Studiens syfte var att undersöka sambandet mellan personlighetsdragen från femfaktormodellen och graden av självskattad arbetstillfredsställelse. Studien undersökte också om ålder har ett samband med arbetstillfredsställelse. En enkät utformades för att kvantitativt undersöka eventuella samband. Validerade skattningsskalor användes, Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) för personlighetsdrag och Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire’s frågor om arbetstillfredsställelse. Studien omfattas av ett stickprov om 165 deltagare (Mdn=27 år; M=34,08; SD=13,29) varav 133 kvinnor (81%) och 32 män (19%). I analysmomentet i studien genomfördes en Spearman’s korrelationsanalys och en linjär multipel regressionsanalys. Resultatet visade signifikanta samband mellan självskattad arbetstillfredsställelse och emotionell stabilitet, extraversion, vänlighet och ålder. Dessa variabler kan förklara 13,2% av variationen i självskattad arbetstillfredsställelse. / The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between personality traits from Five Factor-model and the degree of self-assessed job satisfaction. The study also examined whether a relationship between age and job satisfaction exists. A survey was designed to quantitatively identify possible associations. With the use of validated questionnaires, Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) for personality traits and Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire for job satisfaction. The study covers a random sample of 165 participants (Mdn=27 years; M=34.08; SD=13,29) of which 133 women (81%) and 32 men (19%). The results presented significant relationship between self-assessed job satisfaction and emotional stability, extraversion, agreeableness and age. These variables account for 13,2% of the variation in self-assessed job satisfaction.

In an era where automation has been transforming the industrial arena, it is important not to lose focus on the health of employees who are still engaged in manual work. Employee health both physical and mental plays a vital role in the overall performance of a company, so it must be taken care of. In the case of cross-docking warehouses where there is a need for manual laborers due to the intricacies in handling products of various sizes and weights, the importance of taking care of the health of its employees becomes more vital. In the modern world of the supply chain, a cross-docking warehouse plays a vital role in providing more efficiency to the system. The type of goods handled by these cross-docking warehouses is vast and this, in turn, brings about the need to implement manual labor onto the production. This study focuses on the main physical and psychosocial problems faced by the workers in a cross-docking warehouse and how it can be improved. Here questionnaires and interviews are used to study and develop better practices and methods to improve everyday work. This thesis focuses on one of the largest cross-docking warehouses situated in Jönköping, Sweden. Here COPSOQ version III is used to find the various main psychosocial problem areas faced by the employees and unstructured interviews are used to pinpoint the main physical problems and their causes. Preventive measures to combat the problems are suggested and are supported by literature reviews.

Hälsan hos individer påverkas av levnads- och arbetsförhållanden. I folkhälsoarbete är arbetsplatsen en viktig arena för att påverka och förbättra befolkningens hälsa. Faktorer i arbetsmiljön som kvantitativa krav, utbrändhet, konflikt mellan arbete och privatliv påverkar anställdas hälsa. Kontorsanställdas arbetsmiljö har ofta fokuserat på att minimera långvarigt stillasittande för att förbättra hälsan. Den här studien fokuserade på kontorsanställdas hälsa i relation till deras sociala och organisatoriska arbetsmiljö. / <p>Betyg i Ladok 220112.</p>