Hem=>Personal=>Katharina Näswall

Katharina Näswall

Docent, universitetslektor

The primary focus for my research is on work-related stress and well-being, with a special interest for uncertainty in the workplace, balance between work and life outside work, as well as factors which aid coping with work-related stress, such as social support and leadership factors. I have been involved (in collaboration with my colleagues) in the development of definitions and measures of work stressors which may be associated with emerging factors in working life, such as how the expansion of the service sector changes the nature of work tasks.

In addition to my main research areas I have involved in research investigating the role of labour unions under uncertain working conditions, changes of hospital ownership, contingent pay, as well as validation studies on scales measuring ADHD and symptoms of autism.

During 2011 I am on leave of absence from my teaching position, working at the Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand as Senior Lecturer.

Despite being away from Sweden, I am currently collaborating with my colleagues at Stockholm University within the framework of a project financed by Vinnova, investigating how transitions between unemployment and employment can be made easier by labour market intermediaries, and how knowledge transfer can be facilitated in employee transitions. More info on this project (Swedish only, for now, pdf). Claudia Bernhard-Oettel is project manager since September, 2011.

The projects listed below are recent examples of collaborations and research areas I have been involved in.

Grants in my name

Omställningar ur ett organisations- och transferperspektiv (Vinnova 2009-03077)

In collaboration with others:

FAS-centre Working Life: Interdisciplinary Research on Work Stress and Health (FAS 2009-2019), coordinated by Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Stress Research Institute.

Job insecurity from a gender perspective (FAS, 2007-2009), led by Magnus Sverke.

Publications

Some publications representative of my work:

Andersen, L.M., Näswall, K., Manouilenko, I., Nylander, L., Edgar, J., Ritvo, R.A., Ritvo, E., & Bejerot, S. (in press). The Swedish Version of the Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale: Revised (RAADS-R). A Validation Study of a Rating Scale for Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Hanson, L.L.M., Åkerstedt, T., Näswall, K., Leineweber, C., Theorell, T., & Westerlund, H. (in press). Cross-lagged relationships between workplace demands, control, support and sleep problems. SLEEP.

Näswall, K., Lindfors, P. and Sverke, M. (in press) Job insecurity as a predictor of physiological indicators of health in healthy working women: An extension of previous research. Stress & Health.

Näswall, K., Richter, A., Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2011). Job Insecurity and Mental Health Complaints over Time: A Growth Curve Modelling Approach. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP), 24-26 Jun 2011. 6-10.

Berntson, E., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2010). The moderating role of employability in the association between job insecurity and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(2), 215-230.

Richter, A., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2010). Job insecurity and its relation to work-family conflict: Mediation with a longitudinal data set. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(2), 265-280.

Jawaid Kalyal, H., Berntson, E., Baraldi, S., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2010). The moderating role of employability on the relationship between job insecurity and commitment to change. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(3), 327-344.

De Witte, H., De Cuyper, N., Handaja, Y., Sverke, M., Näswall, K., & Hellgren, J. (2010). Associations between Quantitative and Qualitative Job Insecurity and Well-being: A Test in Belgian Banks. International Studies of Management & Organization, 40(1), 40-56.

Baraldi, S., Jawaid Kalyal, H., Berntson, E., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2010). The Importance of Commitment to Change in Public Reform: An Example from Pakistan. Journal of Change Management, 10(4), 347-368.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., Göransson, S., & Öhrming, J. (2008) Employee participation in organizational change: investigating the effects of proactive vs. Reactive implementation of downsizing in Swedish hospitals, German Journal of Human Resource Research, 22(2), 111-129.

Westerlund, J., Ek., U., Holmberg., K., Näswall., K., & Fernell, E. (2009). The Conners' 10-item scale: findings in a total population of Swedish 10-11-year-old children. Acta Pædiatrica. 98(5), 828-833.

Hansen, N., Sverke, M., & Näswall, K. (2009). Predicting nurse burnout from demands and resources in three acute care hospitals under different forms of ownership: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46, 95-106.

Göransson, S., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2009). Work-related health attributions: Its impact on Work Attitudes. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2(1), 6-21.

Näswall, K., Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2008). The individual in the changing working life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Falkenberg, H., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2008). How are employees at different levels affected by privatization? A longitudinal study of two Swedish hospitals. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82(1), 45-65.

Berntson, E., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2008). Investigating the relationship between employability and self-efficacy: A Cross-lagged analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 17(4), 413-425.

Näswall, K., Sverke, M., & Hellgren, J. (2005). The moderating role of personality characteristics on the relation between job insecurity and strain. Work & Stress, 19, 37-49.

Näswall, K., Sverke, M., & Hellgren, J. (2005). The moderating effects of work-based and family-based support on the relation between job insecurity and subsequent strain. South African Journal of Industrial Relations, 31, 57-64.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., Chirumbolo, A., De Witte, H., & Goslinga, S. (2004). Job insecurity and union membership: European unions in the wake of flexible production. Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang.

De Witte, H., & Näswall, K. (2003). 'Objective' versus 'subjective' job insecurity: Consequences of temporary work for job satisfaction and organizational commitment in four European countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 24, 139-148.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (2002). No security: A meta-analysis and review of job insecurity and its consequences. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 7, 242-264.

Find Näswall's abstracts in the Annual Report database.

Awards and recognitions

Best Paper Award: Best Individual Research Paper - for Näswall, K., Richter, A., Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2011). Job insecurity and mental health complaints over time: A growth curve modeling approach. Paper presented at the 9th Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 23-26 June, 2011.

Citation of excellence by Emerald Management Reviews - Top 50 management articles of 2009 for Falkenberg, H., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2008). How are employees at different levels affected by privatization? A longitudinal study of two Swedish hospitals. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82(1), 45-65.