Individuella skillnader i medarbetares upplevda betydelse av att arbetsgivaren investerar i mental hälsa och upplevelsen av övergripande välmående utifrån femfaktorteorin
(2021) PSYK11 20202Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of our study is to contribute to increased knowledge with the hope of producing arguments as to why employers should invest in mental health by investigating the questions: 1) How does employee personality relate to the experience that it is important that their employers invest in mental health? 2) How does personality relate to the experience of overall well-being? The results are based on 365 responses to our survey containing a personality test according to the Big five theory, an item about overall well-being according to the Cantril Scale and items about what the participants think is important in the workplace. Our results showed a negative correlation between neuroticism and well-being and a positive correlation between... (More)
- The purpose of our study is to contribute to increased knowledge with the hope of producing arguments as to why employers should invest in mental health by investigating the questions: 1) How does employee personality relate to the experience that it is important that their employers invest in mental health? 2) How does personality relate to the experience of overall well-being? The results are based on 365 responses to our survey containing a personality test according to the Big five theory, an item about overall well-being according to the Cantril Scale and items about what the participants think is important in the workplace. Our results showed a negative correlation between neuroticism and well-being and a positive correlation between extraversion and well-being as well as conscientiousness and well-being. Analysis of the results shows that there is a significant connection in our sample between higher values of neuroticism and openness, and the experience that it is important for the employer to invest in mental health. According to our research, this appears to be new knowledge as we have not been able to find other scientific material that has investigated this connection. The knowledge that our study has generated can be implemented in various ways, for example by employers investing in mental health to attract employees who score high in neuroticism and openness. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Syftet med studien är att bidra till ökad kunskap med förhoppning att producera argument till varför arbetsgivare bör investera i mental hälsa genom att undersöka frågorna:
1) Finns det samband mellan medarbetares personlighet och upplevelsen av att det är viktigt att deras arbetsgivare investerar i mental hälsa? 2) Finns det samband mellan personlighet och upplevelsen av övergripande välmående? Resultatet baseras på 365 svar på vår enkätundersökning innehållandes personlighetstest enligt femfaktorteorin, ett item om övergripande välmående enligt Cantril Scale samt items om vad deltagarna tycker är viktigt på arbetsplatsen. Våra resultat visade en negativ korrelation mellan neuroticism och välmående och en positiv korrelation mellan... (More) - Syftet med studien är att bidra till ökad kunskap med förhoppning att producera argument till varför arbetsgivare bör investera i mental hälsa genom att undersöka frågorna:
1) Finns det samband mellan medarbetares personlighet och upplevelsen av att det är viktigt att deras arbetsgivare investerar i mental hälsa? 2) Finns det samband mellan personlighet och upplevelsen av övergripande välmående? Resultatet baseras på 365 svar på vår enkätundersökning innehållandes personlighetstest enligt femfaktorteorin, ett item om övergripande välmående enligt Cantril Scale samt items om vad deltagarna tycker är viktigt på arbetsplatsen. Våra resultat visade en negativ korrelation mellan neuroticism och välmående och en positiv korrelation mellan extraversion och välmående samt samvetsgrannhet och välmående. Analys av resultaten påvisar att det finns signifikanta samband i vårt urval mellan högre värden på neuroticism samt openness, och upplevelse av att det är viktigt att arbetsgivaren investerar i mental hälsa. Enligt våra efterforskningar ser detta ut att vara ny kunskap då vi inte kunnat hitta annat vetenskapligt material som undersökt detta samband. Kunskapen som vår studie har genererat kan implementeras på olika sätt, exempelvis genom att arbetsgivare investerar i mental hälsa för att attrahera medarbetare som skattas högt på neuroticism och openness. (Less)
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- Andersson, Kristina LU ; Rissanen, Felicia LU and Wallin, Kajsa LU
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- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- well-being, personality, neuroticism, mental health, openness
- language
- Swedish
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- 9037316
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- 2021-01-22 08:15:14
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Individuella skillnader i medarbetares upplevda betydelse av att arbetsgivaren investerar i mental hälsa och upplevelsen av övergripande välmående utifrån femfaktorteorin}},
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