180804
NOMBREEwa Wikström
NOMBRESEwa
APELLIDOWikström
FIRMAWIKSTRÖM E
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Gothenburg
ORCID0000-0002-9154-7217
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • When Organisational Stability Conceals Fragility

    Open AccessEwa Wikström, Christian GadolinARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

    Healthcare organisations rely on extensive everyday work to keep technologies functioning in clinical practice. Healthcare professionals routinely coordinate activities and compensate for organisational gaps in order to maintain care continuity. Yet technologies may appear stable and integrated while the work required to sustain them remains fragile, unevenly distributed and dependent on individuals. Existing implementation research provides stro…

  • Shifting cultures of silence

    Open AccessEwa Wikström, Mark A Sager et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Organisational responses to alcohol-related risks in the workplace are often constrained by cultural norms, emotional discomfort, and unclear preventive responsibilities. Although formal alcohol policies are common, their implementation is hindered by stigma and silence. This study examines how a knowledge-integrated learning process can support Human Resource (HR) professionals in reducing organisational tolerance for risky drinking and strength…

  • Prolonged or preserved working life? Intra-organisational institutions embedded in human resource routines

    Open AccessRoy Liff, Ewa WikströmARTICLEAgeing and Society2022Referencias: 32

    The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of why people are still retiring earlier than would have been expected, despite policies that increase the retirement age. This is a qualitative study in a large public-service organisation in Sweden focusing particularly on how human resource routines aimed at middle management tend to inhibit the promotion of a prolonged working life, despite government efforts aimed at changing these act…

  • We don't talk about age’

    Open AccessRebecka Arman, Roland Kadefors et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2022Referencias: 63

    At the societal and policy level, delaying retirement is generally agreed upon to solve the problem of the increasing proportion of older workers in Sweden, as in many other countries. At the same time, two co-existing narratives that create legitimacy for early versus delayed retirement were found in our study, among both societal- and organisational-level actors. Older workers are viewed as either representatives of productive ageing and a solu…

  • Rumours and gossip demand continuous action by managers in daily working life

    Open AccessRoy Liff, Ewa WikströmARTICLECulture and Organization2021Referencias: 12

    The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate why and how informal information such as rumours gains relevance for managers in relation to their workplace situations. The results demonstrated rumours not only played a role as a supplement to formal information in this study; the relationship between rumours and formal information was shown to be a relatively dynamic, complex interaction in which the various sources of information were feed…

  • Boundary work as inner and outer dialogue

    Open AccessEwa WikströmARTICLEQualitative Research in…2008

    Purpose This purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which one occupational group used boundary work to increase their influence and power with more influential occupational groups in a medical setting. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative interview study is used to investigate an occupational group (hospital dieticians) as it tried to increase its influence in a setting of established occupational groups. Data were collected through…