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Gunnar Aronsson

Gunnar Aronsson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
39
Citations
11525
World Ranking
5510
National Ranking
71

Overview

Gunnar Aronsson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Health Professions and Medicine. Their work focuses extensively on aspects of workplace health and well-being, employment and welfare studies, and musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation. Other specific research interests include stress and burnout, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, occupational health and burnout, and issues related to retirement, disability, and employment.

Their research output includes a number of recent papers published across various journals such as the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, SSM - Population Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Some notable publications include:

  • Health and motivation as mediators of the effects of job demands, job control, job support, and role conflicts at work and home on sickness presenteeism and absenteeism, 2020, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • The changing nature of work - Job strain, job support and sickness absence among care workers and in other occupations in Sweden 1991-2013, 2021, SSM - Population Health

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly work have included:

  • Staffan Marklund
  • Constanze Leineweber
  • Klas Gustafsson
  • Magnus Helgesson
  • Emmanuel Aboagye

Gunnar Aronsson's publications often appear in journals that focus on public and occupational health topics. The primary publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Within their main fields of study, the following subfields have been prominent:

  • General Health Professions
  • Pharmacology
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Occupational Therapy

The main topics of Gunnar Aronsson's research emphasize workplace-related health dimensions and social factors influencing employment and welfare. Their work addresses:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Best Publications

  • Sick but yet at work. An empirical study of sickness presenteeism

    Gunnar Aronsson;Klas Gustafsson;Margareta Dallner

  • A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms

    Töres Theorell;Töres Theorell;Anne Hammarström;Gunnar Aronsson;Lil Träskman Bendz

  • Sickness presenteeism: prevalence, attendance-pressure factors, and an outline of a model for research

    Gunnar Aronsson;Klas Gustafsson

  • A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and burnout symptoms

    Gunnar Aronsson;Töres Theorell;Töres Theorell;Tom Grape;Anne Hammarström

  • Gränslöst arbete.: Socialpsykologiska perspektiv på det nya arbetslivet.

    Michael Allvin;Gunnar Aronsson;Tom Hagström;Gunn Johansson

  • Sickness presenteeism today, sickness absenteeism tomorrow? A prospective study on sickness presenteeism and future sickness absenteeism.

    Gunnar Bergström;Lennart Bodin;Jan Hagberg;Gunnar Aronsson

  • Stress reactions in computerized administrative work

    Gunn Johansson;Gunnar Aronsson

  • Work environment and health in different types of temporary jobs

    Gunnar Aronsson;Klas Gustafsson;Margareta Dallner

  • Does sickness presenteeism have an impact on future general health

    Gunnar Bergström;Lennart Bodin;Jan Hagberg;Tomas Lindh

  • Contingent Workers and Health and Safety

    Gunnar Aronsson

  • Work Without Boundaries: Psychological Perspectives on the New Working Life

    Michael Allvin;Gunnar Aronsson;Tom Hagström;Gunn Johansson

  • Arbets- och organisationspsykologi : Individ och organisation i samspel

    Gunnar Aronsson;Johnny Hellgren;Kerstin Isaksson;Gunn Johansson

  • Permanent employment but not in a preferred occupation: psychological and medical aspects, research implications.

    Gunnar Aronsson;Sara Göransson

  • Sickness presenteeism predicts suboptimal self-rated health and sickness absence: a nationally representative study of the Swedish working population.

    Marina Taloyan;Gunnar Aronsson;Constanze Leineweber;Linda Magnusson Hanson

  • Social Psychological and Neuroendocrine Stress Reactions in Highly Mechanised Work

    G Johansson;G Aronsson;B O Lindström

  • Self-estimated life situation in patients on long-term sick leave.

    Birgitta Floderus;Sara Göransson;Kristina Alexanderson;Gunnar Aronsson

  • Boundary Management Preferences, Boundary Control, and Work-Life Balance among Full-Time Employed Professionals in Knowledge-Intensive, Flexible Work

    Christin Mellner;Gunnar Aronsson;Göran Kecklund

  • Positive and negative reasons for sickness presenteeism in Norway and Sweden: a cross-sectional survey.

    Vegard Johansen;Gunnar Aronsson;Staffan Marklund

  • Långtidsfriskas arbetsvillkor : En populationsstudie

    Gunnar Aronsson;Tomas Lindh

  • Unwinding, recuperation, and health among compulsory school and high school teachers in Sweden

    Gunnar Aronsson;Lennart Svensson;Klas Gustafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Sverke
Magnus Sverke Stockholm University
Ulf Lundberg
Ulf Lundberg Stockholm University
Lennart Svensson
Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute
Göran Kecklund
Göran Kecklund Stockholm University
Per-Olof Östergren
Per-Olof Östergren Lund University
Boo Johansson
Boo Johansson University of Gothenburg
Anne Hammarström
Anne Hammarström Karolinska Institute
Norbert K. Semmer
Norbert K. Semmer University of Bern
Achim Elfering
Achim Elfering University of Bern
Laurenz L. Meier
Laurenz L. Meier University of Neuchâtel

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