Att leda det oförutsedda: en studie av fyra ledares uppfattning om sin situation, sitt ledarskap och behov av stöd i en kris
(2007)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The aim of the study is to get a better understanding of leader's reactions in a crisis situation, and to examine whether locus of control and coping strategies can be related to leaders need for social support. The role of a leader in a crisis situation is complex and includes several aspects which must be illustrated to understand the leader's situation. Four leaders have participated in the study. The methods that have been used are questionnaires for measuring locus of control and coping and semi-structured interviews. The results show that search for social support cannot be seen as an outcome of a specific locus of control or coping strategy. All the leaders have an internal locus of control and used a majority of emotion-focused... (More)
- The aim of the study is to get a better understanding of leader's reactions in a crisis situation, and to examine whether locus of control and coping strategies can be related to leaders need for social support. The role of a leader in a crisis situation is complex and includes several aspects which must be illustrated to understand the leader's situation. Four leaders have participated in the study. The methods that have been used are questionnaires for measuring locus of control and coping and semi-structured interviews. The results show that search for social support cannot be seen as an outcome of a specific locus of control or coping strategy. All the leaders have an internal locus of control and used a majority of emotion-focused coping strategies in the crisis situation. It's possible to see that the need of support differs a lot from individual to individual, some of the leaders searched more emotional support and others more informative support. (Less)
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- author
- Pettersson, Kajsa
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- leadership, stress, crisis, locus of control, social support, relation- and emotion focused leadership, management by delay, coping, ledarskap, kris, socialt stöd, relations- och uppgiftsorienterat ledarskap, Occupational health, industrial medicine, Yrkesmedicin, arbetsmiljömedicin, Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1322540
- date added to LUP
- 2007-06-26 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2007-06-26 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The aim of the study is to get a better understanding of leader's reactions in a crisis situation, and to examine whether locus of control and coping strategies can be related to leaders need for social support. The role of a leader in a crisis situation is complex and includes several aspects which must be illustrated to understand the leader's situation. Four leaders have participated in the study. The methods that have been used are questionnaires for measuring locus of control and coping and semi-structured interviews. The results show that search for social support cannot be seen as an outcome of a specific locus of control or coping strategy. All the leaders have an internal locus of control and used a majority of emotion-focused coping strategies in the crisis situation. It's possible to see that the need of support differs a lot from individual to individual, some of the leaders searched more emotional support and others more informative support.}},
author = {{Pettersson, Kajsa}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Att leda det oförutsedda: en studie av fyra ledares uppfattning om sin situation, sitt ledarskap och behov av stöd i en kris}},
year = {{2007}},
}