Arbetsengagemang samt balans mellan ansträngning och belöning hos personliga assistenter -En kvantitativ studie om psykosocial arbetsmiljö
(2019) PSYK11 20182Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Tidigare forskning beskriver såväl dåliga arbetsvillkor som en otydlighet kring vad arbetet som personlig assistent innebär. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka hur personliga assistenter själva upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö. Studien byggde på en enkät som undersökte hur personliga assistenters skattade sin upplevelse av obalans mellan ansträngning och belöning, samt deras arbetsengagemangs utsträckning. Huruvida det fanns något samband mellan arbetsengagemang och balansen mellan ansträngning och belöning samt olika demografiska aspekters eventuella påverkan på resultatet undersöktes också.
Studiens urval bestod av 31 kommunalt anställda personliga assistenter vid en större Skånsk kommun.
Resultaten visade att... (More) - Tidigare forskning beskriver såväl dåliga arbetsvillkor som en otydlighet kring vad arbetet som personlig assistent innebär. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka hur personliga assistenter själva upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö. Studien byggde på en enkät som undersökte hur personliga assistenters skattade sin upplevelse av obalans mellan ansträngning och belöning, samt deras arbetsengagemangs utsträckning. Huruvida det fanns något samband mellan arbetsengagemang och balansen mellan ansträngning och belöning samt olika demografiska aspekters eventuella påverkan på resultatet undersöktes också.
Studiens urval bestod av 31 kommunalt anställda personliga assistenter vid en större Skånsk kommun.
Resultaten visade att respondenterna upplever en gynnsam obalans mellan ansträngning och belöning samt en hög grad av arbetsengagemang. Det fanns ett starkt samband dem emellan. Äldre respondenter upplever högre grad av arbetsengagemang och mer gynnsam balans än de yngre. Studiens slutsats var att det är möjligt för personliga assistenter att uppleva att belöningarna de får tillbaka överstiger den möda de lägger ned på sitt arbete, samt att de kan uppleva en hög grad av arbetsengagemang. På grund av det låga deltagarantalet i studien bör resultatet tolkas med viss försiktighet. (Less) - Abstract
- Previous research has described poor working conditions as well as ambiguity regarding job tasks for personal assistants. The purpose of the study was to investigate how personal assistants experienced their psychosocial work environment. The survey examined the respondents’ experience of ERI and their levels of UWES, if ERI and UWES correlates, and if the respondents age had an impact on the results. The participants consisted of 31 personal assistants employed by a larger municipality in Scania.
The results indicate that the respondents experienced a positive imbalance regarding effort-reward and high levels of work engagement. There was a correlation between high levels of work engagement and positive imbalance of effort-reward. Older... (More) - Previous research has described poor working conditions as well as ambiguity regarding job tasks for personal assistants. The purpose of the study was to investigate how personal assistants experienced their psychosocial work environment. The survey examined the respondents’ experience of ERI and their levels of UWES, if ERI and UWES correlates, and if the respondents age had an impact on the results. The participants consisted of 31 personal assistants employed by a larger municipality in Scania.
The results indicate that the respondents experienced a positive imbalance regarding effort-reward and high levels of work engagement. There was a correlation between high levels of work engagement and positive imbalance of effort-reward. Older participants scored higher in both work engagement as well as a more positive imbalance of effort-reward. To conclude, personal assistants find that the effort they put in to their work is rewarded in a way that exceeds their efforts, and that they are able to experience high levels of work engagement. Due to the low amount of participants, the results of this study should be interpreted with caution. (Less)
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- author
- Grant, Nina-Alana LU and Andersen, Patrik LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Ansträngning belöning, Arbetsengagemang, LSS, Personlig assistans, Psykologi, effort-reward imbalance, Personal assistants, Psychology, Work engagement.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8967355
- date added to LUP
- 2019-01-23 09:44:37
- date last changed
- 2019-01-23 09:44:37
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abstract = {{Previous research has described poor working conditions as well as ambiguity regarding job tasks for personal assistants. The purpose of the study was to investigate how personal assistants experienced their psychosocial work environment. The survey examined the respondents’ experience of ERI and their levels of UWES, if ERI and UWES correlates, and if the respondents age had an impact on the results. The participants consisted of 31 personal assistants employed by a larger municipality in Scania.
The results indicate that the respondents experienced a positive imbalance regarding effort-reward and high levels of work engagement. There was a correlation between high levels of work engagement and positive imbalance of effort-reward. Older participants scored higher in both work engagement as well as a more positive imbalance of effort-reward. To conclude, personal assistants find that the effort they put in to their work is rewarded in a way that exceeds their efforts, and that they are able to experience high levels of work engagement. Due to the low amount of participants, the results of this study should be interpreted with caution.}},
author = {{Grant, Nina-Alana and Andersen, Patrik}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Arbetsengagemang samt balans mellan ansträngning och belöning hos personliga assistenter -En kvantitativ studie om psykosocial arbetsmiljö}},
year = {{2019}},
}