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Chefers psykosociala arbetsmiljö och Känsla Av SAMmanhang: En kvantitativ studie gjord i en kommun i Västra Götaland
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology and Organisation Studies.
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology and Organisation Studies.
2014 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Managers’ psycho-social work environment and Sense of Coherence (English)
Abstract [sv]

Chefers psykosociala arbetsmiljö är ett relativt outforskat område. De studier som finns visar att chefernas arbetsmiljö inte bara påverkar chefernas egen hälsa utan också kvalitén på deras ledarskap. En viktig faktor i chefernas välmående är Känsla Av Sammanhang - KASAM. En KASAM stark individ betraktar världen som begriplig, hanterbar och meningsfull och är bättre rustad inför de påfrestningar som arbetslivet står för. Den aktuella studien var en totalundersökning med syftet att undersöka hur cheferna i en mindre kommun i Västra Götaland upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö. Syftet var vidare att undersöka om det finns samband mellan psykosocial arbetsmiljö och KASAM samt om kön, chefsnivå och chefskvot påverkar upplevelsen av arbetskrav, kontroll, stöd och stress. I studien deltog 23 chefer, 17 kvinnor och 6 män, varav 19 var enhets- och verksamhetschefer och fyra var förvaltningschefer. Resultaten visade inga samband mellan KASAM och psykosociala arbetsmiljön i helhet men vid vidare granskning av resultatet fanns ett negativt samband mellan KASAM och arbetskrav. Vidare fanns negativt samband mellan stöd och arbetskrav liksom mellan stöd och stress vilket indikerar att stöd är en viktig faktor för hur cheferna upplever mängden arbetskrav och hur stressade de känner sig. Cheferna i kommunen uppvisade generellt ett högt KASAM och kanske är det så att för att kunna vara chef och hantera den kravfyllda arbetssituation som chefskapet innebär krävs en hög Känsla Av SAMmanhang

Abstract [en]

Managerial psycho-social work environment is a relatively unexplored area. Available studies show that it is important to focus on managers' work environment as it largely affects the managers themselves and the quality in their leadership. An important factor in managers' well-being is their Sense of Coherence (SOC). Individuals high on SOC view the world as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful and remain better equipped to face stress in work life. The current study was a census survey and examined the relationship between managers' psychosocial work environment and SOC in a small municipality in Sweden. The aim was to explore whether there is a correlation between psycho-social work environment and SOC, and if gender, management level and head quota affect the perception of job demands, control, support and stress. In the current study, 23 managers participated, 17 women and 6 men; 19 of which were lower level managers, and 4 were higher level managers. The results showed no correlation between SOC and psycho-social work environment, but with closer examination a negative correlation between SOC

and work demands were found. Support and work demands were negatively correlated as well as support and stress, which indicates that support is a key factor in how managers experience the amount of work demands and how stressed they feel . The managers were generally SOC strong individuals and perhaps in order to be a manager and to cope with the requirement-filled work situation that management necessitates, managerial position does require a high sense of coherence.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 25
Keywords [en]
Managers, psychosocial work environment, SOC, support, work demands, control
Keywords [sv]
Chefer, psykosocial arbetsmiljö, KASAM, stöd, arbetskrav, kontroll
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Psychology Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6925Local ID: EXM500OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-6925DiVA, id: diva2:758689
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Occupational & organizational psychology
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Personalvetarprogrammet
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Available from: 2014-11-06 Created: 2014-10-28 Last updated: 2014-11-06Bibliographically approved

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