Workplace violence : A threat to autonomy and professional discretion
(2020) In Sociologisk Forskning 57(3-4). p.249-270- Abstract
- Although many theories have been developed and a great amount of research has been conducted on autonomy and professional discretion, knowledge on the extent to which fear of being subjected to workplace violence might restrict such autonomy and professional discretion being used is limited. This article draws on a survey study (N=1,236) and compares the experiences of workplace violence of Swedish social workers, teachers and journalists. The aim of the article is to determine how digitalisation could be linked to workplace violence and also determine the extent to which workplace violence could affect the autonomy and professional discretion of these professional groups and prevent them from carrying out their democratic role. The... (More)
- Although many theories have been developed and a great amount of research has been conducted on autonomy and professional discretion, knowledge on the extent to which fear of being subjected to workplace violence might restrict such autonomy and professional discretion being used is limited. This article draws on a survey study (N=1,236) and compares the experiences of workplace violence of Swedish social workers, teachers and journalists. The aim of the article is to determine how digitalisation could be linked to workplace violence and also determine the extent to which workplace violence could affect the autonomy and professional discretion of these professional groups and prevent them from carrying out their democratic role. The results show the differences regarding where and how these professionals received threats and provides an alarming picture of the implications of such threats. 40% of the respondents had considered stopping working on a specific social problem, topic, target group, or task due to their fear of being subjected to hate, threats and harassment. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Det finns många teorier och mycket tidigare forskning om autonomi och professionellt handlingsutrymme, men kunskapen om i vilken utsträckning rädslan för att utsättas för arbetsrelaterat våld begränsar denna autonomi och handlingsutrymme är begränsad. Denna artikel bygger på en enkätstudie (N =1,236) och jämför svenska socialarbetares, lärares och journalisters erfarenheter av arbetsrelaterat våld. Syftet med artikeln är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning digitalisering är kopplat till arbetsrelaterat våld, och i vilken utsträckning arbetsrelaterat våld påverkar dessa professioners autonomi och handlingsutrymme och hindrar dem från att uppfylla sin demokratiska funktion. Resultaten visar att det finns skillnader när det kommer till i... (More)
- Det finns många teorier och mycket tidigare forskning om autonomi och professionellt handlingsutrymme, men kunskapen om i vilken utsträckning rädslan för att utsättas för arbetsrelaterat våld begränsar denna autonomi och handlingsutrymme är begränsad. Denna artikel bygger på en enkätstudie (N =1,236) och jämför svenska socialarbetares, lärares och journalisters erfarenheter av arbetsrelaterat våld. Syftet med artikeln är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning digitalisering är kopplat till arbetsrelaterat våld, och i vilken utsträckning arbetsrelaterat våld påverkar dessa professioners autonomi och handlingsutrymme och hindrar dem från att uppfylla sin demokratiska funktion. Resultaten visar att det finns skillnader när det kommer till i vilken utsträckning, var och hur de här professionsgrupperna blir hotade, men resultaten ger också en alarmerande bild av vilka implikationer sådana hot kan få. Ungefär 40 % av respondenterna hade övervägt att sluta arbeta med ett specifikt social problem/ämne/målgrupp/arbetsuppgift på grund av rädsla att bli utsatt för hat, hot och kränkningar. (Less)
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- Scaramuzzino, Gabriella LU
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- alternative title
- Arbetsrelaterat våld : Ett hot mot professionellas autonomi och handlingsutrymme
- publishing date
- 2020-12-21
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- socialarbetare, lärare, journalister, Kränkningar på nätet, våld, sociala medier, näthat, handlingsutrymme, autonomi, demokrati, social workers, teachers, journalists, hate speech, violence, threats, harassment, discretion, autonomy, democracy, journalists, professional discretion, social workers, teachers, workplace violence, democracy
- in
- Sociologisk Forskning
- volume
- 57
- issue
- 3-4
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Sveriges Sociologförbund
- ISSN
- 2002-066X
- DOI
- 10.37062/sf.57.22059
- project
- A boundaryless working life in a digital era: Hate speech as a work environment problem
- language
- English
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