Stress och arbetsmotivation: En kvantitativ studie om samband mellan upplevd stress och motivation på arbetet
2016 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Stress and work motivation : A quantitative study on the relationship between perceived stress and work motivation (English)
Abstract [sv]
Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns något samband mellan upplevd stress hos människan och dennes arbetsmotivation. Studien avsåg även att under-söka om de demografiska frågorna var av relevans för resultatet. Studien grundas i en kvantitativ ansats och bygger på en tvådelad enkät, bestående av en enkät som mäter stressnivå och en som mäter arbetsmotivation. Enkäten som användes för att mäta stress var PSS- Perceived Stress Scale. För att mäta arbetsmotivation använ-des BPNS- Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale. Undersökningen innefattade 78 respondenter från fem olika arbetsplatser. Studien utgick ifrån P-E fit- teorin, Karaseks krav- och kontrollmodell samt Self Determination Theory. Resultatet av studien visade en signifikant korrelation mellan upplevd stress och arbetsmotivat-ion.
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this study was to examine if there is any correlation between per-ceived stress and motivation at work. The purpose was also to examine if the de-mograpich questions could be of interest according to the results of the study. The study was based on a quantitative approach and used a questionnaire that was devided in two parts. One that measured perceived stress and the other that meas-ured working motivation. The questionnaires that were being used were PSS- Per-ceived Stress Scale and BPNS- Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale. The study included 78 respondents, all working at five different companies. The study was based on the P-E fit- theory, Karasek´s demand- and control model and Self Determination Theory. The results of this study showed that there is a significant correlation between percevied stress and motivation at work.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. , p. 19
Keywords [en]
Stress, motivation, motivation at work, P-E fit-theory, Karasek´s de-mand- and control model, Self Determination Theory
Keywords [sv]
Stress, motivation, arbetsmotivation, P-E fit teori, Karaseks krav- och kontroll modell, Self Determination Theory
National Category
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-10662Local ID: EXM500OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-10662DiVA, id: diva2:1072491
Subject / course
Psychology
Educational program
Psykologi
Supervisors
Examiners
2017-02-082017-02-082025-09-30Bibliographically approved