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Magnus Sverke

PhD, Professor
Head of the Division of Work and Organizational Psychology



My research interests include organizational change and its effects on employees, downsizing and job insecurity, labor market flexibility and employment contracts, employee attitudes and well-being, work climate and employee motivation, union member attitudes and behavior, as well as career development. Several of the studies I am involved in investigate the effects of organizational characteristics (e.g., structure, climate, leadership) and change (downsizing, mergers, privatization) on the individual.


Professional background

2006- Head, Division of Work and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
2004- Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Stockholm University
2003-2004 Senior lecturer in psychology, Stockholm University
2000 Associate professor in psychology, Stockholm University
1996-2003 Researcher and teacher, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
1995 PhD in Psychology, Stockholm University. Thesis title: Rational union commitment: The psychological dimension in membership participation (supervisors: Ingemar Torbiörn, Bengt Abrahamsson & Håkan Stattin).
1990-1995 PhD candidate/research assistant, Swedish Center for Working Life, National Institute for Working Life
1990 BA in psychology, Stockholm University
1979-1990 Various occupations (e.g., nurses aid, boat builder, recreation leader, officer, teacher)

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Appointed positions

Board Member, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH (2007- )

Board Member, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University (2006- )

Associate Editor, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (2007- )

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (2006- )

Consulting Editor, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2006- )

Editorial Board Member, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health (2007- )

Member, Advisory and Ethics Board, Assessio International AB (2007- )

Editorial Board Member, NUST Business Review (2008-)

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Research projects

Current projects

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Recently completed projects

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Teaching

I have taught on the undergraduate level since 1994, the master level since 1998, and the PhD program since 1999, but also internationally (Utrecht University, the Netherlands; Northwest University, South Africa; University of Valencia, Spain). My teaching includes work and organizational psychology, organization theory, questionnaire methods, statistics, and structural equation modeling.

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Supervision

Completed PhD projects

Current PhD projects (main supervisor)

Teresia Andersson-Stråberg
Stefan Annell
Stephan Baraldi
Gunilla Björkqvist
Anders Eriksson
Helena Falkenberg
Sara Göransson
Sofia Sjöberg
Caroline Stjernström

Current PhD projects (assistant supervisor)

Anne Richter

BA and MA theses

Each year I supervise some 5-10 BA and MA theses. There is always room for interested students to write their papers in ongoing research projects.

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Organizational memberships

American Psychological Association
European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
European Association of Psychological Assessment
European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
International Association of Applied Psychology
Labor and Employment Relations Association
Sällskapet riksdagsmän och forskare
Society for Occupational Health Psychology
Swedish Association of University Teachers
Swedish Psychological Association

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Other activities

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Publications

(as per August 2008)

Find Sverke's abstracts in the Annual Report database.

Books and edited volumes

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

 The individual in the changing working life
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.

 Job insecurity and union members
Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., Sverke, M., & Söderfeldt, M. (Red.) (2003). New organizational challenges for human service work. Munich: Rainer Hampp (series: Organizational Psychology and Healthcare).

 New organizational challenges for human service work
Näswall, K., Hellgren, J. & Sverke, M. (2003). Anställningsotrygghet: Individen på den flexibla arbetsmarknaden (Job insecurity: The individual on the flexible labor market). Lund: Studentlitteratur.

 Anställningsotrygghet
Sverke, M. & Hellgren, J (Eds.) (2002). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

 Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten
Öhrming, J. & Sverke, M. (2001). Bolagiseringen av S:t Göran: En proaktiv organisering (Hospital corporatization: Proactive organization). Lund: Studentlitteratur.

 Bolagiseringen av S:t Göran
Sverke, M. (Ed.) (1997). The future of trade unionism: International perspectives on emerging union structures. Aldershot: Ashgate.

 The future of trade unionism

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Journal articles

Hansen, N., Sverke, M., & Näswall, K. (in press). Predicting burnout from demands and resources at three hospitals run with different ownership types: A questionnaire study among nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies.

Falkenberg, H., Näswall, K. & Sverke. (in press). Before and after hospital privatization: Work attitudes and strain among occupational groups at two Swedish acute care hospitals. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

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

Hansen, N., Sverke, M., & Näswall, K. (in press). Utbrändhet i vården: Betydelsen av krav och resurser på tre sjukhus med olika driftsformer. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv.

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, 111-129.

Baraldi, S., Sverke, M., & Chaison, G. (2008). Getting members on board: Democratic issues in union merger negotiations. Employee Relations, 30, 221-236.

Falkenberg, H., Näswall, K. & Sverke, M. (2008). Personalens arbetsattityder och hälsa vid privatisering: En jämförelse mellan två svenska akutsjukhus. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 14, 29-49.

De Witte, H., Sverke, M., Van Ruysseveldt, J., Goslinga, S., Chirumbolo, A., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (2008). Job insecurity, union support and the intention to resign membership: A psychological contract perspective tested among union members in four European countries. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 14, 85-103.

Baraldi, S., Sverke, M., & Chaison, G. (in press). Getting Members on Board: Democratic Issues in Union Merger Negotiations. Employee Relations.

De Witte, H., Sverke, M., Van Ruysseveldt, J., Goslinga, S., Chirumbolo, A., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (in press). Job insecurity, union support and the intention to resign membership: A psychological contract perspective tested among union members in four European countries. European Journal of Industrial Relations.

Andersson-Stråberg, T., Sverke, M., & Hellgren, J. (2007). Perceptions of Justice in Connection with Individualized Pay Setting. Economic & Industrial Democracy, 28, 431-464.

Rydstedt, L., Deveraux, J., & Sverke, M. (2007). Comparing and combining the demand-control-support model and the effort-reward imbalance model to predict long-term mental strain. European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 16, 261-278.

Huang, Q., El-Khouri, B.M., Johansson, G., Lindroth, S., & Sverke, M. (2007). Women's Career Patterns: A Study of Swedish Women Born in the 1950s. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80, 387-412.

Huang, Q. & Sverke, M. (2007). Women's occupational career patterns over 27 years: Relations to family of origin, life careers, and wellness. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 369-397.

Isaksson, K., Johansson, G., Lindroth, S. & Sverke, M. (2006). Women's career patterns in sweden: A life event approach. Community, Work and Family, 9, 479-500.

Baraldi, S., Sverke, M., & Chaison, G. (2006). The difficulty of implementing union mergers: Investigating the role of members' merger orientation. Economic & Industrial Democracy, 27, 485-504.

Hellgren, J., Baraldi, S., Falkenberg, H., & Sverke, M. (2006). Bäst arbetsklimat på sjukhus som bolagiserats eller privatiserats (Better work climate at hospitals that are run as for-profit or non-profit companies). Läkartidningen, 103 (26-27), 2040-2044.

Berntson, E., Sverke, M., & Marklund, S. (2005). Predicting perceived employability: Human capital or labour market opportunities? Economic & Industrial Democracy, 27, 223-244.

Bernard-Oettel, C., Sverke, M. & De Witte, H. (2005). Comparing alternative employment to permanent full-time work: How do employment contract and perceived job conditions relate to health complaints? Work & Stress, 19, 301-318.

Goslinga, S., Hellgren, J., Chirumbolo, A., De Witte, H., Näswall, K. & Sverke, M. (2005). The role of union support in coping with job insecurity: A study among union members from three European countries. South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 31, 72-78.

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 Psychology, 31, 57-64.

Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2005). There's more to the picture than meets the eye: A comparison of downsizing survivors with changed and unchanged job content. South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 31, 87-93.

Andersson-Stråberg, T, Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2005). Att få vad man förtjänar: Rättviseupplevelser i samband med individuell lönesättning (To get what one deserves: Justice perceptions in connection to individualized pay). Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 11, 93-106.

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.

Gallagher, D.G. & Sverke, M. (2005). Contingent employment contracts: Are existing theories still relevant? Economic and Industrial Democracy, 26, 181-203.

De Witte, H., Goslinga, S., Chirumbolo, A., Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2005). Baanonzekerheid als schending van het psychologisch contract bij vakbondsleden: Gevolgen voor vakbondsattitudes en opzegintentie in België en Nederland (Job insecurity as a violation of the psychological contract among trade union members: Consequences for attitudes towards unions and the intention to resign membership in Belgium and the Netherlands). Gedrag & Organisatie, 18, 1-20.

Baraldi, S. & Sverke, M. (2005). Facket och det moderna arbetslivet: TriO-projektets uppgång och fall (Unions and the modern working life: The rise and fall of a merger attempt). Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 11, 5-21.

Hallberg, U.E. & Sverke, M. (2004). Construct validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: Two Swedish health care samples. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 20, 320-338.

De Witte, H., Näswall, K., Chirumbolo, A., Goslinga, S., Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2004). Consequenties van tijdelijk werk en baanonzekerheid in vier Europese landen (Consequences of temporary employment and job insecurity in four European countries). Gedrag & Organisatie, 17, 163-186.

Falkenberg, H., Sverke, M, Hellgren, J., Näswall, K. & Braun, C. (2004). Sjukvård på bolag: Hur påverkas personalen (Turning hospitals into stock companies: How is staff affected?). Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 10, 117-133.

Sverke, M., Chaison, G.N., & Sjöberg, A. (2004). Do union mergers affect the members? Short- and long-term effects on attitudes and behavior. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 25, 103-124.

Bernhard, C. & Sverke, M. (2003). Work attitudes, role stress and health among different types of contingent workers in the Swedish health care sector. Research & Practice in Human Resource Management, 11, 1-16.

Viitasara, E., Sverke, M., & Menckel, E. (2003). Threats and violence towards different professional groups in the municipal caring sector in Sweden: Individual and work-related risk factors. Rélations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 58, 202-231.

Sverke, M. & Goslinga, S. (2003). The consequences of job insecurity for employers and unions: Exit, voice, and loyalty. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 24, 241-270.

Goslinga, S. & Sverke, M. (2003). Atypical work and trade union membership: Union attitudes and union turnover intention among traditional versus atypically employed union members. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 24, 290-312.

Sverke, M. (2003). Uncertain employment relations and union membership in Europe: Editorial introduction. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 24, 139-148.

Hellgren, J. & Sverke, M. (2003). Does job insecurity lead to impaired well-being or vice versa? Estimation of cross-lagged effects using latent variable modeling. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 215-236.

Fullagar, C., Sumer, H.C., Sverke, M., & Slick, R. (2003). Managerial sex role stereotyping: A cross-cultural analysis. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 3, 93-108.

Arnetz, B., Sverke, M., & Forsberg, E. (2002). Nytt elektroniskt styrsystem kan påverka läkarnas arbetsmiljö. Läkartidningen, 99 (22), 2529-2530.

Eriksson, A., Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Wallenberg, J. (2002). Lön som styrmedel: Yttre och inre motivation i arbetet. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 8, 205-217.

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.

Sverke, M. & Hellgren, J. (2002). The nature of job insecurity: Understanding employment uncertainty on the brink of a new millennium. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51, 23-42.

Hellgren, J. & Sverke, M. (2001). Unionized employees' perceptions of role stress and fairness during organizational downsizing: Consequences for job satisfaction, union satisfaction, and well-being. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 22, 543-567.

Näswall, K., Sverke, M., & Hellgren, J. (2001). Tryggare kan ingen vara? Metaanalys av relationen mellan anställningsotrygghet och välbefinnande (No one can be safer? Meta analysis of the relationship between job insecurity and well-being). Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 7, 179-193.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (2001). Vad vet vi om anställningsotrygghet och dess konsekvenser? Slutsatser från två decenniers forskning (What is known about job insecurity and its consequences? Conclusions from two decades of research). Nordisk Psykologi, 53, 91-108.

Sverke, M., Sjöberg, A., & Chaison, G.N. (2001). Medlemsaktivitet efter fackliga sammanslagningar: När Beklädnads och Fabriks blev Industrifacket (Membership participation after union mergers: When the Swedish Clothing Workers Union and the Swedish Factory Workers Union Became the Industrial Workers Union). Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 7, 113-127.

Sverke, M. & Hellgren, J. (2001). Exit, voice, and loyalty reactions to job insecurity in Sweden: Do unionized and non-unionized members differ? British Journal of Industrial Relations, 39, 167-182.

Sjöberg, A. & Sverke, M. (2001). Instrumental and ideological union commitment: Longitudinal assessment of construct validity. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 17, 98-111.

Chaison, G., Sverke, M., & Sjöberg, A. (2001). How union mergers affect membership participation. Journal of Labor Research, 12, 355-372.

Sjöberg, A. & Sverke, M. (2000). The interactive effect of job involvement and organizational commitment on job turnover revisited: A note on the mediating role of turnover intention. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 41, 247-252.

Allvin, M. & Sverke, M. (2000). Do new generations imply the end of solidarity? Swedish unionism in the era of individualization. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 21, 71-95.

Hellgren, J., Sverke, M., & Isaksson, K. (1999). A two-dimensional approach to job insecurity: Consequences for employee attitudes and well-being. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8, 179-195.

Sverke, M. & Kuruvilla, S. (1995) A new conceptualization of union commitment: Development and test of an integrated theory. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 16, 505-532.

Sverke, M. & Sjöberg, A. (1994). Dual commitment to company and union in Sweden: An examination of predictors and taxonomic split methods. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 15, 531-564.

Kuruvilla, S. & Sverke, M. (1993). Two dimensions of union commitment based on the theory of reasoned action: Cross-cultural comparisons. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 1, 1-16.

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Book chapters

Hellgren, J., Sverke, M., & Näswall, K. (2008). Changing work roles: New demands and challenges. In K. Näswall, J. Hellgren, & M. Sverke (Eds.), The individual in the changing working life (pp. 46-66). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Näswall, K., Hellgren, J., & Sverke, M. (2008). The individual in the changing working life: Introduction. In K. Näswall, J. Hellgren, & M. Sverke (Eds.), The individual in the changing working life (pp. 1-16). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sverke, M. (2007). Quantitative methods: The art of measuring what you want measured. In B. Gustavsson (Ed.), The principles of knowledge creation: Research methods in the social sciences (pp. 46-65). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Sverke, M. (2007). Quantitative investigations: Design, sampling, and analysis. In B. Gustavsson (Ed.), The principles of knowledge creation: Research methods in the social sciences (pp. 23-45). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J. & Näswall, K. (2006). Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit: Überblick über den forschungsstand (Job insecurity: A literature review). In B. Badura, H. Schellschmidt, & C. Vetter et al. (eds.), Fehlzeiten-Report 2005: Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und Gesundheit (Absenteeism report 2005: Job insecurity and well-being) (pp. 59-92). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (2005). We get by with a little help from our unions: Psychological contract violations and downsizing. In H. De Witte (Ed.), Job insecurity, union involvement and union activism (pp. 135-154). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Hellgren, J., Sverke, M., & van der Vliet, C. (2005). The union side of downsizing: Investigating members' union attitudes. In H. De Witte (Ed.), Job insecurity, union involvement and union activism (pp. 117-133). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Andersson Stråberg, T., Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Näswall, K. (2005) Attitudes towards individualized pay among human service workers in the public sector. In C. Korunka & P. Hoffmann (Eds.), Change and quality in human service work (Organizational psychology and health care, Vol 4, pp. 67-82). Munich: Rainer Hampp.

Hellgren, J., Sverke, M., Falkenberg, H., & Baraldi, S. (2005). Hospital privatization and work climate: A comparison of the work environment of physicians at three hospitals under different types of ownership. In C. Korunka & P. Hoffmann (Eds.), Change and quality in human service work (Organizational psychology and health care, Vol 4, pp. 47-65). Munich: Rainer Hampp.

Sverke, M. (2003). Kvantitativa metoder: Om konsten att mäta det man vill mäta (Quantitative methods: On the art of measuring what you want to measure). In B. Gustavsson (Ed.), Metoder i samhällsvetenskaplig forskning (Research methods in the social sciences) (pp. 47-69). Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Sverke, M. (2003). Design, urval och analys i kvantitativa undersökningar (Design, sampling, and analysis in quantitative research). In B. Gustavsson (Ed.), Metoder i samhällsvetenskaplig forskning (Research methods in the social sciences) (pp. 21-45). Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Öhrming, J. & Sverke, M. (2003). Transition into privatization: Uncertainty and sense-making in two Swedish hospitals. In J. Hellgren, K. Näswall, M. Sverke, & M. Söderfeldt (Eds.), New organizational challenges for human service work (pp. 75-93). Munich: Rainer Hampp.

Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., Sverke, M. & Söderfeldt, M. (2003). Introduction. I J. Hellgren, K. Näswall, M. Sverke & M. Söderfeldt (Eds), New organizational challenges for human service work (pp. 9-24). München: Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Nordqvist, S., Sverke, M., & Hellgren, J. (2002). Decentraliserad facklig studieverksamhet: Hinder och möjligheter (Decentralized union education programs: Problems and opportunities). In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 235-247). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Sverke, M., Chaison, G., & Sjöberg, A. (2002). Konsekvenser av fackliga sammanslagningar för medlemmars attityder och deltagande (Mergers and their consequences for membership participation). In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 203-216). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Goslinga, S., Chirumbolo, A., De Witte, H., Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., & Sverke, M. (2002). Fackligt stöd som en buffert mot de negativa konsekvenserna av anställningsotrygghet: Ett europeiskt perspektiv (Union support as a buffer against job insecurity: A European perspective). In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 187-199). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Hellgren, J. & Sverke, M. (2002). Kan fackligt medlemskap hjälpa anställda att hantera anställningsotrygghet? (Can union membership help workers cope with job insecurity?) In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 175-186). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Allvin, M & Sverke, M. (2002). Innebär den yngre generationen slutet för solidariteten? (Do young generations imply the end of solidarity?) In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet(The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 85-102). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Sverke, M. & Hellgren, J. (2002). Inledning (Introduction). In M. Sverke & J. Hellgren (Eds.). Medlemmen, facket och flexibiliteten: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse i det moderna arbetslivet (The member, the union, and the flexibility: Swedish unionism in the modern working life) (pp. 11-26). Lund, Sweden: Arkiv Förlag.

Öhrming, J. & Sverke, M. (2002). Andemeningen är bra, men...: Kvalitetsfrågans betydelse för vårdens arbetsmiljö och organisation. I E. Bejerot & H. Hasselbladh (Eds.), Kvalitet utan gränser: En kritisk belysning av kvalitetsstyrning (pp. 188-208). Lund: Academia Adacta.

Gallagher, D.G. & Sverke, M. (2000). Contingent employment contracts: Are existing theories still relevant? Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, Tokyo, Japan, May 29- June 2, 2000. Proceedings Volume I, Track I: Invited Papers, pp. 131-140.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., Näswall, K., & Braun, C. (2000). Anställningsotrygghet, arbetsattityder och hälsa i magra organisationer: En litteraturöversikt och metaanalys. (Job insecurity, work attitudes, and health in downsized organizations: A review and meta-analysis.) In K. Barklöf (Ed.), Smärtgränsen: En antologi om hälsokonsekvenser i magra organisationer (The pain-threshold: An antology on health consequences in slimmed organizations) (pp. 119-134). Stockholm: Rådet för Arbetslivsforskning.

Sverke, M., Gallagher, D. G., & Hellgren, J. (2000). Alternative work arrangements: Job stress, well-being and pro-organizational attitudes among employees with different employment contracts. In K. Isaksson, C. Hogstedt, C. Eriksson, & T. Theorell (Eds.), Health effects of the new labour market (pp. 145-167). New York: Plenum.

Sverke, M., Hellgren, J., & Öhrming, J. (1999). Organizational restructuring and health care work: A quasi-experimental study. In P.M. le Blanc, M.C.W. Peeters, A. Büssing, & W.B. Schaufeli (Eds.), Organizational psychology and health care: European contributions (pp. 15-32). München: Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Sverke, M. & Sjöberg, A. (1997). Ideological and instrumental union commitment, in M. Sverke (Ed.), The future of trade unionism: International perspectives on emerging union structures (pp. 277-293). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Sverke, M. & Sjöberg, A. (1997). Short-term union merger effects on member attitudes and behaviour, in M. Sverke (Ed.), The future of trade unionism: International perspectives on emerging union structures (pp. 347-360). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Sverke, M. (1997) Emerging union structures: An introduction, in M. Sverke (Ed.), The future of trade unionism: International perspectives on emerging union structures (pp. 3-18). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Hellgren, J., Sjöberg, A., & Sverke, M. (1997). Intention to quit: Effects of job satisfaction and job perceptions, in F. Avallone, J. Arnold, & K. de Witte (Eds.), Feelings work in Europe (pp. 415-423). Milano: Guerini.

Sjöberg, A. & Sverke, M. (1996). Predicting turnover intention among nurses: The role of work values, in V.V. Baba (Ed.), Work values and behaviour: Research and applications (pp. 213-223). Montréal: International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Values.

Sverke, M. (1996). The importance of ideology in trade union participation in Sweden: A social-psychological model, in P. Pasture, J. Verberckmoes & H. De Witte (Eds.), The lost perspective? Trade unions between ideology and social action in the new Europe, Vol. 2, Significance of ideology in European trade unionism (pp. 353-376). Perspectives on Europe, Aldershot: Avebury.

Sverke, M. & Sjöberg, A. (1995). The importance of union attitudes: A rationalistic theory. In S. V. Pronin (Ed.), Pluralism and variation in industrial relations: Issues on typologies and politics in the union movement (pp. 14-16). Moscow: The Russian Academy of Science (in Russian).

Sverke, M. & Sjöberg, A. (1995). Union membership behavior: The influence of instrumental and value-based commitment, in L.E. Tetrick & J. Barling (Eds.), Changing employment relations: Behavioral and social perspectives (pp. 229-254). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Sverke, M., Kuruvilla, S. & Sjöberg, A. (1994). Union commitment, participation, and membership turnover in Sweden: A longitudinal study, in P. Voos (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourty-Sixth Annual Meeting (pp. 432-441). Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association.


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