... as it currently suffers from weak theorization, conceptualization and empirical examination (Barraket et al., 2016 ; Loosemore, 2016 ; Petersen, 2018). Many municipalities across Sweden and in other countries are currently implementing employment requirements, but their methods for doing so vary...

... of racism (islamophobia, racism against blacks, anti-Semitism). In addition, further research is needed to understand how these various forms of racism shape workplaces in Sweden. Originality/value – The paper offers new insights into the difference/similarities between how processes of ethnic...

... professors; five were associate professors and two senior lecturers. Their ages ranged from 44 to 64 and they had between 20 and 30 years’ experience of working as researchers, lecturers and managers in Swedish academia. They came from ten different HEIs, situated in different parts of Sweden. Some...

... in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The article is based on the stories of two immigrant women entrepreneurs who reflect upon their experience of working life in the context of migration to Sweden. These two stories provide a ground for a discussion regarding the responding to and re‐making...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Gender Equality Health care Sweden Clinical Microsystem Gender equality Multi‐professional collaboration New public management NPM also prescribes decentralized authority and the encouragement of participative management (Du Gay, 2000...

... is required to achieve a gender equality workplace environment and to increase women's career possibilities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 In Sweden, a university college is often set up as part of a government strategy to create a complement or an alternative to established...

...Jonas Månsson; Lennart Delander Purpose One of the most successful labour market programmes in Sweden is a start‐up subsidy programme for job seekers registered at the public employment service. The purpose of this paper is to examine if there are gender differences in outcomes of this programme...

... draw on results from an empirical investigation involving 1,731 questionnaires investigating the attitudes of women and men in a town in the north of Sweden. Findings The tentative conclusions suggest that even if they appear to co‐exist in contradictory ways, ideas of gender‐appropriate domestic...

...Beverly Dawn Metcalfe; Chris J. Rees; Paula Mählck; Beverly Thaver Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into certain themes and discourses that have emerged from two research projects on gender and racial equality in higher education in Sweden and South Africa. Design...

...Beverly Dawn Metcalfe; Chris J. Rees; Edwina Pio Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of ethnic minority entrepreneurship in Sweden offered through the sacred‐secular lens of the Islamic Dawoodi Bohra community, with the purpose of exploring the relationship of spirituality...

...Ann‐Kristin Juntti‐Henriksson Purpose The overall purpose of this paper is to study gender and equality‐related issues by exploring gender functions in the northernmost borderland of Sweden (the Tornedalen area). The study focuses on women's views of their own lives and how local culture may shape...

...Gunilla Härnsten Presents the findings of a study of female hospital cleaners in Sweden. Uses participatory research i.e. discussion and analysis of issues in groups to show how potential is often under utilized within such teams. Outlines the strengths which exist in subordinate groups in spite...