.... Construction Practices Employment requirements Institutional work Proto-institutions Social procurement Sweden Private and public actors are increasingly using their purchasing power to mitigate societal issues such as fiscal constraints, mass migration and segregation, and to create social value...

... 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...

... from ten different HEIs, situated in different parts of Sweden. Some of these were large, old universities, while others were smaller, more recent university colleges. The interviewees came from different academic disciplines with different gender compositions – some male-dominated at most levels...

... 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 New public management (NPM) practices inspired by industry and business are implemented in Sweden and elsewhere (Hood...

... is required to achieve a gender equality workplace environment and to increase women's career possibilities. In Sweden, a university college is often set up as part of a government strategy to create a complement or an alternative to established universities. The university college focused upon...

...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; 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...

...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...

...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...