Psychological Safety, Work Engagement and Staff Retention in Swedish Home Care
(2021) PSYP01 20211Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- With an aging population, the need for elderly care is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. One challenge associated with this growth is hiring and retaining home care workers. The aim of this study was to investigate factors in the psychosocial work environment that may be of value to make people stay in elderly care. There are several factors at play, however the present study focused on psychological safety and work engagement and how these concepts are related to intention to stay. Further, the study examined whether there is a link between work team size and psychological safety and work engagement. Accordingly, a cross-sectional web-survey was conducted among home care workers (N = 54) in Skåne, Sweden. The survey... (More)
- With an aging population, the need for elderly care is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. One challenge associated with this growth is hiring and retaining home care workers. The aim of this study was to investigate factors in the psychosocial work environment that may be of value to make people stay in elderly care. There are several factors at play, however the present study focused on psychological safety and work engagement and how these concepts are related to intention to stay. Further, the study examined whether there is a link between work team size and psychological safety and work engagement. Accordingly, a cross-sectional web-survey was conducted among home care workers (N = 54) in Skåne, Sweden. The survey included the psychological safety survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), demographic questions and two items concerning intention to stay. The results showed that 63% of the participants reported high psychological safety. Compared with norm-values, participants reported medium levels of work engagement and high levels on the UWES subscale dedication. Half of the respondents (50%) reported it being unlikely that they will stay in home care and 52% reported it unlikely they will stay at their current workplace. Both psychological safety and work engagement were positively correlated to intention to stay at current workplace and in home care. No significant effect was found of work team size on psychological safety or work engagement. These results could be part of guiding efforts to improve intention to stay in elderly care. (Less)
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- author
- Hansen, Oluva LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Intention to Stay, Retention, Psychological Safety, Work Engagement, Home Care, Elderly care, Psychosocial work environment.
- language
- English
- id
- 9056446
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-21 15:09:34
- date last changed
- 2021-06-21 15:09:34
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abstract = {{With an aging population, the need for elderly care is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. One challenge associated with this growth is hiring and retaining home care workers. The aim of this study was to investigate factors in the psychosocial work environment that may be of value to make people stay in elderly care. There are several factors at play, however the present study focused on psychological safety and work engagement and how these concepts are related to intention to stay. Further, the study examined whether there is a link between work team size and psychological safety and work engagement. Accordingly, a cross-sectional web-survey was conducted among home care workers (N = 54) in Skåne, Sweden. The survey included the psychological safety survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), demographic questions and two items concerning intention to stay. The results showed that 63% of the participants reported high psychological safety. Compared with norm-values, participants reported medium levels of work engagement and high levels on the UWES subscale dedication. Half of the respondents (50%) reported it being unlikely that they will stay in home care and 52% reported it unlikely they will stay at their current workplace. Both psychological safety and work engagement were positively correlated to intention to stay at current workplace and in home care. No significant effect was found of work team size on psychological safety or work engagement. These results could be part of guiding efforts to improve intention to stay in elderly care.}},
author = {{Hansen, Oluva}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Psychological Safety, Work Engagement and Staff Retention in Swedish Home Care}},
year = {{2021}},
}