Rikard Eriksson

• Eriksson, Rikard; Ellingsen, Pål; Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp & Glømmen, Anne Margrethe (2026). Relativ fattigdom i forbrukerkulturen. Søkere av Frelsesarméens julehjelp i Danmark beskriver sin livssituasjon. Nordisk tidsskrift for livskvalitet og bærekraftig velferdsutvikling. 5(1), p. 44–58. doi: 10.18261/njwel.5.1.5. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard & Henriksen, Rolf Carsten (2026). Endringsledelse i voksenopplæringen. En kvalitativ studie fra rektorers og undervisningslederes perspektiv. Nordic Studies in Education. ISSN 1891-5914. 46(1), p. 69–85. doi: 10.23865/nse.v46.7545. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Denne studiens problemstilling er hvordan endringsledelse praktiseres i voksenopplæring? Funn fra studien viser en profesjonalisering av voksenopplæringen (VO), et andre funn handler om trygghet og meningsmotsetninger, et tredje funn er identitetsbekreftelser og kulturskaping i kollegiet, og et fjerde siste funn er myndiggjøring av og kommunikasjon med ansatte. Drøftingen viser hvordan lederne navigerer mellom strukturelle og kulturelle faktorer i virksomheten. Gjennom å styrke lærernes autonomi og profesjonelle identitet kan ledere sikre gode endringsprosesser. Dermed blir endringsledelse i VO ikke bare et verktøy for stegvis implementering, men også en dynamisk praksis for å utvikle bærekraftige, profesjonelle og robuste voksenopplæringsmiljøer for fremtiden.

• Arvidsson, Klara; Borr, Moa; Ek, Hans & Eriksson, Rikard (2024). Att hjälpa barn med komplexa problem : En kvalitativ studie av samverkan mellan socialtjänst och skola. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 101(2), p. 228–237. doi: 10.62607/smt.v101i2.22771. Full text in Research Archive
• Khoronzhevych, Mariya & Eriksson, Rikard (2024). Career agency of immigrants participating in employment interventions in Norway. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. ISSN 0306-9885. doi: 10.1080/03069885.2024.2396115. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2024). Vårdanstalt som kuliss för arbetsläger - Den stora interneringen på statliga svenska institutioner för sinnessjukvård perioden 1861-1979. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 21(1), p. 4–15. doi: 10.18261/tph.21.1.2. Full text in Research Archive
• Glømmen, Anne Margrethe; Sæthern, Beate Brevik & Eriksson, Rikard (2024). Students' learning outcomes from being a mentor in the Nightingale Mentoring Programme for Adult Refugees in Norway. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. ISSN 2046-6854. 13(3). doi: 10.1108/IJMCE-02-2023-0015. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Purpose – This study aimed to identify and describe how mentoring influences the mentor, by operationalising and specifying learning outcomes involved in mentoring. Design/methodology/approach – This study used an action research approach, by uniting theory and practice to explore new ways of learning and evolve the field of practice in education. Thematic analysis was used to identify and organise patterns or themes that emerged from the data. Findings – The results showed that mentoring changed the mentors’ perspectives towards improved understanding, more flexibility and approval of other cultures. It seems that mentoring expanded the mentors’ search for values, wishes and resources, including an awareness that our values, wishes and needs are more similar than different. Mentoring also seems to have improved the ability to reformulate, be flexible, strive to optimise user engagement and engage with people as they are, based on their own prerequisites. Research limitations/implications – The low number of participants means the results cannot be generalised, and voluntary participation may have led to more motivated involvement and positive results. Practical implications – This study shows that mentoring has had an impact on students’ development of intercultural competence and cultural sensitivity through regular meetings with individuals from a different cultural background. Mentoring seems to have revealed insights into underlying prejudices and changed perspectives towards better understanding, thus increased acceptance of other cultures. Originality/value – Search for similar studies shows a lack of research that operationalises and specifies the learning outcomes that mentors gain from being a mentor.

• Mahama, Ruhia; Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2023). African immigrants in Sweden experiencing the threat of forced child removal. European Journal of Social Work. ISSN 1369-1457. 27(2), p. 222–232. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2022.2149474. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard; Tangnæs, Elin & Ellingsen, Pål (2023). Innovating the Public Sector with Hybrid Interactions - focusing the user on the digital transformation of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). Nordic Journal of Innovation in the Public Sector (NJIPS). 2(1), p. 59–70. doi: 10.18261/njips.2.1.5. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2022). Triviala tings moraliska makt. En studie av hur 1900-talets sinnessjukhus formades av praktisk administrering och socialt vardagsliv. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 99(4), p. 577–588. Full text in Research Archive
• Gunneflo, Linnea; Ek, Hans & Eriksson, Rikard (2022). Att bli en som tar för sig av livet. Anhörigas uppfattningar om hur socialt stöd kan förbättra den psykiska hälsan för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 99(2), p. 280–289. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans; Eriksson, Rikard; Ebefors, Mikael & Ellingsen, Pål (2021). Lärarens lösningsfokuserade strategier i arbetet med elever som utmanar. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 98(2), p. 303–315. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard & Tangnæs, Elin (2021). Digital samhandling i den norske Arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen. Veiledernes arbeidssituasjon i en teknologisk samtid. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. 14(2), p. 17–29. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans; Løkkeberg, Stine Eileen Torp; Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2020). Disabilities exhibited by children and adolescents that refuse to go to school. Child & family behavior therapy (Print). ISSN 0731-7107. 42(4), p. 268–283. doi: 10.1080/07317107.2020.1809202. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The aim of the study was to investigate what functional difficulties young people who refuse to go to school experience in their everyday lives. Research questions where what difficulties do young people who refuse to go to school experience? Are there differences between boys and girls? The study is a retrospective journal study with 28 Swedish youngsters based on Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Major findings where about somatic symptoms, emotional distress, loneliness, distinct gender roles, less mature and risk behavior. Although the school, social services and children- and adolescent psychiatry largely agree on the complexity of adolescents being absent from school, it seems difficult for the organizations to agree on adequate solutions.

• Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2020). Symbolic rationality in the public sector. Journal of Organizational Change Management. ISSN 0953-4814. 33(5), p. 979–991. doi: 10.1108/JOCM-09-2019-0292. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The aim of this article is to describe work relations between leaders and counsellors in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). The study focuses on communication, control, work ethos, worldview and Digital Production Management (DPM). Leaders and employees in NAV have to combine competencies, practices and values, and, at the same time, focus on both professional interests and organisational goals. The study found the following: (a) that leaders use DPM to control employees, (b) communicative and regulative aspects of working in NAV, (c) contradictory simultaneous work demands on leaders and counsellors, and (d) the symbolic rationality of work in NAV. The aspects (a) to (d) show a specific worldview in NAV. The study shows a reciprocity, which means that leaders and counsellors need mutual knowledge and acceptance of each other's responsibilities and duties. It is fruitful to describe this situation in the public sector through the concept of symbolic rationality.

• Ek, Hans; Utter, Emma; Eriksson, Rikard & Ellingsen, Pål (2020). Diagnosinflation inom Barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 97(5/6), p. 783–792. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard & Røn, Maria (2020). Førstelinjearbeid i en digital tid. Om hvordan elektronisk saksbehandling påvirker arbeidet til veilederen i den norske arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen (NAV). Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv. ISSN 1399-1442. 22(4), p. 71–85. doi: 10.7146/tfa.v22i4.124215. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Røn, Maria (2018). Tall er ikke bare økonomi. En studie av ledelse og produksjonsstyring i NAV. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 21(1), p. 4–17. doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2018-01-01. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Ek, Hans (2017). Psykiatrisering som kulturmönster : ett utkast till sociokulturella studier av psykisk hälsa. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 14(1), p. 54–65. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2017-01-06. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans; Isaksson, Joakim & Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2017). Professioner, makt och samverkan mellan myndigheter: socialtjänstens, skolans och BUP:s arbete med ungdomar som inte går till skola. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. ISSN 1104-1420. 24(1), p. 59–77. doi: 10.3384/svt.2017.24.1.2402. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Ellingsen, Pål (2017). Från galenskap i livets vardag till sjukdom i kroppens gener. Hospitalsbyråns konceptualiseringar av sinnessjukdom åren 1860-1910. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. ISSN 1104-1420. 24(3-4), p. 281–302. doi: 10.3384/svt.2017.24.3-4.2389. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Carlsson, Maria (2016). Att leva med ADHD : en intervjustudie av ungdomar med koncentrationssvårigheter med fokus på deras vardagsliv och sociala relationer. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 13(1/2), p. 5–14. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-01-02-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans & Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2016). Diagnos- och behandlingskarriärer inom Barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin. En retrospektiv journalstudie. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 4(6). Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Szum, Kristoffer (2015). Vägen till ett liv värt att leva efter hög ryggmärgsskada. En salutogen kvalitativ studie av tetraplegiker. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans; Eriksson, Rikard Olof & Schnelzer, Linda (2015). Stödjande samtal som psykologisk behandling inom Barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin (BUP) : en intervjustudie av hur kuratorer inom specialistsjukvård använder strukturerat samtal i arbetet med patienter och anhöriga. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 12(3), p. 206–216. Full text in Research Archive
• Ek, Hans & Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2012). School phobia and school refusal. A state of the art literature review. Child & family behavior therapy (Print). ISSN 0731-7107. doi: 10.1080/07317107.2013.818899. Full text in Research Archive
• Virta, Lena; Joranger, Pål; Brox, Jens Ivar & Eriksson, Rikard (2012). Costs of shoulder pain and resource use in primary health care: a cost-of-illness study in Sweden. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-17. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Painful shoulders pose a substantial socioeconomic burden. A prospective cost-of-illness study was performed to assess the costs associated with healthcare use and loss of productivity in patients with shoulder pain in primary health care in Sweden. Methods: The study was performed in western Sweden, in a region with 24 000 inhabitants. Data were collected during six months from electronic patient records at three primary healthcare centres in two municipalities. All patients between 20 and 64 years of age who presented with shoulder pain to a general practitioner or a physiotherapist were included. Diagnostic codes were used for selection, and the cases were manually controlled. The cost for sick leave was calculated according to the human capital approach. Sensitivity analysis was used to explore uncertainty in various factors used in the model. Results: 204 (103 women) patients, mean age 48 (SD 11) years, were registered. Half of the cases were closed within six weeks, whereas 32 patients (16%) remained in the system for more than six months. A fifth of the patients were responsible for 91% of the total costs, and for 44% of the healthcare costs. The mean healthcare cost per patient was €326 (SD 389) during six months. Physiotherapy treatments accounted for 60%. The costs for sick leave contributed to 84% of the total costs. The mean annual total cost was €4139 per patient. Estimated costs for secondary care increased the total costs by one third. Conclusions: The model applied in this study provides valuable information that can be used in cost evaluations. Costs for secondary care and particularly for sick leave have a major influence on total costs and interventions that can reduce long periods of sick leave are warranted.

• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2011). Film Ethnography. A social and cultural analysis of feature films. Ethnologia Scandinavica. A Journal for Nordic Ethnology. ISSN 0348-9698. Full text in Research Archive
• Virta, Lena; Mortensen, Mona; Eriksson, Rikard & Möller, Margareta (2009). How many patients with subacromial impingement syndrome recover with physiotherapy? a follow-up study of a supervised exercise programme. Advances in Physiotherapy. ISSN 1403-8196. 11(3), p. 166–173. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard (2009). Konsum snabbköp och den moderne svensken. Identitet och interaktion i kooperativa förbundets filmer om självbetjäning (1920-60). RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift. ISSN 0035-5267. 92(4), p. 207–222. Full text in Research Archive
• Virta, Lena & Eriksson, Rikard (2008). Using video analysis to illuminate professional-patient interaction of clinical interventions. Practice Development in Health Care. ISSN 1475-9861. 7(3), p. 143–155. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard (2007). Samverkan för välfärd : social ekonomi och en ny svensk modell. In Axelsson, Runo & Axelsson, Susanna Bihari (Ed.), Folkhälsa i samverkan mellan professioner, organisationer och samhällssektorer. Studentlitteratur AB. ISSN 9789144017938. p. 401–423. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard (2007). Sjukhusets inverterade hierarki. Att förstå svårigheterna att styra produktionen av sjukhusvård med sociologen Bourdieu. Kommunal ekonomi och politik. ISSN 1402-8700. 11(3), p. 7–24. Full text in Research Archive
• Magnusson, Lars; Ejerhed, Lars; Rostgård, Lennart; Sernert, Ninni & Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2006). A Prospective Randomized Study After Artroscopic Bankart Repair Using two Diefferent Types of Absorbable Implants. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopy And Related. ISSN 0749-8063. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2005). Landsflykt i skuggvärld. En studie av reklam för psykofarmaka. In Torell, Ulrika & Qvarsell, Roger (Ed.), Reklam och hälsa : levnadsideal, skönhet och hälsa i den svenska reklamens historia. Carlsson Bokförlag. ISSN 9789172036352. p. 197–212. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2003). Visualiserad doft – En sociokulturell analys av Calvin Kleins parfymreklam. In Sparrman, Anna; Torell, Ulrika & Snickare, Eva Åhrén (Ed.), Visuella spår : bilder i kultur- och samhällsanalys. Studentlitteratur AB. ISSN 9789144024622. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2001). Psykologihistoria på marsch. Lychnos. ISSN 0076-1648. Full text in Research Archive

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• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard & Kvitting, Knut Arne (2022). Brukerorientert ledelse i offentlig sektor. 2. utgave. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205560420. 216 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsen, Pål; Eriksson, Rikard & Tangnæs, Elin (2022). Digital samhandling og symbolsk rasjonalitet i den norske arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen (NAV). I Rundgren, Klinga, Löfström & Mossberg (red), Perspektiv på samverkanspraktik. Studentlitteratur AB. ISBN 9789144143804. 16 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Eriksson, Rikard (2020). En antologi som lyckas med att synliggöra skolkuratorns verksamhet. Fontene forskning. ISSN 1890-9868. p. 92–92. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard (2011). Ulrika Torell, Roger Qvarsell & Jenny Lee: Burkar, påsar och paket. Förpakningarnas historia i vardagens konsumtionskulturer. Nordiska museets förlag, Stockholm 2010: recension. RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift. ISSN 0035-5267. 94(1), p. 53–55. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (1999). Yrkesvägledning med radio och TV : att fostra svensk ungdom till rätt arbete och liv. In Sandin, Bengt (Eds.), Medier och modernisering : en antologi om utbildningsprogram och samhällsförändring. Stiftelsen Etermedierna i Sverige. ISSN 9789126999504. p. 138–156. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (1998). Behandlingsansvariga mentalskötare. In Sjöström, Stefan (Eds.), Nya kulturer i psykiatrin. Studentlitteratur AB. ISSN 9789144002316. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2005). Social ekonomi och offentlig verksamhet kan samverka för välfärd : slutrapport från utvärderingen av EQUAL-partnerskapet Ny ekonomi och socialt entreprenörskap (NESE). Fou i väst. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2004). Att dubblera välfärd med social ekonomi : delrapport från utvärderingen av EU-projektet Ny ekonomi och socialt entreprenörskap. Fou i väst. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2004). Chefskap NU-sjukvården. Göteborgs Universitet Handelshögskolan,. ISSN 9789163154331. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2003). Managerial positions and generational change : a study in the health care sector of the Västra Götaland County. Working paper in studies of organization and society / Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet (Print),1651-8098 ;2003:5. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2003). Valfrihetens betydelse i sjukvården : uppfattningar bland medborgare, politiker, vårdpersonal och forskare. Göteborg :Strategisk utveckling, Västra götalandsregionen,2003. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2002). Chefskap och generationsskifte : en pilotstudie inom Västra Götalandsregionen. FE-rapport (Göteborg. Print),0348-7547 ;393. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (2001). Från vårdutveckling till FoU : NU-sjukvården i Västra Götaland som ett exempel på förändringar inom landstingens forsknings- och utvecklingsverksamhet. Västra Götalandsregionen. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (1999). Psykoteknik. Kulturell fabricering av personlig identitet. Linköping studies in arts and science. ISSN 9789172038929. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (1997). Medellånga vårdutbildninga. I Högskoleutbildningar inom vård och omsorg. Högskoleverkets rapportserie 1997:2 R. Högskoleverket. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksson, Rikard Olof (1995). Ludwig Fleck : om naturvetenskapliga sanningars ursprung och sätt att utvecklas. Tema, Hälsa och samhälle, Linköpings universitet. Full text in Research Archive

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