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Hur kan könsskillnader i arbets- och livsvillkor förstås? : Metodologiska och strategiska aspekter samt sammanfattning av MOA-projektets resultat ur ett könsperspektiv
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2000) Härenstam, Annika; Westberg, Hanna; Karlqvist, Lena; Leijon, Ola; Rydbeck, Anna; Waldenström, Kerstin; Wiklund, Per; Nise, Gun; Jansson, Catarina
How can gender differences in work and living conditions be understood? Aspects on methods and strategies in research and a summary of the results of the MOA-project from a gender perspective To investigate and compare women's and men's work and living conditions is not an easy task. This is, among other things, due to the fact that gender research is an area where many different theories and models of explanations are claimed. Sometimes there are great differences both in ideology and scientific frames of reference and point of departure. It is also a question of the widespread gender segregation in our society. The objective of the MOA-study ÒModern Work and Living Conditions for Women and Men" has been to develop methods better adjusted to modern work and living conditions. In this work the gender perspective was of central interest. The report summarises results and conclusions of earlier as well as new qualitative and quantitative analyses which are relevant for gender comparative studies of work and life conditions. Through the combination of different theoretical and methodological strategies in an empirical study we wish to contribute to a deeper understanding in what constitutes the gender differences and how they can be explained. The strategies used and discussed in the report are: The selection design; particularly gender matched sampling. Methodological testing; using different methods for data collection and analyses (triangulation); investigating the reliability, validity, relevance and meaning of questionnaire items and classification of occupations as indicator on exposure and position for women and men. Variable oriented and person oriented approaches in gender comparative analyses. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods of analyses. Structural perspective. The meaning of the gender segregation is analysed. Women's and men's work conditions in different sectors on the labour market are investigated and compared. Data are collected on different levels and combined. Interaction between levels is analysed. Overall perspective is applied on women's and men's work- and living conditions in order to study the consequences of total work load, the distribution of responsibility in the family, the interface between the work sphere and the private sphere and the time allocated in paid and not paid activities. Interdisciplinary perspective (social, psychological, ergonomical and chemical/physical working conditions). The empirical results from the MOA-project's many different analyses are used as an illustration on how similarities and differences between gender can be studied. Data on individual level and organisational and labour market levels have been combined and analysed in different constellations. The report starts with methodological and strategic questions relevant to studies on gender and work. After that the results from the MOA-project are concluded in relation to the chosen strategies. The report continues with two sections where the results of deeper analyses are summed up. Furthermore, methods and strategies for gender comparative studies as well as mechanisms of reshaping gender segregation are discussed. Finally, proposals are given on strategies and questions for continuing research. Our hope is that the chosen approach, i.e. to Òcut" a project from how the gender perspective has been highlighted in a variety of questions, can bring useful knowledge to coming research in the area gender, work and health.
Samverkan – en rakare väg mot målet? En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares upplevelser i samverkansprocesser
(2019-03-13) Larsson, Sebastian; Westberg, Hanna; Göteborg University/Department of Social Work; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete
Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka upplevelser och erfarenheter av samverkansprocesser bland socialsekreterare på ekonomiskt bistånd. En premiss till studien är att socialsekreterarens uppdrag är mångsidigt och komplext och att deras upplevelser av samverkan inom människobehandlande organisationer därmed är intressant att utforska. Insamling av empiri gjordes med en kvalitativ metod i form av fem semi-strukturerade intervjuer med socialsekreterare inom samma stadsdel i Göteborg stad. Det teoretiska anslaget i studien utgörs av bland annat nyinstitutionell teori med begrepp som de tre elementen och lösa kopplingar. Organisatoriska fält, multipla logiker och Vertikal och horisontell integration är andra begrepp i studien som förklarar organisationers beteenden. I studien har vi också använt oss av rollteori och det synergistiska idealet sprunget ur organisatoriska ambitioner. Intressanta teman utifrån studiens intervjuer som vi valt ta fasta på i vår analysdel är synergieffekter, förståelse, helhetsperspektiv, målsättning, tidsaspekt, ledning, nödvändighet, hierarki, ansvar, direktiv och engagemang. Vår studie visar bland annat att en tro på det synergistiska idealet är en viktig förutsättning för att en fungerande samverkan ska uppstå, samt att om samverkan ska fungera bör det finnas en ambition och önskemål från chefer att den egna organisationen ska samverka med andra aktörer. Kunskap och förståelse om varandra i samverkansprocessen har visat sig vara förutsättning för att samverkan ska lyckas. Vi kan också se att ett interprofessionellt samarbete präglas av hierarkiska strukturer där konkurrens mellan olika professionslogiker leder till oklarheter kring vem som bör ges företräde att definiera klientens behov. Våra resultat visar vidare på att samverkans nödvändighet består i att bättre kunna tillgodose klientens behov samt skapa en bättre disponering av samhällets resurser.
Världens bästa mamma - en visuell anti-dikotomi
(2009-01-20T09:30:12Z) Westberg, Hanna; Göteborgs universitet/HDK - Högskolan för design och konsthantverk; Göteborg University/HDK - School of Design and Crafts
With my exam work i look into how design and visual communication can contribute to visualize the mental conflict that is caused by the requirements of the professional role and the expectations of motherhood. I have worked with objects that contains conventional esthetic values that symbolize the two different roles. The selection of the objects are based on opposite of the roles and their material surroundings. The objects will be arranged and visualized through different situations in my work. The visual work will give form to the mental conflict in a physical shapes through the objects. The final solution will be introduced through an exhibition context that brings the visual work together. It will also reflect the meaning of the content that the work communicates.