Lotta Dellve
Biographic Data
| ID | 2108175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lotta Dellve |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lotta |
| FAMILY NAME | Dellve |
| SIGNATURE | DELLVE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0480-1895 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Occupational disorders
Background Ensuring decent and safe working conditions, minimizing the risks of serious occupational injuries, and upholding nondiscriminatory rights to compensation for such disorders are central policy objectives for sustainable development. Workers that nevertheless suffer from occupational disorders should be entitled to compensation. This article examines if this de jure entitlement is enforced in a non-discriminatory way by comparing how wo…
Niceness or toughness? Gendered norms as regulators of employee communication of risks and problems
Various forms of silence counteract the idea of an open organisation. A work environment in which employees express themselves freely about risks and problems, is a prerequisite for a sustainable and safe working environment. Diverse types of risks and problems must be detected, discussed and when relevant reported and subsequently managed. In relation to other factors, gender-stereotypical norms influence safety and health management, and affect…
Swedish municipalities’ local governance strategies in co-creating health promoting conditions for senior adults
Demographic changes in society, with an increased proportion of senior adults combined with a decreased share of working adults and lower tax revenues, challenge the ways in which municipalities promote healthy living for seniors. To meet the needs of seniors, both today and in the future, social innovations that involve the collaborative efforts of multiple stakeholders are needed. This study aims to increase understanding of co-creation in prac…
Developing Eldercare in Ageing Societies
Eldercare is facing current demands to develop due to changing demographics with increasing populations of elderly over the age of 85 combined with smaller populations of young people able to provide care and contribute to care via their taxes. The need for development of quality and safety was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedish government subsidies aimed at developing municipalities responsible for publicly managed eldercare have …
Development Work in Swedish Eldercare
The extensive needs for developments of eldercare addressing working conditions, care quality, influence, and safety was highlighted during the pandemic. This mixed-method study contribute with knowledge about capability-strengthening development work and its importance for trustworthy managerial work, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaire data and narratives from first-line managers immediately before ( n = 284) and 16 months in…
How Conditions and Resources Connected to Digital Management Systems and Remote Work Are Associated with Sustainable Work
The current state of work-life transformation will see more white-collar work being performed remotely using digital management systems. There is, however, a lack of research on factors and resources contributing to sustainable work when working remotely using digital management systems. The aim of this study was to study the conditions and resources connected to digital management systems and remote work, and their associations with sustainable …
Silence Among First-Line Managers in Eldercare and Their Continuous Improvement Work During Covid-19
Eldercare sector faced severe needs, and unexplained difficulties, to manage daily work and the continuous improvement of routines at operative levels during Covid-19. First-line managers in eldercare have a key role to facilitate learnings but may be hindered in public, hierarchical organizations. This is the first study on the conditions and importance of silence for managerial work in terms of daily operations and continuous improvement work. …
Matching the Pieces
Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe for the last two decades, organizations’ engagement in formal age-management activities intended to strengthen older workers’ motivation and work ability appears limited. Given policies to extend working lives, negotiated individualized work arrangements—often called idiosyncratic deals (I-deals)—can be an informal and complementary approach to formalized a…
Learning Processes as Key for Success in Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Health Care
There is limited previous research on how learning processes contribute to the outcomes of workplace health promotion (WHP) leadership interventions. The aim of this study was to identify the outcomes of a system-based WPH education program for managers and investigated what impact the intervention program had on health-oriented leadership, improvement work, and employee well-being, as well as what factors (i.e., how manager's active work followi…
Implementing Organizational WHP Into Practice
Background: According to policy and theory, there is need for organizational workplace health promotion (WHP) to strengthen working conditions for all employees. However, earlier studies show it is hard to implement in practice. The aim was to critically analyze and identify interacting mechanisms and obstacles behind failures of organizational WHP projects from system perspectives. Methods: A holistic case study was performed, to critically anal…
The Potential Importance of Social Capital and Job Crafting for Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction among Health-Care Employees
(1) Background: Both employees and organizations benefit from a work environment characterized by work engagement and job satisfaction. This study examines the influence of work-group social capital on individuals' work engagement, job satisfaction, and job crafting. In addition, the mediating effect of job crafting between social capital on the one side and job satisfaction and work engagement on the other side was analyzed. (2) Methods: This st…
Ageing and Values in the Developments of Home-Based Eldercare
Ageing population is becoming a major concern because of its economic, political and social impact. Trusted eldercare service is an important issue for a matured nation. The paper addresses the preconditions of healthy ageing and sustainable value integrated eldercare in a developing and a developed society. In India, professional eldercare is about a decade old and is still emerging to get a foothold in the health care system. The aim is to expl…
Work despite poor health? A 14-year follow-up of how individual work accommodations are extending the time to retirement for workers with poor health conditions
Given many OECD countries' efforts to extend their citizens' working years, research underscores the importance of work accommodations to maintain older workers and enable them to work despite poor health or declines in physical functions. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated the associations between poor health conditions and opportunities to accommodate work in accordance with individual needs and preferences. In this study, we different…
Socioeconomic status, gender and dementia
It is a well-established fact that unfavourable social and economic conditions have a negative impact on health and longevity. Recent findings suggest that this is also true of age-related dementias. Yet most common indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) say very little about the actual mechanisms at play in disease development. The present paper explores five work exposure characteristics, all of which have a clear social gradient, that could …
Health-Promoting Managerial Work
The aim of this article is to describe a theoretical framework, i.e., theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical principles, for leadership programs that support managers’ evidence-based knowledge of health-promoting psychosocial work conditions, as well as their capability to apply, adapt, and craft sustainable managerial work practices. First, the theoretical framing is introduced, i.e., a system theory that integrates key work conditions with a…
Preschool Children's Experience and Understanding of Their Soundscape
Noise may be a serious health problem in preschools. This article explores how preschool-aged children experience, understand, and cope with the soundscape at their preschools. Using a qualitative approach, 36 children (4–6 years old) were interviewed in 11 focus groups. The children related their experience of sound to the consequences the sound had for themselves, their understanding of its source, and their bodily and emotional experience of i…
The work ability index and single-item question
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between the work ability index (WAI) and the single-item question on work ability among women working in human service organizations (HSO) currently on long-term sick leave. It also examined the association between the WAI and the single-item question in relation to sick leave, symptoms, and health. Predictive values of the WAI, the changed WAI, the single-item question and the changed single-it…
Perceived connections between information and communication technology use and mental symptoms among young adults - a qualitative study
The concepts and ideas of the young adults with high ICT use and mental symptoms generated a model of possible paths for associations between ICT exposure and mental symptoms. Demands for achievement and availability as well as personal dependency were major causes of high ICT exposure but also direct sources of stress and mental symptoms. The proposed model shows that factors in different domains may have an impact and should be considered in ep…
The impact of systematic occupational health and safety management for occupational disorders and long-term work attendance
Parents' coping with their child's asthma
The aim of this qualitative study was to understand and explore parents’ experiences of coping with their child's asthma, contextually important mechanisms for coping and parents’ ascribed meaning to their coping strategies. Twenty‐six parents (11 fathers) were interviewed individually (6 subjects) or as a couple. The taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed in line with the grounded theory tradition. Two core categories, describin…
The impact of systematic occupational health and safety management for occupational disorders and long-term work attendance
Parents' coping with their child's asthma
The aim of this qualitative study was to understand and explore parents’ experiences of coping with their child's asthma, contextually important mechanisms for coping and parents’ ascribed meaning to their coping strategies. Twenty‐six parents (11 fathers) were interviewed individually (6 subjects) or as a couple. The taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed in line with the grounded theory tradition. Two core categories, describin…
Matching the Pieces
Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe for the last two decades, organizations’ engagement in formal age-management activities intended to strengthen older workers’ motivation and work ability appears limited. Given policies to extend working lives, negotiated individualized work arrangements—often called idiosyncratic deals (I-deals)—can be an informal and complementary approach to formalized a…
Parents' coping with their child's asthma
The aim of this qualitative study was to understand and explore parents’ experiences of coping with their child's asthma, contextually important mechanisms for coping and parents’ ascribed meaning to their coping strategies. Twenty‐six parents (11 fathers) were interviewed individually (6 subjects) or as a couple. The taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed in line with the grounded theory tradition. Two core categories, describin…
The impact of systematic occupational health and safety management for occupational disorders and long-term work attendance
The work ability index and single-item question
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between the work ability index (WAI) and the single-item question on work ability among women working in human service organizations (HSO) currently on long-term sick leave. It also examined the association between the WAI and the single-item question in relation to sick leave, symptoms, and health. Predictive values of the WAI, the changed WAI, the single-item question and the changed single-it…
Perceived connections between information and communication technology use and mental symptoms among young adults - a qualitative study
The concepts and ideas of the young adults with high ICT use and mental symptoms generated a model of possible paths for associations between ICT exposure and mental symptoms. Demands for achievement and availability as well as personal dependency were major causes of high ICT exposure but also direct sources of stress and mental symptoms. The proposed model shows that factors in different domains may have an impact and should be considered in ep…
Preschool Children's Experience and Understanding of Their Soundscape
Noise may be a serious health problem in preschools. This article explores how preschool-aged children experience, understand, and cope with the soundscape at their preschools. Using a qualitative approach, 36 children (4–6 years old) were interviewed in 11 focus groups. The children related their experience of sound to the consequences the sound had for themselves, their understanding of its source, and their bodily and emotional experience of i…
Health-Promoting Managerial Work
The aim of this article is to describe a theoretical framework, i.e., theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical principles, for leadership programs that support managers’ evidence-based knowledge of health-promoting psychosocial work conditions, as well as their capability to apply, adapt, and craft sustainable managerial work practices. First, the theoretical framing is introduced, i.e., a system theory that integrates key work conditions with a…
Socioeconomic status, gender and dementia
It is a well-established fact that unfavourable social and economic conditions have a negative impact on health and longevity. Recent findings suggest that this is also true of age-related dementias. Yet most common indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) say very little about the actual mechanisms at play in disease development. The present paper explores five work exposure characteristics, all of which have a clear social gradient, that could …
Work despite poor health? A 14-year follow-up of how individual work accommodations are extending the time to retirement for workers with poor health conditions
Given many OECD countries' efforts to extend their citizens' working years, research underscores the importance of work accommodations to maintain older workers and enable them to work despite poor health or declines in physical functions. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated the associations between poor health conditions and opportunities to accommodate work in accordance with individual needs and preferences. In this study, we different…
Learning Processes as Key for Success in Workplace Health Promotion Interventions in Health Care
There is limited previous research on how learning processes contribute to the outcomes of workplace health promotion (WHP) leadership interventions. The aim of this study was to identify the outcomes of a system-based WPH education program for managers and investigated what impact the intervention program had on health-oriented leadership, improvement work, and employee well-being, as well as what factors (i.e., how manager's active work followi…
Implementing Organizational WHP Into Practice
Background: According to policy and theory, there is need for organizational workplace health promotion (WHP) to strengthen working conditions for all employees. However, earlier studies show it is hard to implement in practice. The aim was to critically analyze and identify interacting mechanisms and obstacles behind failures of organizational WHP projects from system perspectives. Methods: A holistic case study was performed, to critically anal…
The Potential Importance of Social Capital and Job Crafting for Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction among Health-Care Employees
(1) Background: Both employees and organizations benefit from a work environment characterized by work engagement and job satisfaction. This study examines the influence of work-group social capital on individuals' work engagement, job satisfaction, and job crafting. In addition, the mediating effect of job crafting between social capital on the one side and job satisfaction and work engagement on the other side was analyzed. (2) Methods: This st…
Ageing and Values in the Developments of Home-Based Eldercare
Ageing population is becoming a major concern because of its economic, political and social impact. Trusted eldercare service is an important issue for a matured nation. The paper addresses the preconditions of healthy ageing and sustainable value integrated eldercare in a developing and a developed society. In India, professional eldercare is about a decade old and is still emerging to get a foothold in the health care system. The aim is to expl…
Matching the Pieces
Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe for the last two decades, organizations’ engagement in formal age-management activities intended to strengthen older workers’ motivation and work ability appears limited. Given policies to extend working lives, negotiated individualized work arrangements—often called idiosyncratic deals (I-deals)—can be an informal and complementary approach to formalized a…
Development Work in Swedish Eldercare
The extensive needs for developments of eldercare addressing working conditions, care quality, influence, and safety was highlighted during the pandemic. This mixed-method study contribute with knowledge about capability-strengthening development work and its importance for trustworthy managerial work, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaire data and narratives from first-line managers immediately before ( n = 284) and 16 months in…
How Conditions and Resources Connected to Digital Management Systems and Remote Work Are Associated with Sustainable Work
The current state of work-life transformation will see more white-collar work being performed remotely using digital management systems. There is, however, a lack of research on factors and resources contributing to sustainable work when working remotely using digital management systems. The aim of this study was to study the conditions and resources connected to digital management systems and remote work, and their associations with sustainable …
Silence Among First-Line Managers in Eldercare and Their Continuous Improvement Work During Covid-19
Eldercare sector faced severe needs, and unexplained difficulties, to manage daily work and the continuous improvement of routines at operative levels during Covid-19. First-line managers in eldercare have a key role to facilitate learnings but may be hindered in public, hierarchical organizations. This is the first study on the conditions and importance of silence for managerial work in terms of daily operations and continuous improvement work. …
Developing Eldercare in Ageing Societies
Eldercare is facing current demands to develop due to changing demographics with increasing populations of elderly over the age of 85 combined with smaller populations of young people able to provide care and contribute to care via their taxes. The need for development of quality and safety was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedish government subsidies aimed at developing municipalities responsible for publicly managed eldercare have …
Occupational disorders
Background Ensuring decent and safe working conditions, minimizing the risks of serious occupational injuries, and upholding nondiscriminatory rights to compensation for such disorders are central policy objectives for sustainable development. Workers that nevertheless suffer from occupational disorders should be entitled to compensation. This article examines if this de jure entitlement is enforced in a non-discriminatory way by comparing how wo…
Niceness or toughness? Gendered norms as regulators of employee communication of risks and problems
Various forms of silence counteract the idea of an open organisation. A work environment in which employees express themselves freely about risks and problems, is a prerequisite for a sustainable and safe working environment. Diverse types of risks and problems must be detected, discussed and when relevant reported and subsequently managed. In relation to other factors, gender-stereotypical norms influence safety and health management, and affect…
Swedish municipalities’ local governance strategies in co-creating health promoting conditions for senior adults
Demographic changes in society, with an increased proportion of senior adults combined with a decreased share of working adults and lower tax revenues, challenge the ways in which municipalities promote healthy living for seniors. To meet the needs of seniors, both today and in the future, social innovations that involve the collaborative efforts of multiple stakeholders are needed. This study aims to increase understanding of co-creation in prac…
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