Equality and the swedish work environment |
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Authors: | William I Gorden Kjell-Ake Holmberg D Ray Heisey |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Communication Studies, Kent State University, 44242 Kent, Ohio;(2) Department of Information and Computer Science, Lund University, Sweden |
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Abstract: | The tension betweenneed andeffort is at the core of differing interpretations of social equality and inequality. Need-based thinking entails social and economic
justice for all within the state regardless of abilities and effort. Effort-based thinking embodies distribution of material
resources according to energy expended, abilities, and achievement. The Swedish model for the past five decades has sided
with need-based egalitarian mindedness and increasingly has applied that criterion to the quality of working life. Accommodations
were made for wealth, a managerial elite, and strong unions. Recently, the country’s overheated economy and pressures for
austerity have caused a reassessment of the welfare state. |
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Keywords: | equality equity deprivation Sweden quality of worklife |
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