Pär Löfstrand

Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer

Publications

Articles in journals

Löfstrand, P. , Wall, E. , Selander, J. , Nordenmark, M. & Vinberg, S. (2025). Employee Engagement in Swedish Public Sector Organizations : The Impact of Organizational and Social Factors on Employee Net Promoter Scores. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 29: 1, pp. 40-58.    

Hansson, J. , Vinberg, S. , Wall, E. & Löfstrand, P. (2025). The transition to an activity-based workplace : Experiences of managers and employees from a sense of coherence perspective in public sector workplaces. PLOS ONE, vol. 20: 3    

Löfstrand, P. & Terp, U. (2024). Perceptions of Effective and Ineffective Teaching : Insights From Students. Journal of Organizational psychology, vol. 24: 2  

Löfstrand, P. & Zakrisson, I. (2017). "What about the child issue?" Group negotiations of gender and parenthood contracts in recruitment situations. SOCIETY HEALTH & VULNERABILITY, vol. 8: Sup 1, pp. 1-12.    

Löfstrand, P. & Zakrisson, I. (2014). Competitive Versus Non-Competitive Goals in Group Decision-Making. Small Group Research, vol. 45: 4, pp. 451-464.  

Zakrisson, I. & Löfstrand, P. (2010). Vem får vara med och vem bestämmer? : Om exklusion och inklusion i idrottsföreningars beslutsfattande. Svensk Idrottsforskning, : 2, pp. 40-43.  

Chapters in books

Terp, U. & Löfstrand, P. (2022). Studenter hjälper studenter : Uppföljning av projektet ”Lära att lära”. In Bidrag från universitetspedagogisk konferens 2021. Karlstad : Karlstads universitet (Utveckling av undervisning och examination i högre utbildning: utgiven av Universitetspedagogiska enheten vid Karlstads universitet). pp. 75-91.

Jonsson, G. , Bye, R. , Löfstrand, P. , Skoglund, W. & Thorsen, H. (2011). Måste man idrotta på idrottsanläggningen?. In Forskning Tröndelag, 2011. Trondheim : Tapir Akademisk Forlag. pp. 77-103.

Conference papers

Löfstrand, P. , Vinberg, S. & Wall, E. (2025). Impact of Hybrid and Activity-Based Work Environments on Employee Engagement and Advocacy in Public Sector Workplaces : A Longitudinal Study. Paper presented at the EAWOP, Small Group Meeting: Hybrid work environments, Berlin, 9-10 January, 2025

Löfstrand, P. , Wall, E. , Selander, J. , Nordenmark, M. & Vinberg, S. (2024). Examining Sustainable Employee Engagement and Recommendation Propensity : Insights from Two Municipalities in Northern Sweden. Paper presented at the FALF 2024: Sustainable HRM and Working-Life Practices, Göteborg, 17–19 juni, 2024

Nordenmark, M. , Hansson, J. , Selander, J. , Vinberg, S. , Wall, E. & Löfstrand, P. (2024). Harmonizing the Dynamics of Employeeship, Motivation, Leadership, Management, and Ambassadorship : Insights from a Study in Swedish Public Workplaces. Paper presented at the 16th ESA CONFERENCE, Porto, Portugal, August 27-30, 2024

Terp, U. , Wall, E. , Vinberg, S. , Qvarngård, L. , Hällkvist, M. & Löfstrand, P. (2024). Ledarskapsutmaningar vid övergången till aktivitetsbaserat arbetssätt. Paper presented at the FALF 2024: Göteborg, 17-19 juni 2024

Wall, E. , Selander, J. , Vinberg, S. , Nordenmark, M. & Löfstrand, P. (2024). Meningsskapande vid övergången till ett aktivitetsbaserat arbetssätt. Paper presented at the FALF 2024, Göteborg, 17-19 juni, 2024

Löfstrand, P. , Wall, E. , Selander, J. , Nordenmark, M. , Hansson, J. & Vinberg, S. (2024). Transition to Activity Based Workplaces (ABWs) in the Post Covid-19 Era. Paper presented at the 16th ESA CONFERENCE, Porto, Portugal, August 27-30, 2024

Löfstrand, P. (2023). Group Based Decision-Making : Tales from the lab. In Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Löfstrand, P. & Terp, U. (2023). Psychological Safety at Work : A Qualitative Analysis of Five Professions. Paper presented at the 21st European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Congress, Katowice, Poland, May 24-27, 2023  

Löfstrand, P. & Wallberg, E. (2023). Psykologisk trygghet fokus på etnicitet, kultur och språk. In Psykologisk trygghet med fokus på etnicitet, kultur och språk : Undersköterskors upplevelser av psykologisk trygghet på jobbet..

Löfstrand, P. & Terp, U. (2021). Hope, Thoughts and Emotions Among Vocational Learning Students. In Book of Abstracts.

Löfstrand, P. & Terp, U. (2021). In the Eye of the Beholder : Students’ perception of what it means to be an effective teacher. In Book of Abstracts.

Löfstrand, P. & Terp, U. (2021). Work Engagement, Psychological Safety and Hope. In Konferensbok.  

Löfstrand, P. & Zakrisson, I. (2019). Ambivalent judgments of targeted groups – an example from a consensus prone culture. In Book of Abstracts.

Zakrisson, I. & Löfstrand, P. (2019). Aspects of Power in Group Decision-Making Situations. In Book of Abstracts.

Zakrisson, I. & Löfstrand, P. (2019). Contextual Factors and Heterogeneity Influences Degree of Deviance within Groups. In Book of Abstracts.

Zakrisson, I. & Löfstrand, P. (2019). Stereotypic perceptions of occupations : Being a woman, well-educated and nice does not pay. In Book of Abstracts.

Löfstrand, P. (2017). Assessment of the Political Candidate. In Book of Abstracts.

Löfstrand, P. (2017). Majority vs. Minority influence. In Book of Abstracts.

Löfstrand, P. (2014). Conversational Arguments in Small Group Decision Making : Reasoning Activity and Perceived Influence over the Decision are Keys for Success. In Independent in the heard: Inclusion and exclusion as social processes. : Proceedings from the 9th GRASP conference, Linköping University, May 2014. (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings). pp. 64--81.  

Löfstrand, P. (2007). Rollspel, rasism och genus. In Genusmaraton 2007 : Mittsveriges genusforskare på frammarsch. Östersund : (Genusstudier vid Mittuniversitetet). pp. 45--53.

Löfstrand, P. , Zakrisson, I. , Zipsanse, H. & Bäckström, M. (2006). Does role-playing the situation of a refugee affect racism : Paper presented at International Society fo Political Psychology conference, Barcelona, July 2006..

Zakrisson, I. & Löfstrand, P. (2002). Tolerance, SDO, RWA, and perceived upbringing in Sweden : Paper presented at the ISPP 25th conference in Berlin, Germany, July 16-19, 2002..

Doctoral theses

Löfstrand, P. (2018). Communicating, Negotiating and Stereotyping : The roles of context, situation and gender in small group decision-making. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2018 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 277)  

Reports

Löfstrand, P. , Vinberg, S. , Wall, E. , Selander, J. & Nordenmark, M. (2024). Aktivitetsbaserade kontor inom Östersunds kommun – delrapport. Mittuniversitetet

Jonsson, G. , Skoglund, W. , Bye, R. , Löfstrand, P. , Thorsen, H. & Sletteröd, N. (2010). Idrottsanläggningars betydelse i lokalsamhället : - bortom det idrottsliga. Delrapport 1.  

Löfstrand, P. & Wallin, K. (2008). Det ideella kulturarvsarbetet, livslångt lärande och social ekonomi. Jamtli Förlag : Östersund (Rapport- Jamtli, Jämtlands Läns Museum 2008:1 2008).

Zakrisson, I. , Skoglund, W. , Jonsson, G. & Löfstrand, P. (2008). Idrottens roll i lokal samhällsutveckling : bortom Real Madrid och storstädernas mångfald. Östersund : JiLU  

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