En kvalitativ studie om förändringarna i den sociala arbetsmiljön under hemarbetet på grund av coronapandemin, utifrån ett medarbetarperspektiv.   Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur den sociala arbetsmiljön har förändrats vid arbete hemifrån genom att lyssna på medarbetarnas hittills insamlade upplevelser om hemarbete under coronapandemin. Syftet besvaras med följande frågeställningar: 1. Hur har den sociala arbetsmiljön sett annorlunda ut under hemarbetet jämfört med arbete på arbetsplatsen enligt intervjupersonerna? 2. Vilka faktorer påverkar intervjupersonernas upplevelser om hemarbete enligt resultaten från intervjuerna, och på vilket sätt? Empirin består av tidigare forskning kring den sociala arbetsmiljön, och speciellt kring faktorer som har visats att påverka den sociala arbetsmiljön. De faktorerna som har valts ut att tillämpas i den här studien på grund av dess relevans är motivation, arbetsgruppen, kommunikation och socialt stöd. Återkommande forskare kring dessa ämnen är Heide, Rubenowitz, Lennéer Axelson och Thylefors. Datan samlades in genom fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem intervjupersoner från fem olika organisationer. De utvalda intervjupersonerna är medarbetare som jobbar vanligtvis i en kontorsmiljö, men har på grund av coronapandemin jobbat hemifrån i minst två månader på heltid under år 2020. Alla intervjuer hölls på distans på grund av att det var det enda alternativet med tanke på den rådande pandemin. Datan analyserades utifrån en kategorisering som grundade sig på de fyra relevanta teoretiska faktorerna som kan påverka den sociala arbetsmiljön: motivation, arbetsgruppen, kommunikation och socialt stöd. Författarna bytte intervjumaterialet efter transkriberingen så att den andra författaren fick göra analysen för att inte omedvetet påverka resultatet utifrån känslorna som vi fick i intervjuerna eftersom endast språket skulle analyseras. Studieresultaten visade att hemarbetet kan göras till en mer trivsam upplevelse för medarbetare genom att ordna regelbundna socialt distanserade tillfällen för audio-kontakt i arbetsgruppen, och genom att uppmuntra medarbetare till att tänka igenom deras egen kontorslösning vid hemarbete. Andra sätt att öka trivseln i hemarbete för medarbetare är att skapa tydliga online-rutiner för distanserad kommunikation inom organisationen, samt uppmuntra och stötta medarbetare i positivt tänkande. / This is the final assignment for a Bachelor's Degree in Leadership and Organization at Malmö University. The aim of this study is, through qualitative interviews with associates from different organizations, to examine the changes in the social work environment while working from home during the corona pandemic. The aim will be answered with the following research questions:    1. How do the interviewees describe the changes in the social work environment during work from home?   2. Which factors seem to affect the interviewees’ experiences of working from home, and in what ways do they affect their experiences of working from home?    The theoretical background consists of factors that have been detected to affect the social work environment in earlier studies considering the social work environment. The factors that have been chosen to be applied in this study are inner motivation, workgroup, communication and received social support. Researchers that are recurring in this study are Heide, Rubenowitz, Lennéer Axelson and Thylefors. The data was collected by five semi-structured interviews with five individuals from five different professions. All interviewees are associates (not leaders) and have been working from home due to the corona pandemic for at least two months full-time during 2020.  Data analysis was grounded on the four relevant theoretical factors that have in previous studies seen to affect the social work environment: motivation, workgroup, communication and received social support. Only the language was analyzed, and the writers did therefore switch the collected interview material after the transcript, to ensure that unconscious experiences from the interviews would not affect the analysis and therefore the results of the study. The results of the study indicated that making working from home a more positive experience for the associates can be done by focusing on organizing regular social distanced opportunities for audiocontact between the work group, and by encouraging associates to reflect on their own office set-ups during work from home. Other ways to make working from home a more positive experience for associates is creating online routines for distanced communication within the organization, as well as encouraging and supporting the associates in positive thinking.

Studien behandlar upplevelser och erfarenheter av den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön för undersköterskor arbetandes på sjukhus, samt hur undersköterskorna erfar interaktionen med patienter, anhöriga och andra yrkeskategorier. Detta ställts i kontrast till hur undersköterskeyrket presenteras utåt, via bilder och utbildning. Studien bygger på en fenomenologisk ansats och data har insamlats via semistrukturerade intervjuer. De teorier som applicerats i bearbetningen av materialet är Erving Goffmans dramaturgiska perspektiv, samt Arlie Russell Hochschilds känsloarbete. Ur intervjuerna har det framkommit att undersköterskan ofta befinner sig i den främre regionen, trots att de i relation till vissa grupper och situationer befinner sig i den bakre regionen, samt att bristande kunskaper i språk ofta leder till missförstånd mellan undersköterskor samt mellan undersköterska och patient. De olika rollerna som undersköterskorna tar på sig hamnar ibland i konflikt med varandra med stresspåslag som följd och en känsla av att vara behövd på fler ställen samtidigt. Det kollegiala stödet mellan undersköterskorna är stort och det är en förutsättning för att undersköterskan ska trivas på arbetsplatsen. / The study deals with experiences of the organizational and social work environment for assistant nurses working in hospitals, as well as how the assistant nurses experience the interaction with patients, relatives and other professional categories. This in contrast to how the assistant nursing profession is presented to the outside world, via pictures and education. The study is based on a phenomenological approach and data have been collected via semi- structured interviews. The theories applied in the processing of the material are Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective, and Arlie Russell Hochschild’s emotional work. From the interviews it has emerged that the assistant nurse is often in the front stage, even though they are in the backstage in relation to certain groups and situations, and that a lack of language skills often leads to misunderstandings between assistant nurses and between assistant nurses and patient. The different roles that the assistant nurses take on sometimes end up in conflict with each other with stress surges as a result and a feeling of being needed in more places at the same time. The collegial support between the assistant nurses is great and it is a prerequisite for the assistant nurses to thrive in the workplace.

Bakgrund: Social arbetsmiljö innefattar upplevelser av kulturen på en arbetsplats. Det finns flera olika faktorer som påverkar den sociala arbetsmiljön, till exempel socialt samspel, samarbete och socialt stöd från kollegor och chefer. Det kan vara psykiskt belastande att möta svårt sjuka personer och deras anhöriga. Den psykiska belastningen kan resultera i stress och vidare till utmattning. Fysiska besvär som muskelspänningar kan vara orsakade av psykisk belastning. Syfte: Litteraturstudien syftade till att undersöka sjuksköterskans upplevelse av den sociala arbetsmiljön inom slutenvård. Metod: En sammanställning och analysering genomfördes av kvalitativa empiriska studier. Artiklarna inhämtades från Cinahl och Pubmed som är databaser med inriktning på omvårdnad och medicin. Litteraturstudien baserades på 10 studier utan geografisk avgränsning. Resultat: Utifrån granskning och analysering framkom två huvudkategorier: Hög arbetsbelastning och Relation mellan kollegor. Utifrån dessa bildades sju subkategorier. Konklusion: Det stora antalet patienter i relation till en liten andel sjuksköterskor resulterade i en känsla av hög arbetsbelastning med fysiska och psykiska påfrestningar. Avgörande för en positiv arbetskultur är att ha stöttande chefer och bra relationer med kollegor. Den sociala arbetsmiljön är viktig för att sjuksköterskan ska kunna trivas på sin arbetsplats och kunna ge god omvårdnad. / Background: Social work environment involve perceptions of the culture at a workplace. There are multiple factors that contribute to the social work environment, for example social interactions, cooperation and support from colleagues and managers. It can be mentally taxing to meet severe ill patients and their relatives. The mental strain can result in stress and continue to fatigue. Physical issues such as muscle tension could be associated with psychological strains. Aim: The literature review aims to investigate nurses´ perceptions of the social work environment in inpatient care. Method: A literature review was conducted with qualitative empirical studies. The articles were gathered from Cinahl and Pubmed which are databases for nursing and medicine. The literature study was based on 10 studies without any geographical limitations. Result: The result produced two main categories: High workload and Relationship among colleagues. Seven subcategories emerged from these. Conclusion: High workload related to too many patients in relation to the amount of nurses could lead to both physical and psychological strains. Crucial for a positive work culture is to have a supportive manager and good relationship with colleagues. The social work environment is important for the nurse to be able to thrive in the workplace and to conduct good care.

The mental ill-health is a growing social problem and the cause to a third of the sick leaves. Organizational and social motives is the primary reason to occupational disease among women. Notwithstanding, work environment offense due to lacks in organizational and social work environment have never lead to conviction. The aim of the essay is to find an explanation to this matter, by examine the legal framework of work environment offense. To further contextualize the problem, a perspective of equality makes it possible to emphasize the differences of how men and women will be affected by the regulation. The subject is highly current, since binding regulations, AFS 2015:4, has been imposed since shortly one year ago. Therefore, an analysis of the value of this regulation in future prosecution has been done. The method of jurisprudence has been used to fulfil the aim of the essay. The results of the essay indicates that the review of work environment offense due to lacks in organizational and social work environment mainly causes problems when finding adequate causality. The primary reasons to this is related to the nature of stress and the legality principle. Stress can hardly be related to a separate variable, which makes it hard to prove it is strictly work related. This reason also makes it hard to legislate regulations that live up to the principle of legal certainly. In my power of judge, despite clearer regulation in AFS 2015:4, reviews of work environment offense will continue being problematic. The perspective of equality clearly shows that problems reviewing work environment offense due to lacks in organizational and social work environment to a great extent affects women in a negative matter.

This study discusses employees’ perception of a rather new and progressive office type, namely the Activity-based Flexible Office, the A-FO. Within this office type, the employee does not have a personal desk, but instead changes workspace depending on the task at hand. The aim of the study was to examine how employees perceive this type of office and their experiences of working within it. In previous research, a model has been created within this field as an attempt towards a theoretical framework, the A-FO-M. Whereas studying this model, we saw some notions not being thoroughly explored, although mentioned in other preceding research. Thus, the need of exploring these aspects further felt vital and therefore, we combined the A-FO-M with other preceding research and created a synthesis with a set off our themes. A qualitative method was chosen and furthermore, a phenomenological approach. This approach suggests examining a certain phenomena, the A-FO in this case, based on the experiences and perceptions of an individual, the employee. Interviews were implemented on a specific company to succeed in reaching our aim. The six interviews completed gave us the empirical results we needed to attain an analysis and thereafter, conclusions. Overall, our findings correspond with the presumptions of the A-FO-M. However, due to Klarna having a certain structure, somewhat differing from the traditional A-FO, the results were contradicting in some cases. The majority of the respondents felt they were able to perform their task without major problems. Some respondents felt that the office made them more open, while others did not feel any impact on their persona in relation to the A-FOs features. Our findings support that the A-FO is a very sociable office type, whereas you constantly meet and interact with people, both known and unknown to you. The respondents appreciate that there is little distance between them and their managers. Additionally, it is found that managers within A-FOs need to have high trust in their employees. Conclusively, some results may be somewhat dependent on the individual and their preferences.

Background: The high levels of sickness absence and disability pensioning experienced during the 1990's and 2000's have become both socially as well as financially burdensome for society. Sickness absence implies a costly loss of production for society and large groups of individuals are risking to become marginalised on the labour market. Sickness absence is both a public health and an economic problem. Thus from both a human approach as well as from an economic perspective it is urgent to increase knowledge about what influences individual behaviour when it comes to sickness absence and return to work. Objectives: The overall aim of the thesis is to elucidate the decisive factors for explaining sickness absence. Three different aspects of sickness absence were considered, i.e. factors leading to sickness absence, factors preventing sickness absence and factors leading back to work ability and work when being sickness absent. This is done using a frame of reference involving broadly defined areas of work, health and social insurance related factors. Material and methods: Study I analyzes the outcome of unemployed sick-listed individuals. A total of 280 individuals from the county of Värmland were followed through register data between the years 2000 to 2001. Linear and logistic regression models were used to analyze the occurrence of short and long term economic incentives. Study II has a longitudinal design and explores determinants of return to work. Sick-listed individuals with a stress-related psychiatric diagnosis from the county of Värmland were analyzed over a period of three years (2000-2003) using logistic regression. The data comprised 911 individuals. Study III is a cross-sectional study using questionnaire data from the county of Värmland from year 2004. A total of 3123 persons either working or being self employed were analyzed on determinants of work presence through logistic regression. Study IV had a cross-sectional design and used questionnaire data from five counties in central Sweden. The data, from 2004, comprised 10536 individuals being employed, i.e. not self-employed, and with self reported physical and mental medical conditions. Logistic regression was mainly used in the analysis and the focus was on risk factors for long term sickness absence. Study V comprises cross-sectional data retrieved at three separate occasions between 1991 and 1994. It includes 8839 individuals from five counties in western Sweden with sickness absence spells over 60 days. The data was analysed through bi-variate probit regression with a focus on effects of vocational rehabilitation on return to work. Results: The results from study I were interpreted as that both short and long term economic incentives matter for the outcome of sickness absence through the interaction of different insurance systems. The principal findings from study II was that age, gender and factors implying less favourable health characteristics and thereby lower work capacity, reduce probabilities of returning to work after long term sickness absence. Considering study III determinants of work presence were found to vary between sexes and whether the determinants were counteracting long or short term sickness absence. Factors interpreted as job control counteracted short term absence. Sense of coherence was found to be an important determinant of work presence for women. In study IV long term sickness absence was found to be related to the level of ill-health. Moreover it was concluded that work environment factors as job strain, job satisfaction, physical work environment were important factors for explaining sickness absence in a population with impaired health. The results from study V indicated that vocational rehabilitation is a potentially effective instrument for improving the individual's work ability and chances of return to work. That no signs of prioritizing selection of rehabilitation participants to those likely to return to work with or without rehabilitation measures, i.e. "managerial creaming", were found was also considered as important results. Conclusions: This thesis shows that we need different models and approaches to improve knowledge about the various aspects of sickness absence as entry into absence, return to work or into disability retirement. It also has the implications that sickness absence behaviour can be influenced. Largely depending on what long term path is chosen for welfare policy at the political level it should be acknowledged that other means, improving working conditions and promoting rehabilitation rather than reducing benefit levels and narrowing the eligibility criteria for the insurance benefits are at hand.

Denna studie har tagit form utifrån en organisations önskan att undersöka deras organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljö. Syftet har varit att öka förståelsen för viktiga komponenter för den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön för att möjliggöra ett hållbart arbetsliv. För att svara på syftet har ett kvantitativt tillvägagångssätt använts där 251 enkäter skickades ut till en hel produktionsenhet. Metoden har möjliggjort en generell och bred ögonblicksbild av den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön på arbetsplatsen. Forskning som berör den psykosociala arbetsmiljön, där vårt fokus främst har legat på det organisatoriska och sociala perspektivet har bearbetats. I stor utsträckning är vår analys baserad på Job Demand – Resources modellen. En väsentlighet i arbetslivet är att det råder balans mellan kraven som ställs i arbetet och resurser som tillförs för att kunna må bra och leverera en bra prestation. Resultatet har analyserats utifrån den teoretiska referensramen och visar att den organisation som undersökts brister i flera av dessa komponenter som krävs för att möjliggöra ett hållbart arbetsliv där det råder balans. Framförallt är det områden som ledarskap, arbetsbelastning, återhämtning och kränkande särbehandling som har visat brister. I arbetet med den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön finns en koppling mellan medarbetarnas hälsa och välmående och organisationens finansiella resultat. Med anledning av detta bör arbetsmiljöarbete vara en väl integrerad del av verksamheten. Vi har därför föreslagit ett antal åtgärder för organisationen att arbeta med i syfte att förbättra arbetsmiljön och därmed medarbetarnas hälsa och välmående som direkt påverkar organisationens framgång. / This study is based on an assignment from an organization whose intention is based on their request to review their organizational and social work environment. The aim of the study has been to increase the understanding of key components of the organizational and social work environment in order to enable a sustainable working life. We therefor chose a quantitative approach where 251 questionnaires were sent to the entire production unit. The method has enabled a general and wide-ranging aspect of the organizational and social work environment in the workplace. Research related to the psychosocial work environment, where our focus has been on the organizational and social aspect, we mainly base our analysis on the Job Demand - Resources model. An essential part of working life is that there is a balance between the job demands and resources that are provided in order to increase health and wellbeing to achieve a high performing organization. The result has been analysed on the basis of the theoretical framework and shows that the organization investigated is lacking in several of these components that are necessary to enable a sustainable work life where there is balance. There are areas such as leadership, heavy workload, recovery and victimization that has shown weaknesses. Research related to organizational and social work environment clearly states that there is a link between employee health and well-being and the organization's financial results. Due to this, our work environment should be a fully integrated part of the business. We have therefore proposed a number of activities for the organization to work with in order to improve the work environment and thus the health and well-being of employees which will directly affect the organization's success.

Denna studie grundar sig i Arbetsmiljöverkets föreskrift om organisatorisk och social arbetsmiljö, AFS 2015:4, som tagits fram i syfte att främja en god arbetsmiljö och förebygga risk för ohälsa. Utifrån de ökande antalet anmälningarna om arbetssjukdom med stress och psykiska påfrestningar som orsak ligger fokus i studien på ohälsosam arbetsbelastning och om det inom kommunen finns kunskaper att förebygga och hantera dessa risker. Syftet har varit undersöka hur kommunen praktiskt arbetar med föreskriften inom tre organisatoriska nivåer och hur de anställda uppfattar sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö. Fokus låg även på att undersöka hur de anställda är delaktiga i ovanstående arbetsmiljöarbete. Studien utgick från ett hermeneutiskt perspektiv med en kvalitativ ansats genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. En gruppintervju bestående av två medarbetare som representerade HR-avdelningen och två individuella intervjuer på chefsnivå. På medarbetarnivån genomfördes två gruppintervjuer med tre medarbetare vardera från de avdelningarna som respektive chef leder. Av studien framgår att goda resultat kan uppnås i den psykosociala arbetsmiljön när alla organisatoriska nivåer integrerar frågorna i sitt systematiska arbetsmiljöarbete och upprättar rutiner för att förebygga och hantera ohälsosam arbetsbelastning. Studien bekräftar att socialt stöd, kunskap, kommunikation och delaktighet är viktiga framgångsfaktorer för en god psykosocial arbetsmiljö. I diskussionen lyfts vikten av att avsätta tid i syfte att förebygga ohälsa och förslag lyfts om att använda krav/kontroll/stöd-modellen som verktyg att analysera och reflektera kring de anställdas arbetsbelastning. / This study is based on the Swedish work environment authority statute book about organisational and social work environment, AFS 2015:4 provisions, that has been developed to promote a good work environment and prevent risks of ill health. Because of the increasing numbers of work-related ill health due to stress and mental strain, the focus in this study was unhealthy workloads and if there is knowledge in the municipality about preventing and dealing with these risks. The aim was to examine how the municipality practically work with the provision within three organizational levels and how the employees perceive their psychosocial work environment. There were also focus on investigating how employees participate in the above environment work. The study was based on a hermeneutic perspective with a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews. One group interview consisting two employees representing the HR department and two individual interviews at the managerial level. At the employee level, two group interviews were held with three employees from the departments headed by the managers. The outcome of the study shows that good results can be obtained in the psychosocial work environment when all organizational levels integrates these issues in their systematic work environment and establish routines to prevent and dealing with unhealthy workload. The study confirms that social support, knowledge, communication and employee participation are important factors for a healthy psychosocial work environment. The discussion shows the importance of taking time for preventing ill health and suggestions about using the demand/control/support-model as a tool for analysing and reflect over the employee workload.

Introduction: The activity-based office has had a breakthrough in the past few years. One of the reasons for this is that the technology now allows it to work properly. The concept is a type of open landscaped office that put its main focus on the design of the physical work environment. The office is divided in different areas with the purpose to match employees’ different tasks. There is still not much research done on the new concept and the research that has been carried out has been carried out in connection with the move or a maximum of 15 months after the move to the new office. Purpose: The study aimed at comparing employees' perceived perception of the classic office and the activity-based office abilities with regard to leadership, health, productivity and the social work environment. The essay also concerns how well designed the activity-based office layout is. Method: The study was a quantitative survey and the data was collected through a web survey. The web survey consisted of 25 questions relating to the categories of social, leadership, health, productivity and office layout. Analysis: The data was analyzed by generation of mean values for each category, broken down by gender, age, time in activity-based office and the total from every respondent. The data was also analyzed by a correlation analysis. Results: According to the results that was collected, the activity-based office had a overbalanced positive experience than the classical office in each category investigated, except the category regarding health. Conclusions: Based on the results, it can be noted that an activity-based office towards a classic office provides a higher value for employees in social, leadership, productivity and design. In health, however, it gives a lower value, which shows that employees had better health in the classical office. The results show that the survey can confirm what previous research has said. However, the result can not be generalized on an entire population as the number of respondents and variations was too small. To be able to generalize the results further research must be done. / Introduktion: Aktivitetsbaserade kontor är något som de senaste åren blivit mer och mer vanligt. Till följd av informationsteknikens framfart har denna kontorsutformning tillåtits att fungera på ett effektivt sätt. Konceptet är en typ av öppet kontorslandskap där medarbetaren saknar en fast plats. Mycket vikt läggs på den fysiska utformningen, där olika zoner delar in kontoren i aktiva, stillsamma och tysta områden. Tidigare forskning kring det nya konceptet är otillräcklig då den forskning som finns är genomförd i samband med flytten eller max 15 månader efter inflyttningen. Syfte: Studien syftade till att jämföra medarbetares upplevda uppfattning av cellkontorets och det aktivitetsbaserade kontorets förmågor med avseende på ledarskap, hälsa, produktivitet, den sociala arbetsmiljön. Uppsatsen berör även hur väl utformat det aktivitetsbaserade kontoret är. Metod: Studien var en kvantitativ undersökning och datan som används samlades in genom en webbenkät. Enkäten bestod av 25 frågor som berörde kategorierna socialt, ledarskap, hälsa, produktivitet och kontorets utformning. Analys: Datan analyserades genom framtagande av medelvärden för respektive kategori. Totalt, uppdelat efter kön, ålder samt tid i aktivitetsbaserat kontor. Datan analyserades även genom en korrelationsanalys. Resultat: Från resultatet går det att utläsa att det aktivitetsbaserade kontoret upplevdes bättre än det klassiska cellkontoret i varje kategori förutom kategorin angående hälsa. Slutsats: Utifrån resultaten går det att konstatera att ett aktivitetsbaserat kontor gentemot ett cellkontor ger ett högre värde för de anställda i det sociala, ledarskap, produktivitet och utformning. I hälsa ger den dock sämre ett sämre värde. Resultatet visar att undersökningen kan konstatera vad tidigare forskning har bekräftat. Dock går inte resultatet att generalisera på en hel population då antal respondenter och variation var för liten. Detta är något som måste göras i ytterligare forskning.

Syftet med denna undersökning var att kartlägga sjöingenjörsstudenters upplevelse av den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön ombord under deras fartygsförlagda praktiker, och i vilken utsträckning det påverkat deras framtida vilja att arbeta till sjöss. Undersökningen genomfördes med en kvalitativ forskningsansats där datainsamlingen skedde genom två fokusgruppsintervjuer och tio individuella intervjuer. Totalt har 18 sjöingenjörsstudenter från Sveriges sjöfartshögskolor ingått i undersökningen. Intervjuerna analyserades och tolkades genom hermeneutisk och semantisk metod, som presenterades i ett tematiskt resultat. De mest framträdande resultaten av undersökningen är att även om studenterna fick en förtrogenhetsutbildning, gavs den inte alltid innan de sattes i arbete. Majoriteten av studenterna arbetade betydligt fler timmar än vad som överenskommits i det så kallade elevavtalet. Studenterna upplever även att det förekommer ett bristande ledarskap hos vissa av handledarna, där några av studenterna har utsatts för kränkande särbehandling och dåligt beteende. Trots brister inom onboardingen och den organisatoriska och social arbetsmiljön, var det inga övergripande orsaker till att studenterna inte ville fortsätta arbeta till sjöss. Det var dock en minoritet som inte ville fortsätta att arbeta till sjöss. För dessa var orsaken bristande ledarskap och jargongen ombord. / The purpose of the work presented in this student thesis was to identify how marine engineer students have experienced the organisational and social work environment onboard during their internships, and if their experiences have affected their future career choices. A qualitative research approach was adopted. Data collection was performed through two semi-structured focus group interviews and ten semi-structured individual in-depth interviews. The data analysis was interpreted hermeneutic and semantic, and the result was presented thematic. The participating students shared many experiences. Most of the students were given the mandatory familiarization training onboard, but in many cases this was not completed until after the students first work task onboard the ship. Almost all the students worked more hours than stipulated in the student agreement. Some of the students experienced bad behaviour and were treated badly by their supervisor. Even though students experienced shortcomings in the organisational and social work environment, most of the students were still willing to pursue a career at sea. A small part of the students did not want to work at sea due to their experiences of poor social work environment and lack of leadership onboard. / Drivkrafter för kompetensförsörjning i en socialt hållbar sjöfart