Forms of participation: The development and application of a conceptual model of participation in work environment interventions

Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Henna Hasson, Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Lise Tevik Løvseth, Arja Ala-Laurinaho and Karina Nielsen
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Johan Simonsen Abildgaard: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Henna Hasson: Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Centrum for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz: Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Sweden; Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Lise Tevik Løvseth: Department of Psychiatry, St Olavs University Hospital, Norway; Department of Psychology, NTNU, Norway
Arja Ala-Laurinaho: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Karina Nielsen: Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2020, vol. 41, issue 3, 746-769

Abstract: In the realm of work environment improvements, the Nordic countries have led the way in demonstrating that employee participation is a key requisite for achieving improvements. Despite this, there is a lack of precision as to what ‘participatory’ in a participatory work environment intervention means. In this study, the authors present a conceptual model for participation in work environment interventions and apply it to protocols and manuals from eight participatory interventions to determine the form of participation used in each intervention. The authors suggest that the conceptual model can be applied in the design and assessment of participatory work environment interventions.

Keywords: Employee participation; engagement; involvement; organizational interventions; work environment; working conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X17743576

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