Employer attractiveness, arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse inom den svenska byggbranschen
(2018) PSYK11 20172Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The lack of labour is today an extensive problem in Sweden’s construction industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how employer attractiveness is valued and how the experience of work engagement and job satisfaction appears in the Swedish construction industry. The study also aimed to identify to which extent potential correlations differed among white- and blue collar workers. The aforementioned constructs were analyzed through social exchange theory as well as organizational identification. The study adopted a survey design and altogether 72 respondents in a Case company participated. The data was collected through Employer Attractiveness Scale (EmpAt), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and Minnesota... (More)
- The lack of labour is today an extensive problem in Sweden’s construction industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how employer attractiveness is valued and how the experience of work engagement and job satisfaction appears in the Swedish construction industry. The study also aimed to identify to which extent potential correlations differed among white- and blue collar workers. The aforementioned constructs were analyzed through social exchange theory as well as organizational identification. The study adopted a survey design and altogether 72 respondents in a Case company participated. The data was collected through Employer Attractiveness Scale (EmpAt), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). The study’s results indicated that employer attractiveness was highly valued among the Case company’s employees, who also experienced a high level of work engagement and job satisfaction. Furthermore, there was a weak positive correlation between work engagement and job satisfaction and the correlation between work engagement and job satisfaction turned out to be strong. It was found that the two occupational groups only affected the construct’s correlations to a limited extent. Since employer attractiveness was highly valued, it was concluded that construction companies should have a long-term focus in their strategic work with employer attractiveness to have the ability to compete on a market where labour is scarce. Previous research has found that engaged and satisfied employees have an impact on profitability. Thus, it is of importance for construction companies to be able to engage and satisfy their employees since it was concluded that there is a correlation between these two constructs. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I dagens ekonomi är brist på arbetskraft ett stort problem i Sveriges byggbransch. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka hur employer attractiveness värderas samt hur upplevelsen av arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse ser ut inom den svenska byggbranschen samt huruvida det förelåg en korrelation mellan dessa begrepp eller ej. Studien ämnade även att kartlägga huruvida eventuella samband skiljde sig mellan de två yrkesgrupperna tjänstemän och hantverkare. För en bredare psykologisk förståelse analyserades ovanstående begrepp utifrån social exchange theory och organisatorisk identifiering. För att undersöka detta genomfördes en enkätundersökning där totalt 72 medarbetare på ett Fallföretag deltog i studien. För att samla... (More)
- I dagens ekonomi är brist på arbetskraft ett stort problem i Sveriges byggbransch. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka hur employer attractiveness värderas samt hur upplevelsen av arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse ser ut inom den svenska byggbranschen samt huruvida det förelåg en korrelation mellan dessa begrepp eller ej. Studien ämnade även att kartlägga huruvida eventuella samband skiljde sig mellan de två yrkesgrupperna tjänstemän och hantverkare. För en bredare psykologisk förståelse analyserades ovanstående begrepp utifrån social exchange theory och organisatorisk identifiering. För att undersöka detta genomfördes en enkätundersökning där totalt 72 medarbetare på ett Fallföretag deltog i studien. För att samla in data användes Employer Attractiveness Scale (EmpAt), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) samt Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Studiens resultat visade att employer attractiveness var viktigt för Fallföretagets medarbetare och att de i hög grad upplevde arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse på sitt nuvarande arbete. Vidare visades ett svagt positivt samband mellan arbetsengagemang och employer attractiveness medan arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse däremot korrelerade starkt. Vilken yrkesgrupp respondenterna tillhörde påverkade dock endast i viss mån sambanden mellan begreppen. Studien konkluderade att då employer attractiveness bedömdes vara viktigt är det av stor vikt att företag inom byggbranschen långsiktigt arbetar med employer attractiveness för att ha möjlighet att konkurrera om arbetskraft i en elastisk bransch. Då studien påvisat att det finns ett samband mellan arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse är det av vikt att organisationer inom byggbranschen kan engagera och tillfredsställa sina anställda eftersom tidigare studier påvisat att sådana anställda påverkar företagets framgång. (Less)
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- author
- Jussil, Fredrika LU and Bjurling, Livia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- employer attractiveness, arbetsengagemang, arbetstillfredsställelse, social exchange theory, organisatorisk identifiering, byggbranschen
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8932283
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Employer attractiveness, arbetsengagemang och arbetstillfredsställelse inom den svenska byggbranschen}},
year = {{2018}},
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