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Varför stannar ni kvar? En kvalitativ studie av motivationen hos socialsekreterare som arbetar med barn och unga

Williamsson, Sofie LU (2018) SOPA63 20172
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers in child-welfare perceive that different levels of motivation affect their investigation work with children and young people and the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the choice of staying. The analysis was based on self-determination theory (SDT). A qualitative approach was used, and four social workers were questioned with the use of a semi structured interview. The result showed that intrinsic motivation, with components such as mission, solidarity with colleagues, interest in the task itself and a feeling of making a difference, gave a greater impression in the decision to stay while the extrinsic motivation, with components such as wages and rewards, didn´t play... (More)
The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers in child-welfare perceive that different levels of motivation affect their investigation work with children and young people and the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the choice of staying. The analysis was based on self-determination theory (SDT). A qualitative approach was used, and four social workers were questioned with the use of a semi structured interview. The result showed that intrinsic motivation, with components such as mission, solidarity with colleagues, interest in the task itself and a feeling of making a difference, gave a greater impression in the decision to stay while the extrinsic motivation, with components such as wages and rewards, didn´t play as much of a role in the decision. Although the four respondents didn´t appear to have much in common at first, they all have defied the high turnover and a common feature after all was the feeling of joy and satisfaction after helping a child or a family.

Keywords: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, retention, child welfare, self-determination theory (Less)
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author
Williamsson, Sofie LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
inre motivation, yttre motivation, självbestämmandeteorin, barn och unga, socialtjänsten
language
Swedish
id
8932967
date added to LUP
2018-01-19 14:47:25
date last changed
2018-01-19 14:47:25
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers in child-welfare perceive that different levels of motivation affect their investigation work with children and young people and the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the choice of staying. The analysis was based on self-determination theory (SDT). A qualitative approach was used, and four social workers were questioned with the use of a semi structured interview. The result showed that intrinsic motivation, with components such as mission, solidarity with colleagues, interest in the task itself and a feeling of making a difference, gave a greater impression in the decision to stay while the extrinsic motivation, with components such as wages and rewards, didn´t play as much of a role in the decision. Although the four respondents didn´t appear to have much in common at first, they all have defied the high turnover and a common feature after all was the feeling of joy and satisfaction after helping a child or a family.

Keywords: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, retention, child welfare, self-determination theory}},
  author       = {{Williamsson, Sofie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Varför stannar ni kvar? En kvalitativ studie av motivationen hos socialsekreterare som arbetar med barn och unga}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}