About me

My research is focused on the relationship between work organization, stress and health. Recent studies concerns boundaryless work, recovery, stress and health, sickness presenteeism and sickness absenteeism, workplace and occupational mobility. I also participate in a large intervention project in public sector where the aim is to implement some of the most well-documented research findings from work - stress and health research.

Selected publications

Precarious work - permanent and temporary employment contract

Aronsson, G. (1999). Contingent workers and health and safety. Work, Employment & Society, 13(3), 439-459.
wes.sagepub.com/content/13/3/439.full.pdf+html

Aronsson, G. (2001). A new employment contract. Scand J Work Environ Health, 27(6), 361-364.
www.jstor.org/stable/40967150

Aronsson, G., Dallner, M., & Gustafsson, K. (2002). Work environment and health in different types of temporary jobs. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 11(2), 151-175.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13594320143000898

Aronsson, G., Dallner, M., Lindh, T., & Göransson, S. (2005). Flexible pay but fixed expenses: personal, financial strain among on-call employees. International Journal of Health Services, 35(3), 499-528.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16119573

Aronsson, G. (2005). Health and development opportunities for those in fixed-term employment. In Ingvar Lundberg & Rolf Å Gustafsson (eds.) Worklife and Health in Sweden 2004. National Institute for Working Life. Pp 225-248.
www.forte.se/upload/dokument/ALI%20pdf-skrifter/isbn917045745X.pdf

Aronsson, G. (2007). Rörlighet, inlåsning och hälsa. In K. Åkerlund (red). Rörlighet för ett dynamiskt arbetsliv. Vinnovarapport 2007:9, sid 7-13.
www.vinnova.se/upload/epistorepdf/vr-07-09.pdf

Sickness absenteeism, disability and early retirement from working life

Göransson, S., Aronsson, G., & Melin, B. (2002). Vilja och villkor - en studie om långtidssjukskrivnas situation. Ingår i Bilaga till SOU 2002:5. Handlingsplan för ökad hälsa i arbetslivet.
www.regeringen.se/sb/d/108/a/2747

Floderus, B., Göransson, S., Alexandersson, K., & Aronsson, G. (2005). Self-estimated life situation in patients on long-term sick leave. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 37, 291-299.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16203618

Astvik, W., Mellner, C., & Aronsson, G. (2006). På väg. En kvalitativ studie av långtidssjukskrivning, arbete och rörlighet. Arbete och hälsa 2006:3. [English summary]
hdl.handle.net/2077/4377

Floderus, B., Hagman, M., Aronsson, G., Marklund, S., & Wikman, A. (2008). Self-reported Health in Mothers: the Impact of Age, and Socioeconomic Conditions. Women & Health, 47(2), 63-86.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18681101

Mellner, C., Astvik, W., & Aronsson, G. (2009). Vägar tillbaka - En uppföljningsstudie av psykologiska och praktiska förutsättningar för återgång i arbete via arbetsbyte efter långtidssjukskrivning med stöd av en arbetsgivarring. Arbete och Hälsa, 43(10). [English summary].
hdl.handle.net/2077/21414

Floderus, B., Hagman, M., Aronsson, G., Marklund, S., & Wikman, A. (2009). Work status, work hours and health in women with and without children. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 66(10), 704-710.
oem.bmj.com/content/66/10/704.abstract

Floderus, B., Hagman, M., Aronsson, G., Marklund, S., & Wikman, A. (2011). Medically certified sickness absence with insurance benefits in women with and without children. The European Journal of Public Health. Advance Access, published March 30, 2011.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450840

Floderus, B., Hagman, M., Aronsson, G., Gustafsson, K., Marklund, S., & Wikman, A. (2012). Disability pension in young women, with special emphasis on family structure and sickness absence: A dynamic cohort study. BMJ Open 2012:2: e000840.
10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000840

Gustafsson, K., Aronsson, G., Marklund, S., Wikman, A., & Floderus, B. (2013) Does Social Isolation and Low Societal Participation Predict Disability Pension? A Population Based Study. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80655.
10.1371/journal.pone.0080655

Gustafsson, K., Aronsson, G., Marklund, S., Wikman, A., & Floderus, B. (2014). Peripheral labour market position and risk of disability pension: a prospective population-based study. BMJ open, 4(8), e005230.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/8/e005230.full

Gustafsson, K., Marklund, S., Aronsson, G., Wikman, A., & Floderus, B. (2015). Interaction effects of social isolation and peripheral work position on risk of disability pension: A prospective study of Swedish women and men. PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0130361.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477982/

Lundberg, U., & Aronsson, G. (2016). Insatser på arbetsplatsen avgörande för sjukskrivna. In Å. Sandberg (red.), På jakt efter framtidens arbete - utmaningar i arbetets organisering och forskning (sid 91-93). Stockholm: Tankekedjan Tiden.
tankesmedjantiden.se (PDF)

Sickness presenteeism

Aronsson, G., Gustafsson, K., & Dallner, M. (2000). Sick but yet at work. An empirical study of sickness presenteeism. J Epidemiol Community Health, 54(7), 502-509.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1731716/?tool=pubmed

Aronsson, G., & Gustafsson, K. (2005). Sickness Presenteeism: Prevalence, Attendance-Pressure Factors, and an Outline of a Model for Research. Journal of Occupational Environment Medicine, 47(9), 958-956.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19504117

Bergström, G., Bodin, L., Hagberg, J., Aronsson, G., & Josephson, M. (2009). Sickness Presenteeism Today, Sickness Absenteeism Tomorrow? A Prospective Study on Sickness Presenteeism and Future Sickness Absenteeism. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 51(6), 629-638.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19448572

Bergström, G., Bodin, L., Hagberg, J., Lindh, T., Aronsson, G., & Josephson, M. (2009). Does sickness presenteeism have an impact on future general health? International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 82(10), 1179-90.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19504117

Aronsson, G., Gustafsson, K., & Mellner, C. (2011). Sickness presence, sickness absence, and self-reported health and symptoms. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 4(3), 228-243.
10.1108/17538351111172590

Taloyan, M., Aronsson, G., Leineweber, C., Magnusson Hanson, L., Alexanderson, K., & Westerlund, H. (2012). Sickness Presenteeism predicts Suboptimal Self-rated Health and Sickness Absence: a nationally representative study of the working population of Sweden. PLOS ONE, September 2012, Volume 7, Issue 9, e44721.
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044721

Johansen, V., Aronsson, G., & Marklund, S. (2014). Positive and negative reasons for sickness presenteeism in Norway and Sweden: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 4, e004123.
10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004123

Marklund, S., Aronsson, G., Johansen, V., & Solheim, L.J. (2014). Previous sickness presence among long-term sick-listed in Norway and Sweden: A retrospective study of prevalence and self-reported reasons. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24(4), 376-387.
10.1111/ijsw.12143

Work organisation, stress and recovery

Aronsson, G., Svensson, L., & Gustafsson, K. (2003). Unwinding, recuperation and health among compulsory-school and high-school school teachers in Sweden. International Journal of Stress Management, 217-234.
psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2003-09917-002

Aronsson, G., & Gustafsson, K. (2005). Vacation - Still an Issue of Workers' Protection? An Empirical Study of Vacation and Recuperation. International Journal of Health Services, 35(1), 143-169.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15759561

Gustafsson, K., Lindfors, P., Aronsson, G., & Lundberg U. (2008). Relationships between self-rating of recovery from work and morning salivary cortisol. Journal of Occupational Health, 50, 24-30.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18285641

Aronsson, G., Bejerot, E., & Härenstam, A. (2012). Onödiga och oskäliga arbetsuppgifter bland läkare. Samband mellan illegitima arbetsuppgifter och stress kartlagt i enkätstudie. Läkartidningen, 48, 2216-2219.
Fulltext in Swedish [PDF]

Aronsson, G., Astvik, W., & Gustafsson, K. (2013). Work Conditions, Recovery and Health: A Study among Workers within Pre-School, Home Care and Social Work. British Journal of Social Work, 1-19.
10.1093/bjsw/bct036.

Theorell, T., Hammarström, A., Aronsson, G., Bendz, L. T., Grape, T., Hogstedt, C., ... & Hall, C. (2015). A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms. BMC public health, 15(1), 738.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-1954-4

Stengård, J., Bernhard-Oettel, C., Berntson, E., Leineweber, C., & Aronsson, G. (2016). Stuck in a job: being "locked-in" or at risk of becoming locked-in at the workplace and well-being over time. Work & Stress, 1-21.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678373.2016.1163804

Ericsson, U., Rydstedt, L.W., Pettersson, P., Augustinsson, S., & Aronsson, G. (2016). Återhämtning bland hockeyspelare i Tre Kronor, nattarbetande bagare och skolledare - om asocialitet, sömnlösa nätter och allvarsam lek - en dygnsberättelse. Arbetsliv i omvandling, nr 2, 7-39.
journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/aio/issue/view/2421

Aronsson, G., & Mellner, C. (2016). Illegitima arbetsuppgifter och identitet - en introduktion. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 22(3/4), 28-46.
kau.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1056549/FULLTEXT01.pdf [PDF]

Boundaryless work - work without boundaries

Allvin, M., Aronsson, G., Hagström, T., Johansson, G., & Lundberg, U. (2011). Work without Boundaries. Psychological Perspectives on the New Working Life. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (263 pp).
eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470666145.html

Allvin, M., Mellner, C., Movitz, F., & Aronsson, G. (2013). The Diffusion of Flexibility: Estimating the Incidence of Low-Regulated Working Conditions. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 3, 99-116.
www.nordicwl.com/?p=1100

Allvin, M., & Aronsson, G. (2013). Flexibility, Boundarylessness and the Strategies of Work. In Å. Sandberg (ed.). Nordic Lights. Work, Management and Welfare in Scandinavia (pp. 420-435). SNS förlag.

Mellner, C., Aronsson, G., & Kecklund, G. (2014). Boundary Management Preferences, Boundary Control, and Work-Life Balance among Full-Time Employed Professionals in Knowledge-Intensive, Flexible Work. Nordic J of Working Life Studies, 4(4), nov 2014.
www.nordicwl.com/?s=mellner

Tucker, P., Bejerot, E., Kecklund, G., Aronsson, G., & Åkerstedt, T. (2015). The impact of work time control on physicians' sleep and well-being. Applied ergonomics, 47, 109-116.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687014001616

Positive psychology - long term health

Aronsson, G. (2008). Relationship between a behavioral measure of good long-term health and self-rated health. In M. Christensen (ed.). Positive Factors at Work - The First report of the Nordic Project (pp. 66-69). Nordic Council of Ministers.
www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2008-501

Aronsson, G., & Gustafsson, K. (2009). Relationship between a long-term health measure and self-rated health and symptoms in the Swedish working population In M. Christensen (Ed.), Validation and test of central concepts in positive work and organizational psychology. The second report from the Nordic project Positive factors at work. TemaNord 2009:564, (pp 59-63).
www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2009-564

Aronsson, G., Gustafsson, K., & Hakanen, J. (2009). Conclusions. In M. Christensen (Ed.), Validation and test of central concepts in positive work and organizational psychology. The second report from the Nordic project Positive factors at work. TemaNord 2009:564, (pp. 93-96).
www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2009-564

Gustafsson, K., Aronsson, G., Lindfors, P., & Lundberg, U. (2009). Validation of self-rated recovery items against morning salivary cortisol. In M. Christensen (Ed.), Validation and test of central concepts in positive work and organizational psychology. The second report from the Nordic project Positive factors at work. TemaNord 2009:564, (pp. 54-59).
www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2009-564

Aronsson, G., & Blom, V. (2010). Work conditions for workers with good long-term health. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 3, 160-172.
www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1865366

Christensen, M., Aronsson, G., Borg, V., Clausen, T., Guthenberg, J., Hakanen, J., Lundberg, L., & Straume, L.V. (2012). Building engagement and healthy organisations. Validation of the Nordic Questionnaire on Positive Organisational Psychology (N-POP). The Third Report from the Nordic Project. TemaNord 2012:549.
www.norden.org/en/publications/publikationer/2012-549/

Research strategies- interactive research

Allvin, M., & Aronsson, G. (2003). The Future of Work Environment Reforms. Does the concept of Work Environment Apply within the New Economy. International Journal of Health Services, 33(1), 99-111.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12641266

Svensson, L., Eklund, J., Randle, H., & Aronsson, G. (2007). Interactive Research - an attempt to analyse two change programmes. International Journal of Action Research, 3(3), 250-277.