Välfärdssektorn i Sverige har sedan 1980-talet styrts med styrprinciper som till stor del hämtats från tillverkningsindustrin. Det har inneburit standardiserad arbetsdelning och managerialism vilket har medfört att professionernas handlingsutrymme kommit att inskränkas. Fokus för verksamheterna har varit mätbarhet och måluppfyllelse snarare än brukarens behov. Utmaningen avseende kompetensförsörjning inom de kommunala omsorgsverksamheterna idag innebär förutom att utveckla hållbara strategier för rekrytering att skapa förutsättningar som är hållbara för befintliga medarbetare. Under senare år har därför nya metoder för ledning och styrning av verksamheterna förespråkats. Dessa har fokus på tillitsskapande relationer mellan ledarskap, medarbetarskap och brukare. Till följd därav är det intressant att ta del av hur medarbetarna i en kommunal omsorgsverksamhet ser på sina förutsättningar hur de förhåller sig till sitt eget medarbetarskap samt deras möjligheter att utöva självledarskap. Detta studeras genom kvalitativ intervjustudie med sex medarbetare i en kommunal omsorgsverksamhet. Resultatet visar att medarbetarnas upplevelser av sina möjligheter att utöva medarbetarskap och självledarskap till stor del påverkas av uppgifternas karaktär. Det finns en hög motivation att utföra de arbetsuppgifter som direkt skapar mervärde för brukarna. Det är dock de mer standardiserade arbetsuppgifterna som är associerade med formellt ansvar vilket gör att upplevelsen av kontroll skiljer sig beroende på uppgift. Då medarbetarskap och ledarskap är tydligt sammanlänkade påverkar verksamhetens ledarstrategier möjligheten till att utöva medarbetarskap och självledarskap. Tillitsbaserad styrning och ledning utgår från ett tydligt brukarfokus, mer handlingsutrymme till professionerna och ökad möjlighet till kunskapsutveckling. / Since the 1980s, the welfare sector in Sweden has been governed by control principles that have largely been taken from the manufacturing industry. This has meant standardized division of labor and managerialism, which result in the professionals' room for maneuver has been reduced. The focus for the operations has been measurability and goal fulfillment rather than the user's needs. The challenge regarding the supply of skills in the municipal care activities today creates, in addition to developing sustainable strategies for recruitment, creating conditions that are sustainable for existing employees. In recent years, therefore, new methods for management and control of operations have been advocated. These focus on trust-building relationships between leadership, employees and users. Thereupon it is interesting to take part in how the employees in a municipal care operation view their conditions, how they relate to their own employeeship and their opportunities to exercise self-leadership. This is studied through a qualitative interview study with six employees in a municipal care operation. The results show that employees' experiences of their opportunities to exercise co-operation and self-leadership are greatly influenced by the nature of the tasks. There is a high motivation to perform the tasks that directly create added value for users. However, it is the more standardized tasks that are associated with formal responsibility that make the experience of control different depending on the task. As employeehood and leadership are clearly linked, business leadership strategies affect opportunities to exercise employeehood and self-leadership. Trust-based management and governance is based on a clear user focus, more room for maneuver for professionals and increased opportunities for knowledge development.

Stress-related work absence in Sweden has risen threefold in the last 14 years. Working in close contact with clients is described by many as a risk factor for stress-related illnesses. Those working in social services are particularly exposed to these negative factors. There seems to be a consensus that much of the stress can be attributed to the working environment. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between stress and factors defined by the Demand, Control, Support model for social workers with the power to exercise authority in social services. This was done by analyzing 379 answers collected from a survey that was sent to 100 Swedish municipalities. The statistical analyses were made in SPSS version 29 and included both univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. The results show that the self-reported stress-levels were moderate and that the respondents had high levels of demand, control and support in their work. This study shows that demands had the strongest impact on self reported stress levels for the respondents. The mitigating effects of control and support were not strong enough to compensate for the demands.