Är arbete utanför ordinarie kontorstid relaterat till psykiskt välbefinnande och kan individuella karaktärsdrag ha en modererande effekt?
(2018) PSYP01 20181Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Dagens arbetsliv blir allt mer flexibelt, vilket är en konsekvens av och möjliggörs genom den tekniska utveckling som ständigt påverkar organisationer runt om i världen. Enligt en svensk studie från 2013 kan nästan hälften (47 %) av de arbeten som förekommer på den svenska arbetsmarknaden beskrivas som delvis eller till och med helt oreglerade. Men frågan är om denna flexibilitet påverkar arbetstagares hälsa och om det finns karaktärsdrag hos individen som kan ha betydelse för utfallet. En internetbaserad enkätundersökning inkluderande chefer inom den offentliga sektorn genomfördes för att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan arbete utanför ordinarie kontorstid och psykiskt välbefinnande. Vidare undersöktes ifall individbegreppen... (More)
- Dagens arbetsliv blir allt mer flexibelt, vilket är en konsekvens av och möjliggörs genom den tekniska utveckling som ständigt påverkar organisationer runt om i världen. Enligt en svensk studie från 2013 kan nästan hälften (47 %) av de arbeten som förekommer på den svenska arbetsmarknaden beskrivas som delvis eller till och med helt oreglerade. Men frågan är om denna flexibilitet påverkar arbetstagares hälsa och om det finns karaktärsdrag hos individen som kan ha betydelse för utfallet. En internetbaserad enkätundersökning inkluderande chefer inom den offentliga sektorn genomfördes för att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan arbete utanför ordinarie kontorstid och psykiskt välbefinnande. Vidare undersöktes ifall individbegreppen samvetsgrannhet, vänlighet, extroversion respektive kognitiv defusion har en modererande effekt på ett eventuellt samband. Undersökningen resulterade i ett negativt statistiskt signifikant samband mellan psykiskt välbefinnande och arbetsrelaterade telefonsamtal på helgen. Studien fann dock inget stöd för att varken samvetsgrannhet, vänlighet, extroversion eller kognitiv defusion har en modererande effekt på ovanstående samband. Ett anmärkningsvärt resultat, som emellertid inte är relaterat till studiens hypoteser, tyder på att förmånen att arbeta utanför ordinarie kontorstid inte används som en möjlighet till flextid utan snarare resulterar i utökad arbetstid. Vidare diskuteras möjliga förklaringar till resultatet, studiens styrkor och begränsningar, samt förslag till framtida forskning. Sammantaget bidrar studien till ökad kunskap om individuella aspekter i förhållande till flexibla arbetslösningar och psykiskt välbefinnande, vilket ökar möjligheten att ta fram individanpassade strategier i strävan efter ett hållbart arbetsliv. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Today’s working life is becoming increasingly flexible, which is a consequence of and enabled by the technological development that is constantly affecting organizations around the world. According to a Swedish study from 2013 almost half (47 %) of the jobs on the Swedish labor market can be described as partly or even completely unregulated. But the question is whether this flexibility affects the health of employees and if there are characteristics of the individual that may be relevant to the outcome. A web-based survey including managers in the public sector was conducted to investigate whether there is a relationship between work outside regular office hours and psychological well-being. Furthermore, if the individual concepts... (More)
- Today’s working life is becoming increasingly flexible, which is a consequence of and enabled by the technological development that is constantly affecting organizations around the world. According to a Swedish study from 2013 almost half (47 %) of the jobs on the Swedish labor market can be described as partly or even completely unregulated. But the question is whether this flexibility affects the health of employees and if there are characteristics of the individual that may be relevant to the outcome. A web-based survey including managers in the public sector was conducted to investigate whether there is a relationship between work outside regular office hours and psychological well-being. Furthermore, if the individual concepts conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion and cognitive defusion have a moderating effect on a possible relationship. The study resulted in a negative statistically significant relationship between psychological well-being and work-related phone calls in the weekend. However, the study found no support for neither conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion or cognitive defusion having a moderating effect on the above relationship. A notable result, which is not related to the study’s hypotheses, suggests that the privilege of working outside regular office hours is not used as an opportunity for flexitime but rather results in increased working hours. Furthermore, possible explanations of the outcome, strengths and limitations of the study, as well as suggestions for future research are discussed. Overall the study contributes to increased knowledge of individual aspects in relation to flexible work arrangements and psychological well-being, which increases the possibility of developing individualized strategies in pursuit of a sustainable working life. (Less)
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- author
- Lundgren, Sandra LU
- supervisor
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- Martin Bäckström LU
- Sima Wolgast LU
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- gränslöst arbete, flexibla arbetslösningar, psykiskt välbefinnande, samvetsgrannhet, vänlighet, extroversion, kognitiv defusion
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8950475
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-18 12:51:44
- date last changed
- 2018-06-18 12:51:44
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abstract = {{Today’s working life is becoming increasingly flexible, which is a consequence of and enabled by the technological development that is constantly affecting organizations around the world. According to a Swedish study from 2013 almost half (47 %) of the jobs on the Swedish labor market can be described as partly or even completely unregulated. But the question is whether this flexibility affects the health of employees and if there are characteristics of the individual that may be relevant to the outcome. A web-based survey including managers in the public sector was conducted to investigate whether there is a relationship between work outside regular office hours and psychological well-being. Furthermore, if the individual concepts conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion and cognitive defusion have a moderating effect on a possible relationship. The study resulted in a negative statistically significant relationship between psychological well-being and work-related phone calls in the weekend. However, the study found no support for neither conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion or cognitive defusion having a moderating effect on the above relationship. A notable result, which is not related to the study’s hypotheses, suggests that the privilege of working outside regular office hours is not used as an opportunity for flexitime but rather results in increased working hours. Furthermore, possible explanations of the outcome, strengths and limitations of the study, as well as suggestions for future research are discussed. Overall the study contributes to increased knowledge of individual aspects in relation to flexible work arrangements and psychological well-being, which increases the possibility of developing individualized strategies in pursuit of a sustainable working life.}},
author = {{Lundgren, Sandra}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Är arbete utanför ordinarie kontorstid relaterat till psykiskt välbefinnande och kan individuella karaktärsdrag ha en modererande effekt?}},
year = {{2018}},
}