SAFETY AT WORK
CONTENTS ON EQUAL TERMS? GENDERING LABOUR MARKETS, THE ORGANISATION OF WORK, AND THE WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES PART I WORKING CONDITIONS CLASSI?CATION OF WORK: AN APPROACH TO THE EXPLORATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PREVENTION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING CONDITIONS PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN AND MEN IN INDUSTRIES WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCTION AND GENDER COMPOSITION: SWEDEN, 1991–2017 A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING JOB DEMANDS AND RESOURCES IN HEALTHCARE MANAGING CARE WORK IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY: GENDERED WORKING CONDITIONS FOR MANAGERS PART II ORGANISATION OF WORK INVISIBLE WORKERS: ON DIGITALISATION IN HOME CARE WORK FROM A GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE ORGANISING AUDITING, PERSON-CENTRED CARE AND COMPETENCE IN SWEDISH RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE IMPACT OF WORK HOURS ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN GENDERED NORMS AND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE SHAPING OF HOMECARE SERVICES’ WORK ENVIRONMENTS PART III VIOLENCE AND CON?ICTS ‘DON’T LET IT GET TO YOU ’ GENDERING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IN DISABILITY SERVICES IN SWEDEN THE CONCEPT OF INTRAGROUP CON?ICT IN RELATION TO GENDER AND WELL-BEING IN WOMEN-DOMINATED WORK CHAPTER INTRODUCTION WE ARE WRITING THIS BOOK DURING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRISES OF OUR TIME—THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC ALTHOUGH NO ONE AT THIS POINT KNOWS WHEN THIS PANDEMIC WILL END OR HOW THE OUTCOME WILL AFFECT OUR SOCIETIES, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PLANET SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR (E G UNDP, 2020) WOMEN ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE ?GHT AGAINST THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (OECD, 2020A) ACROSS THE GLOBE, WOMEN MAKE UP 70–90% OF WORKERS IN THE SECTORS CRITICAL TO TACKLING THE PANDEMIC, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE AND LONG-TERM CARE (LTC) (OECD, 2020B) THIS ALSO PUTS WOMEN WORKING IN THESE SECTORS AT HIGH RISK OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS CONCURRENTLY, WOMEN ARE UNDER- REPRESENTED IN TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WITHIN HEALTHCARE AND LTC AND, IN MOST COUNTRIES, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THESE SECTORS ARE INSECURE AND STRAINED FOR WOMEN LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE JOB HIERARCHY (MONTGOMERY ET AL , 2020) THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR THE LTC SECTOR, WHERE ABOUT HALF OF EMPLOYEES WORK PART TIME OR ARE EMPLOYED ON TEMPORARY CONTRACTS, EVEN IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, WHICH ARE OTHERWISE KNOWN FOR THEIR GENEROUS LABOUR-MARKET SCHEMES AND HIGH EMPLOYMENT SECURITY (OECD, 2020B) IN THIS CONTEXT, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SAFETY AT WORK