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Christina Björklund

Christina Björklund

Principal Researcher
Telephone: +46852485263
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Solna
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 IIR Björklund, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a senior researcher and a research group leader at Karolinska
    Institutet. I have my PhD in psychology and docent in Business administration
    from Stockholm School of Economics.

    Education:

    Docent, Stockholm School of Economics, Busniess Adminstration, 2014.
    PhD in psychology, Stockholm School of Economics, Economic psychology unit,
    2001.
    Licentiate, Stockholm School of Economics, Economic psychology unit, 1997.
    B.A in psychology , University of Stockholm, 1993
    B.A. in psychology and business administration, Bethany College, Kansas, USA,
    1991

Research

  • My research focuses on different aspects of organizational behavior such as work motivation, bullying and sexual harassment, managers and leadership, well-being, work performance, teams, and work environment. Most of the research that I have conducted is related to applied psychology, which relates to problem solving within human behavior such as health issues, and workplace issues. I have also taken part in research projects focusing on intervention and implementation. Implementation research involves research on the implementation and dissemination of effective interventions into practice. These include the development of national guidelines. I am a co-author to several, for example Guidelines for mental illness in the workplace which was developed in collaboration with other researchers, practitioner and Swedish Association of Occupational Health and Safety to prevent mental ill-health. Another guideline that I have co-authored is Guidelines for managing social health risks at work – victimization and bullying.

    Research areas of interest
    • Managers as a group both in public and private sector
    • Work motivation and its relationship to well-being and performance
    • Organizational and social working environment and its relationship to health and performance.
    • Bullying and harassment and its relation to mental ill-health
    • Gender-based harassment in academia (bullying, incivility, sexual harassment)
    • Psychological safety and its relationship to health and safety
    • Interventions and implementation

    Research projects with me as a PI
    • Hierarchies of Health, which looked at managers on different levels in the public sector.
    • Managers in the Firing Line, which examined managers as targets of bullying.
    • A project on young managers from an individual and organizational perspective in the private sector [1].
    • Work environment and productivity in academia (PI together with prof. Irene Jensen)
    • The research and collaboration programme on gender-based vulnerability at KI [2].
    • The role of psychological safety in promoting occupational safety and health in private organizations.
    Other projects that I am a part of but not PI are implementation research studies which,
    aims to identify effective implementation strategies for the implementation
    of an occupational-health guideline to prevent mental ill-health among school
    teachers.

    Commission of trust
    2023- Chairman of KI Work Environment Committee [3].
    2022- Member of the work environment committee at the Institute of Environmental Medicine
    2020-2022 PI for the research and collaboration programme on gender-based vulnerability
    2021 - Expert advisor to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, focusing on victimization and bullying in academia.
    2017 -2022 Teacher representative at the Education Committee at the Institute of Environmental Medicine
    [1]
    [2] /genusprogrammet
    [3]

Teaching

  • Course leader and examiner of the Assessment and Intervention course (7.5hp), Master’s programme Work and Health, IMM.
    Leadership course for Educational leaders at KI financed by KIs Committee for Higher Education.

Articles

  • Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;59(12):2313-2322
    Johansson F; Edlund K; Sundgot-Borgen J; Bjorklund C; Cote P; Onell C; Sundberg T; Skillgate E
  • Article: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 2024;:10778012241243055
    Rudolfsson L; Hammond L; Bjorklund C
  • Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 2024;:1-21
    Berglund D; Toropova A; Bjoerklund C
  • Journal article: EDUCATION SCIENCES. 2024;14(1):114
    Casely-Hayford J; Lindqvist P; Bjorklund C; Bergstrom G; Kwak L
  • Article: STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2024;:1-13
    Olsson C; Toropova A; Jensen I; Bjorklund C
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. 2024;:1-22
    Casely-Hayford J; Bjorklund C; Bergstrom G; Lindqvist P; Kwak L
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;12:1400520
    Mensah A; Toivanen S; Bjorklund C
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2023;49(6):428-438
    Toropova A; Roedlund A; Bjoerklund C; Elinder LS; Jensen I; Kwak L
  • Article: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL. 2023;44(1):18-33
    Larsson G; Molnar MM; Ljungberg HT; Bjorklund C
  • Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2022;17(1):59
    Kwak L; Toropova A; Powell BJ; Lengnick-Hall R; Jensen I; Bergstrom G; Elinder LS; Stigmar K; Wahlin C; Bjorklund C
  • Article: TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND STUDIES. 2022;113:103664
    Casely-Hayford J; Bjorklund C; Bergstrom G; Lindqvist P; Kwak L
  • Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2022;17(1):23
    Toropova A; Bjorklund C; Bergstrom G; Elinder LS; Stigmar K; Wahlin C; Jensen I; Kwak L
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(2):934
    Lohela-Karlsson M; Jensen I; Bjorklund C
  • Article: STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2021;46(12):2556-2567
    Bjorklund C; Vaez M; Jensen I
  • Article: STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2021;46(12):2610-2628
    Jensen I; Bjorklund C; Hagberg J; Aboagye E; Bodin L
  • Journal article: MANAGEMENT RESEARCH REVIEW. 2021;44(5):661-676
    Larsson G; Bjorklund C
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2021;94(3):409-418
    Aronsson G; Hagberg J; Bjorklund C; Aboagye E; Marklund S; Leineweber C; Bergstrom G
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;17(19):E7285-7285
    Arapovic-Johansson B; Jensen I; Wahlin C; Bjorklund C; Kwak L
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;17(15):E5283-5283
    Jensen IB; Bramberg EB; Wahlin C; Bjorklund C; Hermansson U; Karlson ML; Elinder LS; af Rosenschold PM; Nevala T; Carter N; Mellblom B; Kwak L
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;17(13):E4711-4711
    Bergstrom G; Gustafsson K; Aboagye E; Marklund S; Aronsson G; Bjorklund C; Leineweber C
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All other publications

  • Review: SCIENTOMETRICS. 2021;126(4):3283-3301
    Aboagye E; Jensen I; Bergstrom G; Bramberg EB; Pico-Espinosa OJ; Bjorklund C
  • Conference publication: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2020;15
    Kwak L; Bjorklund C; Bostrom M; Bergstrom G; Nybergh L; Elinder LS; Stigmar K; Wahlin C; Jensen I
  • Scholarly edition: 2012
    The relationship between psychosocial work factors, employee health and organisational production – a systematic review
    Lohela Karlsson M; Björklund C; Jensen I
  • Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2006;16:57-58
    Bergstrom G; Bjorklund C; Lisspers J; Nathell L; Hermansson U; Fried I; Helander A; Bodin L; Jensen I
  • Thesis / dissertation: 2001
    Björklund, C. (2001). Work motivation -studies of its determinants and outcomes. Doctoral dissertation. Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm
    Björklund C
  • Report:
    Guidelines for Managing Social Health Risks at Work- Victimization and Bullying
    Björklund C; Blomberg S; Cowen Forssel R

Grants

  • Forte i sambarbete med Försäkringskassan
    1 December 2023 - 1 November 2026
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 December 2023 - 30 November 2026
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
  • Of course I want to be a boss! A study of young managers from an individual and organizational perspective
    AFA Insurance
    1 February 2019 - 1 August 2023
  • Work environment and performance in academia (part 2)
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    1 January 2019 - 1 January 2020
  • Managers in the Firing Line! A study of managers who have been subjected to bullying and/or managers who have been accused of bullying
    AFA Insurance
    1 January 2015 - 31 December 2017
  • Work environment and performance in academia (Part 1)
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    1 January 2015 - 31 December 2016
  • Organizational and Individual Aspects of Bullying: A Four-Year Follow-Up of the AHA Method in an Academic Work Environment Compared to an Industrial Work Environment
    AFA Insurance
    1 January 2012 - 31 December 2014
  • How is the manager doing at work? A study of managers in various types of operations and their experience of the psychosocial work environment and health.
    AFA Insurance
    1 January 2010 - 31 December 2011

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