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Comparing Principal Autonomy in Time and Space: Modelling School Leaders' Decision Making and Control
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Wermke, Wieland; Jarl, Maria; Prøitz, Tine Sophie; Nordholm, Daniel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
This article presents the development and application of a model that can be utilized to compare the autonomy of principals in various historical and national contexts. Drawing on former conceptual work on autonomy in education, the model conceptualizes principal autonomy as two-dimensional. The first dimension is the decision making expected from…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Professional Autonomy, Decision Making
Factors Associated with Positive Work Experience among Professionals Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparative Analysis of Three Welfare Organisations in Sweden
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Ineland, Jens; Starke, Mikaela – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Given the crucial role professionals play in maintaining the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities, their views on work satisfaction are relevant to analyse. A comparative analysis that takes into account the support provided in different welfare organisations can be of certain importance. The aim is to analyse the most common…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Well Being, Intellectual Disability, Job Satisfaction
Early Work-Environmental Indicators of Bullying in an Academic Setting: A Longitudinal Study of Staff in a Medical University
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Björklund, Christina; Vaez, Marjan; Jensen, Irene – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to use a longitudinal approach to investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and workplace bullying in an academic setting. A questionnaire was sent out three times to about 4500 academic- and non-academic staff in a medical university. Those two group were analyzed together and separately.…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Bullying, Medical Schools, College Faculty
Translanguaging and Multimodality in Workplace Texts and Writing
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Jonsson, Carla; Blåsjö, Mona – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
Professionals working in international companies in Sweden are expected to speak, read, and write in Swedish and English in their daily work. This article discusses professional writing in different languages. Through the use of methods from linguistic ethnography, we aim to enrich the understanding of workplace literacy by studying writing and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Swedish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Language Policy as 'Frozen' Ideology: Exploring the Administrative Function in Swedish Higher Education
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Karlsson, Susanna; Karlsson, Tom S. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
This article examines Language Policy documents within higher education institutions in Sweden. Its main focus is on how national language policies and policies for internationalization of the higher education are reinterpreted as local language policy. The analysis of ideologies surrounding the prescribed language(s) in meetings of decision…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Swedish
Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign.
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Karasek, Robert A., Jr. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1979
Analysis of data from the United States and Sweden indicate that the combination of low decision latitude and heavy job demands is associated with mental strain and with job dissatisfaction. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
On Their Own? Making the Transition from School to Work in the Information Age.
Crysdale, Stewart; King, Alan J. C.; Mandell, Nancy – 1999
This book examines the factors responsible for the difficulties being experienced by many young Canadians trying to find permanent jobs in a growing economy and explains how Canadian youths can make the best use of the opportunities offered by academic and other programs to find a satisfying life in the workforce. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education