Browsing by Author "Berg, Johanna"

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Är karriärmöjligheter inom banksektorn lika oavsett bakgrund? En kvalitativ fallstudie om en Storbanks inkluderande mångfaldsarbete
(2021-11-24) Berg, Johanna; Öberg, Amanda; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen
Målet med Sveriges integrationspolitik är lika möjligheter och livschanser för alla i landet men samtidigt finns det tydliga exempel på när det är svårt för människor med utländsk bakgrund att etablera sig på arbetsmarknaden. Tidigare forskning konstaterar att arbetsgivaren spelar en avgörande roll i integrationen och att organisationens ledare innehar en stor roll i mångfaldsarbetet. Vidare visar tidigare forskning också att diversifierade arbetsplatser sänder ut viktiga budskap till samhället och har påvisats mer lönsamma. Följande studie syftar därför till att undersöka, problematisera och skapa en ökad förståelse kring de upplevelser chefer med utländsk bakgrund haft av en Storbanks mångfaldsarbete och huruvida det haft en inverkan på vägen till en chefsposition. Vår valda Storbank har en betydande roll i samhället och arbetar aktivt för mångfald och integration. Studiens empiriska material är hämtat genom kvalitativa djupintervjuer med chefer på olika nivåer. Empirin ämnar att skildra respondenternas personliga upplevelser av bankens pågående etiska mångfaldsarbete samt om de upplevt karriärhinder kopplat till sin bakgrund. Det empiriska underlaget analyseras utifrån vår teoretiska referensram om organisationskultur, normalisering och makt, inkludering av etnisk mångfald samt ledarskap. Slutsatsen är att organisationens etiska mångfaldsarbete har betydelse för karriärmöjligheterna för personer med utländsk bakgrund samt att våra intervjurespondenter inte upplevt att deras bakgrund påverkat deras möjligheter. Två avgörande faktorer för detta är Storbankens välkomnande och mottagliga organisationskultur med engagerade, inkluderande och kunniga ledare.
The recruitment process to corporate boards - A qualitative study investigating female underrepresentation
(2023-06-29) Berg, Johanna; Holmqvist, Lina; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
This research put emphasis on the election committee and its role in the recruitment process for corporate boards. Particularly, it investigates the cause of female underrepresentation in the boardroom of corporations listed on the Swedish stock exchange. The data collection is based on a qualitative methodology, where 16 members of different election committees, and one recruitment expert have been interviewed. To distinguish similarities, dissimilarities, and underlying patterns in the recruitment process, an analysis was conducted through the lens of institutional work and the three core concepts: maintaining, disrupting, and creating institutions. The research concludes that the election committee possesses a key role to influence gender distribution in corporate boards. It reveals four reasons why women are not elected to boards to the same extent as men. Firstly, recruiting through social networks contributes to the maintenance of traditional structures, including homosocial reproduction, and male dominance. Secondly, the strict requirement profile inhibits women due to not having the same prerequisites as men. Thirdly, external pressures from shareholders, stockholders, legislators, and media do not place sufficiently high demands on the work of the election committee. Finally, the lack of comprehensive regulations that address the root causes of gender inequality. The study contributes with new insights into gender inequality, and how the election committee plays a significant role to initiate and influence change.
Women and acute myocardial infarction - studies of symptoms, mortality and prognosis
(2013-08-29) Berg, Johanna
The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate recent data regarding sex differences in symptoms, mortality and case fatality in coronary heart disease (CHD), with the ultimate aim to increase knowledge about women and cardiovascular disease in order to improve the organisation of health care and prevention. Medical charts were used to study symptoms among patients in the population-based INTERGENE-study. The Swedish person-based national registers facilitate studies of trends over long periods. Data was collected from the Swedish National Cause of Death and Hospital Discharge registers. Analyses were performed in SAS, SPSS and Joinpoint. Among 225 patients with first time acute myocardial infarction (AMI) chest pain was the most common symptom in both men and women. Atypical symptoms occurred in both sexes. Women had more nausea, back pain, dizziness and palpitations and a higher number of symptoms than men. From 1987 to 2009 CHD mortality in Sweden decreased by two-thirds equally in men and women aged 35 to 84 years. In patients with a first AMI or a fatal CHD event outside hospital from 1987 to 2011, women were on average four years older than men and had more comorbidities. The 28-day and 1-year survival after an AMI increased over the last two decades, more for men than for women, and hospitalised women below the age of 55 still retained a higher mortality than men. However, more men died outside hospital, and when fatal events outside hospital were included in the analysis men had a worse short term prognosis than women. Among 7229 women and 30047 men aged 25 to 54 years with a fi rst AMI from 1987 to 2006 4-year survival improved substantially, with current annual mortality rates estimated at about 1% per year, but particularly women still have a much higher 4-year mortality than women in the general population.