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"Jag känner bara att jag håller mig över ytan just nu” - En kvalitativ studie om arbetstrivsel inom socialtjänsten.

Liljenberg, Dafina LU and Lindberg, Ine LU (2022) SOPA63 20212
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the well-being of social workers in the Swedish Social services. With the point of departure in organizational theory, this study aims to explore how well-being is expressed in the daily work by the social workers themselves. Further, with an in-depth qualitative approach and through semi-structured interviews with seven social workers from the same municipality in Skåne, this study also analyses how organizational contingencies impact social workers' well-being. The main findings consisted of well-being strands that border on collegial coherence, management support, physical environment, workparticipation and working with clients. Contrary, we found that our participants expressed negative effects on... (More)
The aim of this study is to analyze the well-being of social workers in the Swedish Social services. With the point of departure in organizational theory, this study aims to explore how well-being is expressed in the daily work by the social workers themselves. Further, with an in-depth qualitative approach and through semi-structured interviews with seven social workers from the same municipality in Skåne, this study also analyses how organizational contingencies impact social workers' well-being. The main findings consisted of well-being strands that border on collegial coherence, management support, physical environment, workparticipation and working with clients. Contrary, we found that our participants expressed negative effects on their well-being caused by bureaucracy, lack of support and high workload. The most central findings show that well-being many times obliges the worker rather than being an organizational focus, due to the social services formal structure. (Less)
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author
Liljenberg, Dafina LU and Lindberg, Ine LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
well-being, social work, organization, conflict
language
Swedish
id
9072192
date added to LUP
2022-01-19 10:30:14
date last changed
2022-01-19 10:30:14
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study is to analyze the well-being of social workers in the Swedish Social services. With the point of departure in organizational theory, this study aims to explore how well-being is expressed in the daily work by the social workers themselves. Further, with an in-depth qualitative approach and through semi-structured interviews with seven social workers from the same municipality in Skåne, this study also analyses how organizational contingencies impact social workers' well-being. The main findings consisted of well-being strands that border on collegial coherence, management support, physical environment, workparticipation and working with clients. Contrary, we found that our participants expressed negative effects on their well-being caused by bureaucracy, lack of support and high workload. The most central findings show that well-being many times obliges the worker rather than being an organizational focus, due to the social services formal structure.}},
  author       = {{Liljenberg, Dafina and Lindberg, Ine}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Jag känner bara att jag håller mig över ytan just nu” - En kvalitativ studie om arbetstrivsel inom socialtjänsten.}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}