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Introduction
My research interests are in Work Environment Economics, which involves using health economic frameworks to evaluate occupational health interventions to promote healthy workplaces and determining what monetary and nonmonetary factors influence work performance and overall productivity in private and public organizations.
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Background
The Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 (SHSQ-25) is a distinctive medical psychometric diagnostic tool designed for the early detection of chronic diseases. However, the synaptic connections between the 25 symptomatic items and their relevance in supporting the monitoring of suboptimal health outcomes, which are precursors for ch...
Background
Physiotherapy is usually the first line of treatment for musculoskeletal disorders. If pain persists, an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon is indicated, but many disorders for which patients are placed on orthopaedic waiting lists cannot be treated in an orthopaedic clinic. Specialised manual therapy, although not mainstream, can b...
Existing literature indicates that flexible work seems to be an ambivalent experience (Putnam et al., 2013). Although it can enable employees regarding their work choices resulting in positive outcomes (i.e., work autonomy, job satisfaction, a better work/family life balance) (Tavares, 2017; Bhattacharya and Ray, 2021), the way that organizations i...
IntroductionA systematic review is conducted in the study to investigate the relationship between telework and organizational economic performance indicators such as self-reported employee performance, organizational performance, actual employee turnover rates, or intentions.Methods
The databases Scopus, Business Source Premier, and Web of Science...
Background
Low back and neck pain are the most common musculoskeletal disorders worldwide, and imply suffering and substantial societal costs, hence effective interventions are crucial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of manual therapy compared with advice to stay active for working age persons with nonspecific back and...
The concept of business model has been around in scientific discussions for over half a century, but the adoption of business model for sustainability is much more recent. What constitutes a business model for sustainability is far from clear, and what drives the business model for sustainability to success needs further elaboration. The current pa...
Employees of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from occupational health services (OHS) in the same way that employees of large organizations do. The aim of this 3-year trial was to investigate whether integrating multiple SMEs into virtual joint companies may result in incentive structures like those of large companies concernin...
Background:
The study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMes) intervention to reduce employee work-related stress and enhance work performance.
Methods:
A prospective cohort study was used to undertake the evaluation from a business perspective. Objective workload data and stress were gath...
Background
The Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 (SHS-Q-25) developed to measure Suboptimal Health Status has been used worldwide, but its construct validity has only been tested in the Chinese population. Applying Structural Equation Modelling, we investigate aspects of the construct validity of the SHS-Q-25 to determine the interactions b...
Purpose
The first objective was to contribute to a better understanding of the contrasting and paradoxical results in studies of work environment factors and sickness presence and sickness absence. A second objective was to examine if, and under what conditions, employees choose to replace sickness absence with sickness presence, i.e., so-called su...
The purpose of this review was to investigate the association between publication performance and the organizational and psychosocial work environment of academics in a university setting. In 2018 we conducted database searches in Web of Science, Medline and other key journals (hand-searched) from 1990 to 2017 based on population, exposure and outc...
The paper describes the study design, research questions and methods of a large, international intervention project aimed at improving employee mental health and well-being in SMEs and public organisations. The study is innovative in multiple ways. First, it goes beyond the current debate on whether individual-or organisational-level interventions...
The objective of this study was to investigate if the psychosocial work environment moderates the proposed negative impact of presenteeism on future general health. We expect that the negative impact of presenteeism on general health is weaker if the psychosocial work environment is resourceful, and more pronounced if the environment is stressful....
Background: The Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 (SHS-Q-25) developed to measure suboptimal health status has been used worldwide, but its construct validity has only been tested in the Chinese population. In this article, we investigate aspects of the construct validity of the SHS-Q-25 to determine the interactions between SHS subscales i...
This position paper brings together recent and emerging developments in the field of presenteeism. A critical synthesis of the evidence is needed due to persisting conceptual and methodological challenges as well as the increased volume of research in the field.This paper integrates emerging evidence and critical thinking into three areas: (1) concep...
Presenteeism, attending work while ill, has been examined in different contexts in the last few decades. The aim was to examine whether poor psychosocial working conditions and perceived work ability are associated with increased odds ratios for presenteeism, focusing on nursing professionals and care assistants. A cross-sectional population-based...
Theories of what determines research performance have evolved from political and economic science, amongst other disciplines. Contemporary research shows that universities have a problematic work environment characterized by bullying, insecure jobs, and dysfunctional leadership. In this study, we explore the relationship between the psycho-social w...
Putting a price on people and measuring the financial gains from investments in human resources stem back to the Romans and the eighteenth century, respectively. In the 1960s, the interest increased tremendously. Researchers in economics, accounting, sociology, and psychology argued that to increase and improve investments in the workforce, account...
Objective:
To examine the associations between SP reported as number of days with SP reported as number of times and to evaluate their responsiveness.
Methods:
The study population (n = 454) consisted of employed individuals, at risk of long-term sickness absence. Correlation analyses were performed to examine associations between the two SP mea...
Objective:
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of deep tissue massage ('massage'), strengthening and stretching exercises ('exercises') or a combination of both ('combined therapy') in comparison with advice to stay active ('advice') for subacute and persistent neck pain, from a societal perspective.
Methods:
We conducted a cost-effectiveness ana...
Background:
Healthy lifestyles play an important role in the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss and other social and economic concerns. However, workplace interventions to address issues of fitness and nutrition which include work-related outcomes are complex and thus challenging to implement and appropriately measu...
Background: Healthy lifestyles play an important role in the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss and other social and economic concerns. However, workplace interventions to address issues of fitness and nutrition which include work-related outcomes are complex and thus challenging to implement and appropriately measur...
Background Healthy lifestyles play an important role in the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss and other social and economic concerns. However, worksite interventions to address issues of fitness and nutrition which include work-related outcomes are complex and thus challenging to implement and appropriately measure...
Background Healthy lifestyles play an important role in the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss and other social and economic concerns. However, worksite interventions to address issues of fitness and nutrition which include work-related outcomes are complex and thus challenging to implement and appropriately measure...
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between presenteeism and absenteeism during the previous year and the current levels of exhaustion and impaired work performance in a Swedish university setting.
Methods:
In a study of 3525 employees, an ordinal logistic regression and general linear model was used to examine th...
Objectives:
The aim of the present study was to examine how presenteeism affects the risk of future disability pension among nursing professionals and care assistants (assistant nurses, hospital ward assistants, home-based personal care workers, and child care assistants). A specific objective was to compare health and social care employees with a...
Introduction: Healthy lifestyles play an important role in the prevention of premature death, chronic diseases, productivity loss and other social and economic concerns. The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the impact of worksite dietary and physical activity interventions, focused on environmental and organisational structure, on em...
Background
Exercise is effective in improving non-specific low back pain (LBP). Certain components of physical exercise, such as the type, intensity and frequency of exercise, are likely to influence participation among working adults with non-specific LBP, but the value and relative importance of these components remain unknown. The study’s aim wa...
Choice task questions in English.
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Choice task questions in Swedish.
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Complementary sub-group analysis.
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Objectives:
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of occupational safety and health interventions from the employer perspective.
Methods:
A comprehensive literature search (2005-2016) in five electronic databases was conducted. Pre-2005 studies were identified from the reference lists of previous studies and sy...
This systematic review attempts to fill the gaps and shortcomings of the literature by evaluating the cost-effectiveness of occupational safety and health interventions from the employer perspective. The results highlight the need for more well-designed studies of the economic merits of OSH-interventions, especially at organizational level, targeti...
Objectives
The aim of this study was to propose wage multipliers that can be used to estimate the costs of productivity loss for employers in economic evaluations, using detailed information from managers.
Methods
Data were collected in a survey panel of 758 managers from different sectors of the labor market. Based on assumed scenarios of a per...
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The efficacy of physical exercise for the prevention and treatment of non-specific low back pain (LBP) is well documented, but little is known about how individuals value specific components of physical exercise, such as the type and design or the intensity and frequency of exercise. Other factors that influence individual differences in health cho...
Background
Besides causing ill health, a poor work environment may contribute to production loss. Production loss assessment instruments emphasize health-related consequences but there is no instrument to measure reduced work performance related to the work environment.
Aims
To examine convergent validity and test–retest reliability of health-rela...
Background:
Malnutrition is a prevalent public health concern in Ghana. While studies have identified factors that influence child malnutrition and related inequalities in Ghana, very little efforts have been made to decompose these inequalities across various household characteristics. This study examined the influence of socioeconomic factors on...
Background:
The aim of this study is to evaluate the construct validity and responsiveness of a Swedish measure of health-related production loss as well as to investigate if there is a difference in the level of production loss within a population suffering from persistent back/neck pain and CMDs.
Methods:
The sample was drawn from a study that...
Purpose
We examine the rights of shareholders particularly that of minority shareholders in the management of firms in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
As a result of the largely unexplored nature of this issue in Ghana, we employ a qualitative analysis to offer a painstaking understanding needed. The case study design is in particular relevant...
Objective:
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of medical yoga as an early intervention compared with evidence-based exercise therapy and self-care advice for non-specific low back pain.
Design:
Randomized controlled trial with a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Subjects:
A total of 159 participants randomized into the medical yoga group (n = 52),...
The study contributes to the extant literature on population health metrics and the current trend of health improvements connected with health spending of 16 West African states during fiscal years 1995-2011. It disseminates empirical evidence on the effectiveness of personal digital assistants by specifying its importance on health outcomes. Ample...
he term, corporate governance as a relatively new term has been in popular use for the past two decades to describe the general codes by which businesses are steered and controlled. Despite its newness, there is however, no single or universally accepted definition of this term by academic scholars or practicing managers. However, the various defin...
We examine how board characteristics and activities affect firm performance of banking institutions listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The data come from the annual reports of the banking institutions for the period, 2007-2012. The results of the study show that the proportion of non-executive directors on boards of these institutions positively i...
This paper examines the influence of the national health insurance scheme on elderly demand for family-based care and support. It contributes to the growing concern on the rapid increase in the elderly population globally using micro-level social theory to examine the influence the health insurance has on elderly demand for family support. A qualit...
Enhancing farm production through an application of modern crop technologies to the extant farm system is relevant to improving the lives of farmers in rural areas. The Ecofarm crop technologies are some of the technologies that have been introduced with the aim of improving the lives of rural farmers in Mali. The study was carried out to examine t...
This paper examines how organization and financing of maternal health services influence health-seeking behavior in Bosomtwe district, Ghana. It contributes in furthering the discussions on maternal health-seeking behavior and health outcomes from a health system perspective in sub-Saharan Africa. From a health system standpoint, the paper first pr...
The relevance of corporate governance principles in the management of corporate organisations cannot be underestimated. The increasing influence of principles of corporate governance across the globe has been greatly linked to the recent corporate frauds and scandals. These frauds and scandals largely resulted from the failure of authorities of cou...
This study examines how internal governance structures in corporate organisations function in ensuring good corporate governance. It contributes to the extant art of knowledge by shedding light on how ownership and board control structures in corporate organisations operate to achieving good corporate governance in developing countries. Using inter...
