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dc.contributor.authorEnehaug, Heidien_US
dc.contributor.authorMamelund, Svenn-Eriken_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-16T12:37:06Z
dc.date.available2015-03-16T12:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.citationEnehaug, H. & Mamelund, S. -E. (2014). How do restructuring processes influence low- and unskilled immigrant and non-immigrant workers and their managers in a Norwegian hospital?Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 4(4), 47-68en_US
dc.identifier.issn2245-0157en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1152545en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/2521
dc.description.abstractIt is a well-known fact that workplace restructuring has undesirable effects on the psychosocial work environment, health, and sick leave, but no attention has been given to the health effects of work environments characterized by restructuring, a multicultural staff, and a strong socioeconomic occupational hierarchy. In this casestudy, we examine a large Norwegian hospital in which all of these features are present. Through in-depth interviews with employees and their managers we investigate the healthiness of the restructuring process, and the consequences of the restructuring process on the work environment, subjective health, and sick leave. Results show that immigrant workers received less information, had higher level of frustration and less control over work, and experienced a decrease in well-being, autonomy, and social support. Immigrant worker vulnerability, that is, the handicap of poor understanding of the Norwegian language and a lack of understanding of general and local organizational norms and practices in the Norwegian workplace, is an important explanation. Immigrant workers with a poor Norwegian language understanding are even worse off. We conclude that a strong occupational hierarchy within the hospital exerts an overall influence on the position of low/unskilled employees in the restructuring process as well as their perception of and involvement in it.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRoskilde universiteten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies;4(4)en_US
dc.subjectImmigrant workersen_US
dc.subjectPublic sectoren_US
dc.subjectSickness absenceen_US
dc.subjectWork environmenten_US
dc.subjectHealth sectoren_US
dc.subjectRestructuringen_US
dc.titleHow do restructuring processes influence low- and unskilled immigrant and non-immigrant workers and their managers in a Norwegian hospital?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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