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Teknobränd? - En kvantitativ undersökning om teknologins inverkan på utbrändhet i arbetslivet

Larsson, Sara LU and Gervard, Merine LU (2014) PSYK11 20141
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between technostress, performance based self-esteem (PBS) and burnout among employees, further if technostress beyond PBS could act as a predictor for burnout. The participants in the study were white collar workers from a Swedish manufacturing industry who on a daily basis were using computer and information technology in their work. These completed a survey with scales that among other things intended to measure aspects of technostress, PBS and burnout. According to the results the participants showed no high scores for neither of the scales. Overall the re- sults showed significant positive correlations between the variables and the re- gression analysis indicated significant... (More)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between technostress, performance based self-esteem (PBS) and burnout among employees, further if technostress beyond PBS could act as a predictor for burnout. The participants in the study were white collar workers from a Swedish manufacturing industry who on a daily basis were using computer and information technology in their work. These completed a survey with scales that among other things intended to measure aspects of technostress, PBS and burnout. According to the results the participants showed no high scores for neither of the scales. Overall the re- sults showed significant positive correlations between the variables and the re- gression analysis indicated significant results, even though the contributions were small. In summary the study showed support for that technostress to some extent covaried with burnout and PBS and could beyond PBS partly act as a predictor for burnout. Finally the authors discuss how technostress and PBS could be considered as important components in the working life, which could be put in relation to burnout and should be taken into consideration regarding stress related illness in the working life. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
The kind of electoral system in use in a democracy affects voters possibilities regarding the number of parties/candidates any individual is allowed to support and if there is an opportunity to vote against parties/candidates that he or she does not want to see in power. In this study 235 Swedes were participated in a survey about how they experienced three different electoral systems regarding how well they felt these represented their political opinions, how valuable they considered their vote to be, and how difficult it was to make a decision regarding what/which parties they would vote for. The systems that were compared were one similar to the present system in use in Sweden, a range-voting system and a cumulative system. The... (More)
The kind of electoral system in use in a democracy affects voters possibilities regarding the number of parties/candidates any individual is allowed to support and if there is an opportunity to vote against parties/candidates that he or she does not want to see in power. In this study 235 Swedes were participated in a survey about how they experienced three different electoral systems regarding how well they felt these represented their political opinions, how valuable they considered their vote to be, and how difficult it was to make a decision regarding what/which parties they would vote for. The systems that were compared were one similar to the present system in use in Sweden, a range-voting system and a cumulative system. The instrument Need to Evaluate Scale was used to check if the participants’ scores on this scale affected what they thought about and how well they used the alternative systems. The study found support for the idea that there are possibilities for improvement in the democratic process by renewing the kind of electoral system in use. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Sara LU and Gervard, Merine LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK11 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
working life, performance based self-esteem, technostress, burnout, demand-control model, MBI-GS, teknostress, utbrändhet, prestationsbaserad självkänsla, arbetslivet, krav-kontroll modell
language
Swedish
id
4499553
date added to LUP
2014-08-18 11:37:58
date last changed
2014-08-18 11:37:58
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between technostress, performance based self-esteem (PBS) and burnout among employees, further if technostress beyond PBS could act as a predictor for burnout. The participants in the study were white collar workers from a Swedish manufacturing industry who on a daily basis were using computer and information technology in their work. These completed a survey with scales that among other things intended to measure aspects of technostress, PBS and burnout. According to the results the participants showed no high scores for neither of the scales. Overall the re- sults showed significant positive correlations between the variables and the re- gression analysis indicated significant results, even though the contributions were small. In summary the study showed support for that technostress to some extent covaried with burnout and PBS and could beyond PBS partly act as a predictor for burnout. Finally the authors discuss how technostress and PBS could be considered as important components in the working life, which could be put in relation to burnout and should be taken into consideration regarding stress related illness in the working life.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Sara and Gervard, Merine}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Teknobränd? - En kvantitativ undersökning om teknologins inverkan på utbrändhet i arbetslivet}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}