Senior policies have been introduced by many Danish companies with the intention of retaining senior employees, but implementation can be challenging and may create tension at the workplace.This study aims to explore how social capital at the workplace may support or counteract the development and implementation of senior policies. A qualitative case study approach was used to collect and analyze interview data from managers, union- and H&S representatives, and senior employees at eightheen workplaces.The analysis reveals that successful development and implementation of a senior policy rely on legitimacy, transparency, and involvement of relevant parties in the process, as well as a good fit between the policy and the companies’ structure for collaboration. Workplace social capital is discussed as a supporting factor for senior employee retention, and a reciprocal positive relationship between implementing senior policies and procedures and the social capital of the workplace is suggested.

The purpose of the project, Psychosocial Working Environment at Regional Workplaces (PARA), was to increase knowledge about efforts that have a positive effect on the psychosocial work environment at workplaces organized under the regional level of government in Denmark. At the same time, this research-based knowledge was meant to be used locally at regional workplaces as a starting point for concrete initiatives to improve the work environment.

Evidence-based practice or evidence-informed decision-making is considered a vital and practical approach to prevent workplace accidents and injuries (van Dijk et al., 2010; Van Eerd, 2019). Despite discussions to better support evidence-informed practice in occupational health and safety (OHS) (Baker et al., 2015; Schulte, 2017; Waterson, 2016), OHS research and systematic reviews describing various interventions to address occupational injuries (Dyreborg et al., 2022; Teufer et al., 2019), challenges remain in getting this research into practice (Van Eerd, 2019). Understanding the linkage between research and practice is needed to support evidence informed OHS policy and practices.

Artiklen tager afsæt i en forståelsesramme informeret af teori om paradokser i organisering. På den baggrund tydeliggøres det, hvordan deltagere i arbejdsfællesskaber stilles overfor grundlæggende dilemmaer, som kalder på det, vi benævner dilemmatænkning. Formålet er at undersøge, hvordan dilemmatænkning, som en praksisorienteret metode, kan bidrage med en lærende respons på komplekse problemstillinger, der i øvrigt udfordrer det psykosociale og organisatoriske arbejdsmiljø. Udgangspunktet er, at det psykosociale arbejdsmiljø er præget af komplekse problemstillinger, der kalder på løbende undersøgelse og læring. Gennem en case på en hospitalsafdeling, hvor sygeplejersker håndterer kronisk syge patienter, viser artiklen, at det i et samspil mellem sygeplejerskerne og forskerne bliver muligt at genfortolke konkret oplevede belastningsmæssige problemstillinger som dilemmaer, der ikke kan finde en Enten-Eller-løsning. Gennem en kollektiv og lærende dialog udforsker sygeplejerskerne dilemmaerne i lyset af de paradokser, som er indlejret i den sociotekniske organisering. Dilemmatænkning bidrager dermed til afindividualisering og en øget fælles forståelse for de indlejrede forskellige muligheder, der er i at tilgå opgaverne.

The article situates the analysis of OSH monitoring and enforcement within the framework of regulatory studies. In particular, the empirically based Holistic Compliance Model clarifies the multifarious influences on compliance behavior. As well as examining how the OSH regulators organize and conduct monitoring and enforcement, and differences in their approaches, a central concern of this article is whether any of their initiatives address key challenges facing OSH regulators worldwide.