Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Arbetsterapi och ledarskap: En intervjustudie om hur chefer beskriver att de använder sin arbetsterapeutiska professionella kompetens

Stevenhag, Fanny LU and Wrangborg, Karin LU (2019) ATPK62 20182
Department of Health Sciences
Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
Abstract (Swedish)
Bakgrund: För arbetsterapeuter är det möjligt att arbeta inom en rad olika verksamheter och i olika roller. Vissa arbetsterapeuter väljer att ta sig an ett ledarskap i en chefsbefattning. Trots det är arbetsterapi och ledarskap ett förhållandevis outforskat fält.
Syfte: Syftet var att undersöka hur chefer beskriver att de använder sin arbetsterapeutiska professionella kompetens i ledarskapet.
Metod: Studien var kvalitativ. Åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med chefer som hade bakgrund inom arbetsterapi. Urvalet skedde genom bekvämlighets- och snöbollsurval. Studiens data analyserades genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys.
Resultat: Fyra huvudkategorier med sub-kategorier framkom i innehållsanalysen. Huvudkategorierna och... (More)
Bakgrund: För arbetsterapeuter är det möjligt att arbeta inom en rad olika verksamheter och i olika roller. Vissa arbetsterapeuter väljer att ta sig an ett ledarskap i en chefsbefattning. Trots det är arbetsterapi och ledarskap ett förhållandevis outforskat fält.
Syfte: Syftet var att undersöka hur chefer beskriver att de använder sin arbetsterapeutiska professionella kompetens i ledarskapet.
Metod: Studien var kvalitativ. Åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med chefer som hade bakgrund inom arbetsterapi. Urvalet skedde genom bekvämlighets- och snöbollsurval. Studiens data analyserades genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys.
Resultat: Fyra huvudkategorier med sub-kategorier framkom i innehållsanalysen. Huvudkategorierna och sub-kategorierna visade bland annat att deltagarna hade med sig en helhetssyn, ett fokus på möjligheter och ett intresse för aktivitetsbalans. Deltagarna beskrev också att samarbete och att kunna relatera till andra var viktiga delar både som chef och som arbetsterapeut. Deltagarna såg även likheter i arbetsprocesserna de använde som arbetsterapeut och chef. Identiteten som arbetsterapeut var fortfarande stark hos deltagarna.
Slutsats: Arbetsterapeutisk professionell kompetens kan användas av chefer i ledarskapet, till exempel vad det gäller kunskap om aktivitetsbalans, helhetssyn och relationsskapande. (Less)
Abstract
Background: Among occupational therapists some choose to take on a leadership role as a manager. Even though this is a possible career path, the connections between occupational therapy and formal leadership are not very well researched.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore how managers describe using their professional occupational therapy competence.
Method: A qualitative method including eight semi structured interviews was utilised for the study. Participants for the study were chosen through convenience sampling in combination with snowball sampling. Data was analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Results: Qualitative content analysis resulted in four main categories with related sub-categories. The main... (More)
Background: Among occupational therapists some choose to take on a leadership role as a manager. Even though this is a possible career path, the connections between occupational therapy and formal leadership are not very well researched.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore how managers describe using their professional occupational therapy competence.
Method: A qualitative method including eight semi structured interviews was utilised for the study. Participants for the study were chosen through convenience sampling in combination with snowball sampling. Data was analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Results: Qualitative content analysis resulted in four main categories with related sub-categories. The main categories and sub-categories displayed that the participants described that they had a holistic view, a focus on possibilities and an interest in occupational balance. The participants also described collaboration and relating to others as important both for occupational therapists and for managers. The participants still had a strong identity as occupational therapists.
Conclusion: Professional occupational therapy competence can be utilised by managers in their leadership, for example regarding the knowledge of occupational balance, having a holistic view and in relating to others. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Stevenhag, Fanny LU and Wrangborg, Karin LU
supervisor
organization
course
ATPK62 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Arbetsterapi, ledarskap, chef, professionell kompetens
language
Swedish
id
8966828
date added to LUP
2019-01-22 14:51:58
date last changed
2019-01-22 14:51:58
@misc{8966828,
  abstract     = {{Background: Among occupational therapists some choose to take on a leadership role as a manager. Even though this is a possible career path, the connections between occupational therapy and formal leadership are not very well researched. 
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore how managers describe using their professional occupational therapy competence.
Method: A qualitative method including eight semi structured interviews was utilised for the study. Participants for the study were chosen through convenience sampling in combination with snowball sampling. Data was analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Results: Qualitative content analysis resulted in four main categories with related sub-categories. The main categories and sub-categories displayed that the participants described that they had a holistic view, a focus on possibilities and an interest in occupational balance. The participants also described collaboration and relating to others as important both for occupational therapists and for managers. The participants still had a strong identity as occupational therapists. 
Conclusion: Professional occupational therapy competence can be utilised by managers in their leadership, for example regarding the knowledge of occupational balance, having a holistic view and in relating to others.}},
  author       = {{Stevenhag, Fanny and Wrangborg, Karin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Arbetsterapi och ledarskap: En intervjustudie om hur chefer beskriver att de använder sin arbetsterapeutiska professionella kompetens}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}