Ett kundvalssystem har införts 2002 inom hemtjänsten inom Stockholms stad.Vilka effekter som detta system har medfört har beskrivits i detta paper.Det visade sig att kvaliten inom hemtjänsten förbättrats;pensioärerna får nu en kvalitativt bättre hemtjänst. De ekonomiska effekterna har...

Idéburna eller ideella organisationer som formellt står utanför såväl statsapparat som näringsliv finns idag inom alla delar av det svenska samhället. Vi återfinner dem inom allt från rikets styrning och försvar till områden som religion, kultur och fritid men även i vården och...

Risk perceptions and attitudes to genetically modified food (GMF) were investigated in a survey study of the public (N=469) and experts (N=49). The response rate was 47 percent for the public. For the experts, response rate was 60 percent. GMF technology was rated as the worst of 18 technologies...

The study shows that a team-based incentive model changed personnel attitude and behaviour and increased the productivity in the Day Surgical Department at Huddinge University Hospital. The aims by introducing a team-based incentive model were to increase the productivity, to recruit personnel,...

The tacit morality plays a vital part of a culture. A particular morality is caused by the fact that particular social forces are needed to keep financial markets together. The mentality of financial markets has causes in the particular working conditions. A particular set of values of actors is...

Sweden has a long and rich foundation history, but foundations are today also found in the midst of a number of challenging societal transformations. Excluding the absolutely smallest, some 15 000 larger foundations operate in a wide variety of fields. I will here focus on the approximately 11...

This is a study of emotional intelligence (EI). EI was measured by performance and self-report tasks. Data were also obtained on basic values, some standard personality dimensions such as those specified in the five-factor model, social adjustment and several scales of impression management....