Pia Tham
Professor at Department of social work; Faculty
- E-mail:
- pia.tham@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3H - Postal address:
- Box 624
751 26 UPPSALA
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Keywords
- arbetsmiljö
- ledarskap
- socionom
- socialt arbete
- yrkesverksamma
- socionomers professionsidentitet

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of BMC Nursing, 2023
- DOI for Staff quality of working life and turnover intentions in municipal nursing care and social welfare: a cross-sectional study
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Recent publications
Part of Journal of Social Work Practice, p. 37-51, 2025
- DOI for How can teams in social work be strengthened?: An example from a two-year project among social workers in child welfare
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Part of Geriatric Nursing, p. 83-93, 2024
- DOI for Individual, family, job, and organizational factors associated with retirement intentions among older long-term care workers: A systematic review
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Part of Social Work Education, p. 2847-2864, 2024
- DOI for Building professional identity during social work education: The role of reflective writing as a tool
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Dialogue with Avatars in Simulation-Based Social Work Education: A Scoping Review
Part of Social Sciences, p. 628-628, 2024
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Part of British Journal of Social Work, 2024
- DOI for The specialization/collaboration paradox: Investigating specialization within child welfare as a barrier to collaboration
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of Social Work Practice, p. 37-51, 2025
- DOI for How can teams in social work be strengthened?: An example from a two-year project among social workers in child welfare
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Part of Social Work Education, p. 2847-2864, 2024
- DOI for Building professional identity during social work education: The role of reflective writing as a tool
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Part of British Journal of Social Work, 2024
- DOI for The specialization/collaboration paradox: Investigating specialization within child welfare as a barrier to collaboration
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Part of European Journal of Social Work, p. 1081-1091, 2023
- DOI for Under the delusive wings of the welfare state: engagement in the policy process among social work faculty members in Sweden
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Part of BMC Nursing, 2023
- DOI for Staff quality of working life and turnover intentions in municipal nursing care and social welfare: a cross-sectional study
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Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 2038-2056, 2023
- DOI for Lower demands but less meaningful work?: Changes in work situation and health among social workers in a 15-year perspective
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Part of European Journal of Social Work, 2023
- DOI for Social work in an assembly line: Specialisation in child welfare work and its implications for collaboration
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Part of Social Work Education, p. 494-510, 2023
- DOI for How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world
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Not rocket science: Implementing efforts to improve working conditions of social workers
Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 1896-1915, 2022
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Part of European Journal of Social Work, p. 541-553, 2021
- DOI for ‘Perhaps I should be working with potted plants or standing in the fish counter instead?’: Newly educated social workers' reflections on their first years in practice
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COVID-19 impact on social work admissions and education in seven international universities
Part of Social Work Education, p. 1154-1163, 2020
The Iron Cage of Leadership: The Role of First-line Managers in Child Welfare
Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 369-388, 2020
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Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 449-467, 2018
- DOI for A professional role in transition: Swedish child welfare social workers’ descriptions of their work in 2003 and 2014
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Part of Nordic Social Work Research, p. 185-200, 2018
Part of Social Work Education, p. 704-717, 2014
Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 807-827, 2009
Why are they leaving?: Factors Affecting Intention to Leave among Social Workers in Child Welfare
Part of British Journal of Social Work, p. 1225-1246, 2007
Part of Socionomens forskningssupplement, p. 62-77, 2007
Articles, review/survey
Part of Geriatric Nursing, p. 83-93, 2024
- DOI for Individual, family, job, and organizational factors associated with retirement intentions among older long-term care workers: A systematic review
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Dialogue with Avatars in Simulation-Based Social Work Education: A Scoping Review
Part of Social Sciences, p. 628-628, 2024
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Chapters in book
Social work academia and policy in Sweden
Part of Where academia and policy meet, p. 183-200, Policy Press, 2017