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Prot. Bil.
handnära avstånd
Dec 13, 2017 14:57
6 yrs ago
Swedish term

arbetslivsforskning

Swedish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
Detta kommer från en lärobok i företagsekonomi. På hemsidan för Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsforskning på Göteborgs universitet beskrivs arbetslivsforskning såsom:

Arbetslivet är en betydelsefull del av människors vardag. Förändringar på arbetsmarknaden och i sättet att leda och organisera arbetet får olika konsekvenser för olika grupper av arbetskraften. Hur arbetsvillkor och arbetsmiljö gestaltar sig beroende på kön, klass, position, yrkesgrupp, etnicitet, ålder och generation är viktigt att belysa. Likaså hur samhällstrender såsom digitalisering, centralisering-decentralisering och globalisering påverkar arbetslivet.

På den engelska versionen av denna sida benämner de dock arbetslivsforskning som "working life research", vilket låter väldigt svengelskt i mina öron.

Discussion

ehnsio (asker) Dec 27, 2017:
Thank you all for your help! Thank you all for your help and sorry for being a little late in replying. I think I'm going to go with occupational science or research, as it seems more suitable and sounds less Swenglish.
Deane Goltermann Dec 15, 2017:
Catharine has a point... While it is called 'working life' in many contexts, the science most often uses occupational (as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_science).
Without looking deeply into this, the wiki definition seems close to your definition.

I'll note your institutions calls itself the 'Department of Sociology and Work Science' tho I agree with you this sounds kinda Swenglish. The trouble is it is widely used throughout the Nordics. Always a quandary when your end-customers has been misusing the language for a long time.

Some reading in any case...
Catherine Brix Dec 15, 2017:
Wise to be wary If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck. Found occupational research, reference https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/default.html. The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices.
Cynthia Coan Dec 14, 2017:
work-life research If I were the poster I'd be inclined to go with "work-life research." Just for fun, I looked up "workplace research," and it seems even when seeking out uses of this term one can't get away from the ubiquitous "work-life research" term. Swedish and other Scandinavian institutions, it would seem, don't have a monopoly on the term. As an example, one cited article covers nations throughout Europe. Of the four authors listed, two came from France and two from the Netherlands. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237313...
Eden Cope Dec 14, 2017:
Work life research? Professional life research? I agree with the previous comments. I thought it sounded kind of "svengelskt" as well, but a Google search does seem to indicate that "working life research" is indeed a subject of study. I am always surprised when the correct terminology doesn't sound as natural to me as I thought it would. If you are really hesitant though, maybe you can change it to "work life research" or "professional life research?"
ehnsio (asker) Dec 13, 2017:
Yes and no, I suppose. There are quite a few hits on "working life research" but the fact that most of them relate to Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian research centers, articles, scholars and the like makes me hesitant...
SafeTex Dec 13, 2017:
@ Ehnsio Hello
A quick search on the Internet does seem to confirm "working life research" as a good candidate.
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