Våld och hot på arbetsplats : En kvalitativ och kvantitativ studie på Piteå kommunanställda personliga assistenters arbetssituation
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the existence of violence and threats of violence in the workplace of municipal employed personal assistants. Research questions were: does violence or threats of violence occur at the workplace? What type of violence and threats are the employees subjec...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-54631 2023-05-15T17:59:59+02:00 Våld och hot på arbetsplats : En kvalitativ och kvantitativ studie på Piteå kommunanställda personliga assistenters arbetssituation Forsell, Linda J Lifvakt, Jeanette 2016 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-54631 swe swe http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-54631 Local b91dff54-10e0-4ebc-bf4f-8961deb5925c info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Social Behaviour Law Samhälls- beteendevetenskap juridik Personliga assistenter Piteå Kommun våld och hot Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2016 ftluleatu 2022-10-25T20:49:21Z The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the existence of violence and threats of violence in the workplace of municipal employed personal assistants. Research questions were: does violence or threats of violence occur at the workplace? What type of violence and threats are the employees subject to? What are the psychosocial health effects of violent and threatening situations? Which preventive measures are provided by the managers? Both a qualitative and quantitative approach have been used as data collection methods. The qualitative part consist of Interviews were conducted with six managers and a survey was administered to 113 personal assistants. The frame of reference includes Karasek and Theorell´s theory of work stress associated with insufficient job control and social support, previous research by various authors and regulations from Arbetsmiljöverket. The results were thematically analyzed, the survey by descriptive statistics and the interviews under relevant headings. The result reveals that violence and threats do occur on personal assistants workplaces, but to varying extent. The kind of violence the personnel is most exposed to are physical, such as kicks and punches. Those who are exposed feel, in comparison to unexposed a lack of support from the manager.Keywords: Personal assistant, Piteå Kommun, First line manager, violence and threats, health-unhealth, work environment management, support, Karasek’s demand-control model, knowledge Validerat; 20160623 (global_studentproject_submitter) Bachelor Thesis Piteå Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) |
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The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the existence of violence and threats of violence in the workplace of municipal employed personal assistants. Research questions were: does violence or threats of violence occur at the workplace? What type of violence and threats are the employees subject to? What are the psychosocial health effects of violent and threatening situations? Which preventive measures are provided by the managers? Both a qualitative and quantitative approach have been used as data collection methods. The qualitative part consist of Interviews were conducted with six managers and a survey was administered to 113 personal assistants. The frame of reference includes Karasek and Theorell´s theory of work stress associated with insufficient job control and social support, previous research by various authors and regulations from Arbetsmiljöverket. The results were thematically analyzed, the survey by descriptive statistics and the interviews under relevant headings. The result reveals that violence and threats do occur on personal assistants workplaces, but to varying extent. The kind of violence the personnel is most exposed to are physical, such as kicks and punches. Those who are exposed feel, in comparison to unexposed a lack of support from the manager.Keywords: Personal assistant, Piteå Kommun, First line manager, violence and threats, health-unhealth, work environment management, support, Karasek’s demand-control model, knowledge Validerat; 20160623 (global_studentproject_submitter) |
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Våld och hot på arbetsplats : En kvalitativ och kvantitativ studie på Piteå kommunanställda personliga assistenters arbetssituation |
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