Maria Norbäck
Biographic Data
| ID | 4899760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Norbäck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Norbäck |
| SIGNATURE | NORBÄCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4327-7814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Fast fashion: The rapid layering of management fashions in the Swedish city of Gothenburg
By drawing on the institutional theory literature on management fashions paired with the layering literature, this paper shows how a city organization underwent rapid changes over a decade by continuously adopting fashions. This paper is based on a longitudinal study examining a city organization and its endeavours over ten years, including 108 interviews and about 650 hours of observations. The paper shows how layering and fashion drive each oth…
Maintaining a Freelance Career: How Journalists Generate and Evaluate Freelance Work
This article examines how journalists generate and evaluate their freelance work to maintain their careers. Based on interviews with 52 Swedish freelancers, it illustrates how they respond to precarious working conditions. By drawing on literature dealing with freelance careers, the study shows how journalists navigate the market in their pursuit of jobs that make their work worthwhile. By means of networking, bundling jobs, blurring boundaries b…
The market made us do it: Public procurement and collaborative labour market inclusion governance from below
This article examines the challenges and opportunities for novel governance instruments for labour market inclusion of foreign‐born citizens, developed by local governments in collaboration with non‐profit civil society organisations in Sweden. It is informed by the case of the collaborative arrangements developed between the city of Gothenburg and work integration social enterprises (WISE). The article builds upon collaborative governance and in…
Glimpses of resistance: Entrepreneurial subjectivity and freelance journalist work
New precarious work practices are emerging in the post-industrial labor market together with subjects that are fit to cope with them. The literature on neoliberal governmentality theorizes how individuals are made to embrace a subjectivity that enforces competition, personal responsibility, and autonomy. However, few studies so far have investigated how such subjectivities may be resisted. Building on a study of freelance journalists, this articl…
Back to the future of journalist work? Entrepreneurial subjectivity and freelance journalism in Sweden
This article adds to our knowledge of precarious journalist work in advanced welfare states. By drawing on the literature on neoliberal governmentality, it explores how entrepreneurial subjects are constituted, and the particular role of freelance work in this process. The article is based on interviews with 52 freelance journalists in Sweden. The study illustrates how the impermanent and marketized forms of freelance work enforces an entrepreneu…
Keeping politicians at arm’s length’: How managers in a collaborative organization deal with the administration–politics interface
This study examines the relationship between politicians and managers in a Swedish city. The context is a collaborative organization responsible for drafting and implementing the vision and strategies for a city organization, and for future development of the downtown river area. The article examines the efforts of city managers to manage the relationship with city politicians. We illustrate how the managers strive to manage an appropriate ‘arm’s…
Maintaining a Freelance Career: How Journalists Generate and Evaluate Freelance Work
This article examines how journalists generate and evaluate their freelance work to maintain their careers. Based on interviews with 52 Swedish freelancers, it illustrates how they respond to precarious working conditions. By drawing on literature dealing with freelance careers, the study shows how journalists navigate the market in their pursuit of jobs that make their work worthwhile. By means of networking, bundling jobs, blurring boundaries b…
Back to the future of journalist work? Entrepreneurial subjectivity and freelance journalism in Sweden
This article adds to our knowledge of precarious journalist work in advanced welfare states. By drawing on the literature on neoliberal governmentality, it explores how entrepreneurial subjects are constituted, and the particular role of freelance work in this process. The article is based on interviews with 52 freelance journalists in Sweden. The study illustrates how the impermanent and marketized forms of freelance work enforces an entrepreneu…
Keeping politicians at arm’s length’: How managers in a collaborative organization deal with the administration–politics interface
This study examines the relationship between politicians and managers in a Swedish city. The context is a collaborative organization responsible for drafting and implementing the vision and strategies for a city organization, and for future development of the downtown river area. The article examines the efforts of city managers to manage the relationship with city politicians. We illustrate how the managers strive to manage an appropriate ‘arm’s…
The market made us do it: Public procurement and collaborative labour market inclusion governance from below
This article examines the challenges and opportunities for novel governance instruments for labour market inclusion of foreign‐born citizens, developed by local governments in collaboration with non‐profit civil society organisations in Sweden. It is informed by the case of the collaborative arrangements developed between the city of Gothenburg and work integration social enterprises (WISE). The article builds upon collaborative governance and in…
Keeping politicians at arm’s length’: How managers in a collaborative organization deal with the administration–politics interface
This study examines the relationship between politicians and managers in a Swedish city. The context is a collaborative organization responsible for drafting and implementing the vision and strategies for a city organization, and for future development of the downtown river area. The article examines the efforts of city managers to manage the relationship with city politicians. We illustrate how the managers strive to manage an appropriate ‘arm’s…
Glimpses of resistance: Entrepreneurial subjectivity and freelance journalist work
New precarious work practices are emerging in the post-industrial labor market together with subjects that are fit to cope with them. The literature on neoliberal governmentality theorizes how individuals are made to embrace a subjectivity that enforces competition, personal responsibility, and autonomy. However, few studies so far have investigated how such subjectivities may be resisted. Building on a study of freelance journalists, this articl…
Back to the future of journalist work? Entrepreneurial subjectivity and freelance journalism in Sweden
This article adds to our knowledge of precarious journalist work in advanced welfare states. By drawing on the literature on neoliberal governmentality, it explores how entrepreneurial subjects are constituted, and the particular role of freelance work in this process. The article is based on interviews with 52 freelance journalists in Sweden. The study illustrates how the impermanent and marketized forms of freelance work enforces an entrepreneu…
Maintaining a Freelance Career: How Journalists Generate and Evaluate Freelance Work
This article examines how journalists generate and evaluate their freelance work to maintain their careers. Based on interviews with 52 Swedish freelancers, it illustrates how they respond to precarious working conditions. By drawing on literature dealing with freelance careers, the study shows how journalists navigate the market in their pursuit of jobs that make their work worthwhile. By means of networking, bundling jobs, blurring boundaries b…
The market made us do it: Public procurement and collaborative labour market inclusion governance from below
This article examines the challenges and opportunities for novel governance instruments for labour market inclusion of foreign‐born citizens, developed by local governments in collaboration with non‐profit civil society organisations in Sweden. It is informed by the case of the collaborative arrangements developed between the city of Gothenburg and work integration social enterprises (WISE). The article builds upon collaborative governance and in…
Fast fashion: The rapid layering of management fashions in the Swedish city of Gothenburg
By drawing on the institutional theory literature on management fashions paired with the layering literature, this paper shows how a city organization underwent rapid changes over a decade by continuously adopting fashions. This paper is based on a longitudinal study examining a city organization and its endeavours over ten years, including 108 interviews and about 650 hours of observations. The paper shows how layering and fashion drive each oth…
Political science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)