Kombinationen arbete-familj : I en kvalitativ studie ger Luftfartsverkets anställda sin syn
(2005)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to obtain an understanding of how the employees at LFV Group Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (Luftfartsverket) manage to combine work and family, and put this in relation to the concepts of employer of choice and socially sustainable development. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 23 randomly selected participants at the three largest places of work within the organisation. The results showed that the combination of work and family mostly could be managed but that factors like high workload and feelings of stress affected the participants in a negative way. The main measures facilitating the combination of work and family were shorter working hours and support with domestic chores. LFV... (More)
- The purpose of this study was to obtain an understanding of how the employees at LFV Group Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (Luftfartsverket) manage to combine work and family, and put this in relation to the concepts of employer of choice and socially sustainable development. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 23 randomly selected participants at the three largest places of work within the organisation. The results showed that the combination of work and family mostly could be managed but that factors like high workload and feelings of stress affected the participants in a negative way. The main measures facilitating the combination of work and family were shorter working hours and support with domestic chores. LFV can partly be considered an employer of choice when it comes to family friendly benefits but changes could be made for further improvement. In order for LFV to attain a socially sustainable development they ought to work towards decreasing workload and stress. (Less)
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- author
- Hansson, Li and Nyman, Karin
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- arbete, arbetsliv, familj, familjeliv, Industrial psychology, Arbetspsykologi, industripsykologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1331785
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-15 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-15 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this study was to obtain an understanding of how the employees at LFV Group Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (Luftfartsverket) manage to combine work and family, and put this in relation to the concepts of employer of choice and socially sustainable development. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 23 randomly selected participants at the three largest places of work within the organisation. The results showed that the combination of work and family mostly could be managed but that factors like high workload and feelings of stress affected the participants in a negative way. The main measures facilitating the combination of work and family were shorter working hours and support with domestic chores. LFV can partly be considered an employer of choice when it comes to family friendly benefits but changes could be made for further improvement. In order for LFV to attain a socially sustainable development they ought to work towards decreasing workload and stress.}},
author = {{Hansson, Li and Nyman, Karin}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kombinationen arbete-familj : I en kvalitativ studie ger Luftfartsverkets anställda sin syn}},
year = {{2005}},
}