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    The Significance of Organisation for Healthy Work : Methods, study design, analysing strategies and empirical results from the MOA-study
    (Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2004) Härenstam, Annika; Rydbeck, Anna; Karlkvist, Monica; Waldenström, Kerstin; Wiklund, Per; Group, the MOA Research
    The aim is to contribute to knowledge concerning the linkage between organisations and working conditions and health in contemporary working life. The study tries to bridge the gap between work and health research, on the one hand, and organisation research, on the other. We believe that knowledge from both these research fields are needed in order to be successful in intervention, prevention and health promotion. Empirical evidence and experience from data collection in one specific study (the MOA-study) are presented and used as illustrations of methodological issues that need to be dealt with. Results of pattern and multilevel analyses of organisational characteristics and changes and their importance for working conditions are described. The results strongly support the contention that organisations matter. The results of multi-level analyses showed that a large proportion (9-66%) of the variance in working conditions was attributed to the organisational level. In addition to empirical evidence, the report provides guidance on what to assess, how to assess and analyse. Specific organisational dimensions linked with working conditions are identified and empirically tested. Such information is intended to support future research and evaluations of intervention programmes. Finally, conclusions from the empirical results, experiences from the data collection and analyses are drawn and research questions of interest for future research are raised. Issues that seem particularly interesting for theoretical development and further empirical studies are: stakeholder orientation , type of operations and work objects , organisational changes , centralisation and responsibilisation and distribution of risks and inequalities in working life . One important conclusion of our study is that organisational structures and changes have a direct impact on working conditions. But equally important are staffing structures, policies and the macro-environment of the organisation when trying to understand the organisational impact on work. Hopefully our report can be valuable for many groups interested in studying and promoting healthy working conditions, such as organisational researchers, occupational health researchers, OHS experts and managers.