Kannibaliseringen på ingenjörer inom energisektorn : En kvalitativ studie om ingenjörers perspektiv på en attraktiv arbetsgivare i relation till den gröna omställningen i norra Sverige

• Main Authors: Ekström, Julia, Viklund, Lisen
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen 2023
• Subjects: engineers; energy sector; competence; skills management; northern Sweden; motivational factors; development opportunities; flexibility; Work Life Balance; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap; Norra Sverige; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-209725

Engineers belong to a group of workers that will form a large and important part of the green transition in northern Sweden. At the same time there are many engineers with the right competence in the energy sector that remains missing. To resolve the future skills gap, this essay aims to find an understanding of engineers’ perspectives of the labor market and how to manage and attract the skills needed for a sustainable industrialization in northern Sweden. This essay used qualitative methods, more specifically semi-structured interviews, and thematic analysis, to gather and analyse the collected data. The results of the essay indicate that engineers in the energy sector value development opportunities, flexibility, and the opportunity to achieve a work life balance highly. Thus, salary seems to not form a large part of the engineers most important preferences in their work life. This shows that regardless of what sector a company belongs to, they could focus on and promote motivational factors rather than monetary rewards.