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Förståelsen för effekter av lärandet och den psykosociala arbetsmiljön genom individen själv och omgivningen var av betydelse för nya chefers hantering av sina ledarroller. Syftet med studien var att bidra med kunskap om hur första linjens nya chefer hanterade sina ledarroller inom äldre- och funktionshinderomsorgen. Studiens tillvägagångssätt utgick från en fenomenologisk och kvalitativ fallstudie. Datainsamlingen bestod av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Analys av data genomfördes utifrån en tolkande fenomenologisk analysmetod. Slutsatsen visade att nya chefers utveckling kategoriserades som strategier och omständigheter. Strategier utgjorde nya chefers interna villkor som var att öva på att bli chef, inta ledarrollen och att växa i sin ledarroll. Omständigheter utgjorde nya chefers externa villkor som var att vara chef i första linjen och att klara av ledarrollen. Slutsatsen visade också att mängd arbete, användning av flertal datasystem, tiden, individen själv, relationer till andra, individens utveckling, arbetsinnehållet i första linjen och den komplexa organisationen påverkade nya chefers utveckling i sina ledarroller. / The understanding of the effects of learning and the psychosocial work environment through the individual herself and the environment was important to new manager´s management of their leadership roles. The purpose of this study was to contribute knowledge with how the first-lines’ new managers handled their leadership roles. The approach in this study was based on a phenomenological and qualitative case study. The data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews. Performance of analysis of data was based on an interpretive phenomenological analysis method. The conclusion showed that the development of new managers is categorized as strategies and circumstances. Strategies were new managers’ internal conditions and those are to becoming a manager, to take on the leadership role and to grow in the leadership role. The circumstances constituted new managers’ external conditions and those are to work as a manager in the first-line and to fulfill the leadership role. The conclusion also showed that the quantity of work, the use of several computer systems, time, individual herself, relationships at work, the individual’s development, content of work, and the complex organization affect new managers’ development in their leadership roles.

This study investigated the attitudes of church leaders towards their perceived leadership roles in HIV prevention, using a sample of 85 clergy and lay leaders. Working from the premise that churches concentrate on care and support instead of HIV prevention, data were collected from Lutheran church leaders in Zimbabwe, using a questionnaire based on the constructs of the theory of reasoned action. The findings of this study suggest that the church is a potential source for HIV prevention. However, the capability to lead in HIV prevention was limited by barriers due to self-efficacy and cultural constraints, differences between communicator and audience, experiences and perceptions of the communicator and to some extent, institutional constraints. Programmers should focus on removing the barriers faced by the church leaders to improve their ability to lead in HIV prevention and strengthen prevention efforts. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)

This study investigated the attitudes of church leaders towards their perceived leadership roles in HIV prevention, using a sample of 85 clergy and lay leaders. Working from the premise that churches concentrate on care and support instead of HIV prevention, data were collected from Lutheran church leaders in Zimbabwe, using a questionnaire based on the constructs of the theory of reasoned action. The findings of this study suggest that the church is a potential source for HIV prevention. However, the capability to lead in HIV prevention was limited by barriers due to self-efficacy and cultural constraints, differences between communicator and audience, experiences and perceptions of the communicator and to some extent, institutional constraints. Programmers should focus on removing the barriers faced by the church leaders to improve their ability to lead in HIV prevention and strengthen prevention efforts. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)