Syftet med studien var att undersöka arbetstillfredsställelse hos tjänstemän på en myndighet i Mellansverige. Självskattad arbetsbelastning och arbetskontroll utgjorde prediktorer och självskattad hälsa utfallsvariabeln med dimensionerna kognitiv utmattning, störd sömn, fysiska symptom, lättretlighet och negativa känslor. Studien genomfördes med en enkät i pappersformat, där 45 medarbetare deltog. Mätinstrumenten som användes var Job overload, Work control och Karolinska Exhaustion Scale (KES). Studiens huvudresultat visade att arbetsbelastning hade ett signifikant positivt samband med negativa känslor, i meningen att ju högre arbetsbelastning desto fler negativa känslor. Arbetskontroll visade endast på starka tendenser till signifikanta positiva samband med två av hälsodimensionerna; kognitiv utmattning och fysiska symptom. Vilket indikerade på att ju högre arbetskontroll deltagarna hade, desto högre kognitiv utmattning och flera fysiska symptom upplevde de sig ha. / The aim of the study was to investigate job satisfaction among officials in an Swedish authority. Our predictors consisted of work-related load and control and the outcome variable was perceived health. Health variable involved five dimensions: cognitive exhaustion, disturbed sleep, physical symptoms, irritability and negative affect. 45 employees participated by answering a survey. The results showed that workload had a significant positive relationship with negative affect, meaning the higher workload, the more negative emotions. Work control on the other hand, did only show strong tendencies to significant positive associations with cognitive exhaustion and physical symptoms. This indicated the higher work control, the higher cognitive exhaustion and number of physical symptoms.

Sammanfattning Syftet med studien var att undersöka den arbetspsykologiska vinsten i form av kontroll, stress och arbetstillfredsställelse av en utbildningsinsats med skiftlagsutveckling. En enkätundersökning genomfördes på ett stort industriföretag i Mellansverige. Totalt 65 personer svarade på enkäten, indelade i de som deltagit (experimentgrupp) och de som inte deltagit (kontrollgrupp) i utbildningen. Resultatet visade att experimentgruppen jämfört med kontrollgruppen skattade sin kontroll över arbetshastigheten högre. Likaså ansåg sig experimentgruppen bättre kunna förutsäga resultatet av sina beslut i arbetet än kontrollgruppen. Resultatet indikerade även en tendens till signifikant huvudeffekt av ålder på skattad stress; yngre kände större stöd i arbetet medan äldre kände att de kunde utnyttja sina färdigheter och talanger till fullo i arbetet. Nyckelord: Arbetsrelaterad kontroll, arbetsrelaterad stress, arbetstillfredsställelse, utbildning / Abstract The work psychology-related benefits of group training in a shift-going work team The objective of the study was to investigate whether team building-based training could improve work satisfaction, reduce stress, and increase perceived control of the work environment for a shift-going work team. A questionnaire study was performed at a large industrial company in central Sweden. 65 participants were divided into an experimental (participation in training) vs. a control (no participation in training group). The results showed that former compared to latter participants perceived a greater amount of control over their work, as well as estimated their ability to predict the results of their work decisions as higher. Concerning the perceived stress, younger compared to older were shown to experience more support whereas older vs. younger rated the ability to fully use skills and abilities as higher. Keywords: Work control, work stress, work satisfaction, training

During a period of over five years two psychiatric teams have attempted to develop a programme for cooperation between child and youth care and adult psychiatric care in common premises in a local community just outside Stockholm. The thesis docu­ments, in six parts, the experiences from these experimental working conditions and how they were used to reach the desired goals of change in the organisations and in the activities of the teams. The thesis also shows how this special situation and the circumstances which followed created obstacles to change. The research-programme was carried out by field-research me­thods, i.e. a combination of direct observation and inter-viewing. The two teams went through different phases of mutual rela­tions. Initially they had to face severe difficulties. During the first 1 1/2 years the level of conflict was high. Indivi­dual members of the staffs became more and more paralyzed. At the same time, however, they could manage to work together with client-fami1ies and with other social welfare institutions. Individuals from different teams could exchange experiences with one another but, at the same time, they were unable to genera­lize and to share these experiences consciously. In the following 1 1/2 years the teams were integrated. New ways of handling therapeutic issues were developed. There were signs of change in the therapeutic identity of the staffs. The last years of the experimental period were characterized by growing reactions against the earlier developement. The teams were again split up, both administratively and in relation to working methods, The first part of the thesis describes the developement of the experimental issue in general. It also gives a presentation of the research-programme. The working pre-conditions are examined in the second part. In the third part the cause of the paralysis of the staff's capability of action is analyzed by viewing the problem from different theoretical perspectives and as a result of a clash between the different "activity-matrices" of the teams. In the fourth part some experiences of the research-methods used are documented. Some difficulties connected with preparation, re­alization and evaluation of experimental work conditions are examined in the fifth part. The sixth part is a summing up of the earlier parts and presents an analysis of the contradictions actua­lized during the experimental period. / <p>Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1985, härtill 6 uppsatser.</p> / digitalisering@umu

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Going Cloud_a grounded theory of the transition of work from in-house computing to cloud computing.pdf: 7108554 bytes, checksum: beaade1f863333c52207eb25dd7917ec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-26 / This study pursues the following question: how does the transition of work from in-house computing to cloud computing happens? While seeking for answers, an empirical study was carried out over one year. Its research strategy and method is grounded theory, combined with ethnography as a means for gathering empirical material. The phenomenon analyzed was named going cloud, an expression that refers to the process of shifting the work from local computing to cloud computing. The phenomenon is described, explicated and exemplified from three categories, each one regarding one temporal stage: justifying (temporal stage 1: the implementation and communication of cloud computing results in rethinking how things get done); re-mediating (temporal stage 2: rethinking how things get done results in limiting what can be done in new ways); circumscribing (temporal stage 3: limiting what can be done in new ways results in routinely doing only the managerial work in new ways). The core find is that, at the end of the transition of work from in-house computing to cloud computing, only the managerial work becomes reorganized. The study offers two original contributions to the emerging literature on cloud computing: I) it introduces ‘going cloud’ as a new substantive domain; II) offers a grounded theory, which suggests how and why only the managerial work is reorganized while the organization goes cloud. The study also offers two original contributions to the well-established literature on technology and organizing: III) it advances the theoretical model of the imbrication of human and material agencies; IV) it advances the discussion about the adoption of agential or critical realism while studying sociomateriality. The conclusions indicate how to advance knowledge about the transition from local computing to cloud computing: I) studying how this transition can result in technical attributes performing tasks that do not require expert knowledge; II) studying how organizations and people are developing criteria for deciding what kind of information may or may not go to the cloud. The main implication is to develop longitudinal studies, in order to make comparisons between the work before and after the routine use of cloud computing. / Este estudo responde à seguinte questão: como acontece a transição do trabalho da computação local para a computação em nuvem? Ao buscar respostas, foi desenvolvido um estudo empírico com duração de um ano. A estratégia e método de pesquisa é a grounded theory, combinada com etnografia como meio de obtenção de material empírico. O fenômeno analisado foi nomeado going cloud, expressão que se refere ao processo de mudar o trabalho da computação local para a computação em nuvem. O fenômeno é descrito, explicado e exemplificado a partir de três categorias principais, cada uma relativa a um estágio temporal: justificando (estágio temporal 1: a implementação da computação em nuvem resulta em repensar como as coisas são feitas); remediando (estágio temporal 2: repensar como as coisas são feitas resulta em limitar o que pode ser feito de novas formas); circunscrevendo (estágio temporal 3: limitar o que pode ser feito de novas formas resulta em fazer apenas o trabalho gerencial de novas formas). O principal achado é que, ao final da transição, apenas o trabalho gerencial se torna reorganizado. O estudo oferece duas contribuições originais para a literatura emergente sobre computação em nuvem: I) introduz going cloud como um novo domínio substantivo; II) oferece uma grounded theory, a qual sugere como e por que apenas o trabalho gerencial é reorganizado enquanto a organização adota computação em nuvem. O estudo oferece também duas contribuições originais para a já estabelecida literatura sobre tecnologia e organizar: III) avança o modelo teórico sobre imbricação entre agências humana e material; IV) avança a discussão sobre adotar realismo agêntico ou crítico como posicionamento ontológico ao estudar sociomaterialidade. As conclusões indicam como avançar o conhecimento sobre a transição do trabalho da computação local para a computação em nuvem: I) estudando como esta transição pode resultar em atributos técnicos performando tarefas que não requerem conhecimento especialista; II) estudando como organizações e pessoas estão desenvolvendo critérios para decidir que tipo de informação pode ou não pode ir para a nuvem. A principal implicação é desenvolver estudos longitudinais, com o propósito de fazer comparações entre o trabalho antes e após o uso rotineiro da computação em nuvem.

This research tests the application of job enrichment in a maintenance short-interval-task oriented organization. Data were collected from nine work groups involving twenty-nine employees. Results indicate enrichment in this type of organization is possible. Criteria were established to measure the fit of each work group to the five core job dimensions of skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback. A strong correlation between core job dimension scores and productivity levels was indicated. A work control program, compatible with job enrichment, is discussed and used to implement job content changes. Manipulation of the job content for poor performing groups with low core job dimension scores has resulted in significant reductions in nonproductive time.

En betydelsefull förutsättning för ett hållbart arbetsliv är den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och dess inverkan på arbetstagarens arbetsengagemang. Syftet med studien var därmed att utifrån Karasek och Theorells krav-, kontroll- och stödmodell undersöka i vilken utsträckning de psykosociala faktorerna (arbetskrav, arbetskontroll samt socialt stöd) predicerar arbetsengagemang, samt vilken påverkan distansarbetet har haft på dessa faktorer. För att besvara syftet utfördes en kvantitativ datainsamling genom en enkätundersökning som skickades ut till ett större företag i Sverige som tillhör handelsbranschen samt via LinkedIn. I studien deltog 109 deltagare där samtliga var över 18 år och hade arbete som huvudsaklig sysselsättning. Mätinstrumenten som användes var UWES-9 och QPS Nordic som var välbeprövade och höll en god validitet. Resultatet från regressionsanalysen och tvåvägs-ANOVAn visade att det förelåg en signifikant relation mellan arbetsengagemang och de psykosociala faktorerna var för sig där arbetskrav hade störst effekt på arbetsengagemang. Det fanns däremot ingen interaktionseffekt på arbetsengagemang mellan arbetskrav och arbetskontroll. Vidare uppvisade resultatet att Covid-19 pandemin ej hade förändrat deltagarnas upplevelse av arbetsengagemang, arbetskrav, arbetskontroll och socialt stöd. Avslutningsvis utföll slutsatsen till att studien kan bidra med ökad förståelse gällande dessa prediktorers enskilda påverkan på arbetsengagemanget. / An important condition for a sustainable working life is the psychosocial work environment and its impact on the employee's work engagement. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate how the psychosocial factors (work demand, control at work and social support), based on Karasek och Theorells demand-, control- and support model, predict work engagement and what impact teleworking has. To answer the purpose, a quantitative data collection was performed through a survey that was sent out to a larger company in retail industry and through LinkedIn. The study involved 109 participants, all of them were over 18 years old and had work as their main occupation. The measuring instruments that were used were UWES-9 and QPS Nordic, which were well-proven and had good validity. The results from the regression analysis and the two-way ANOVA showed that there was a significant relation between work engagement and the psychosocial factors separately, where work demands had the biggest effect on work engagement. However, there was no interaction effect on work engagement between work demand and work control. Furthermore, the results showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had not changed the participants' experience of work engagement, work demand, work control and social support. The conclusion was that the study can contribute to an increased understanding of these predictors' individual impact on work engagement.