Dissertation, articles and books

Publications

Julia Romanowska’s publications span leadership, art, ethics, working life and health. This page presents books, peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and other writings.

Books and Doctoral Thesis

Leadership, Art, and Responsibility: The Shibboleth Effect

Julia Romanowska.

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Schibboleteffekten – ledarskap, konsten och människans ansvar

Julia Romanowska.

Appell Förlag, 2021.

Developing Leadership and Employee Health Through the Arts: Improving Leader–Employee Relationships

Julia Romanowska, Anna Nyberg and Töres Theorell.

Springer, 2016.

Improving Leadership Through the Power of Words and Music

Julia Romanowska.

Doctoral thesis, Karolinska Institutet, 2014.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

An Art-Based Leadership Intervention for Enhancement of Self-Awareness, Humility, and Leader Performance

Romanowska, J., Larsson, G. & Theorell, T.
Journal of Personnel Psychology, 13(2), 97–106, 2014.

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Effects on Leaders of an Art-Based Leadership Intervention

Romanowska, J., Larsson, G. & Theorell, T.
Journal of Management Development, 32(9), 1004–1022, 2013.

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About leadership and employee health

Theorell, T., Nyberg, A. & Romanowska, J.
Journal of Social Medicine, 90(6), 780–792, 2013.

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Health Effects on Leaders and Co-Workers of an Art-Based Leadership Development Program

Romanowska, J., Larsson, G., Eriksson, M., Wikström, B.-M., Westerlund, H. & Theorell, T.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 80(2), 78–87, 2011.

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Book Chapters and Contributions to Edited Volumes

Using Arts to Support Leadership Development

Romanowska, J. & Theorell, T., 2020.
I Töres Theorell (red.), Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health. Springer, s. 489–504.

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Using Shibboleth to Support Leadership Development Through an 'Aesthemetic' Approach in Sweden

Romanowska, J., 2019.
In Elena P. Antonacopoulou and Steven S. Taylor (Eds.), Sensuous Learning for Practical Judgment in Professional Practice: Volume 2: Arts-Based Interventions. Springer, pp. 195–227.

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The Transformative Power of Aesthetics

Romanowska, J., 2016.
In Developing Leadership and Employee Health Through the Arts: Improving Leader–Employee Relationships. Springer, pp. 99–175.

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Aesthemetics: Aesthetics, Emotions and Ethics in Leadership

Romanowska, J., 2016

The Fika Project.

Aesthetics – aesthetics, emotion and ethics in leadership

Romanowska, J., 2016

I "På något sätt är vi med om att skapa världen på nytt …": 21 texter om att jobba med konst och kultur. Nätverkstan Kultur.

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Aesthetics: aesthetics, emotion and ethics in leadership

Romanowska, J., 2015.
I Kultur & folkhälsa: antologi om forskning och praktik. Tolvnitton Förlag.

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Aesthetics – for a new way of living and leading

Romanowska, J., 2015.
I Erik Blennberger och Tomas Brytting (red.), Chef i omsorgen: vardag, forskning, etik. Gothia.

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The ability of theater to make us better people

Romanowska, J., 2014.
In the Cultural Health Box, part 3: The Theatre Book. Gothia Competence.

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Leadership and Employee Health: A Challenge in the Contemporary Workplace

Theorell, T., Bernin, P., Nyberg, A., Oxenstierna, G., Romanowska, J. & Westerlund, H., 2010.
I Jonathan Houdmont och Stavroula Leka (red.), Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, vol. 1. Wiley-Blackwell, s. 46–58.

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Other Writings

We can reverse the trend of mental illness

Romanowska, J., Döös, M., Karlsson, G., Larsson, G., Nyberg, A., Osika, W. & Theorell, T., 2015.
Dagens Nyheter, DN Debate Replies.

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