Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka kvinnliga mellanchefers upplevelser av arbetstillfredsställelse, lojalitet mot organisationen och betydelsefulla faktorer för att vilja stanna kvar i en mansdominerad gruvindustri. Studien utgick från en kvalitativ metod och sju semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes. Insamlade data analyserades genom induktiv tematisk analys. Resultatet visade att majoriteten av respondenterna upplevde stark arbetstillfredsställelse, där betydelsefulla faktorer tolkades vara en bra chef, goda medarbetare, att passa in, känslan av att bidra, meningsfulla arbetsuppgifter, tillit, respekt, kompetensutveckling, att få uppskattning samt en positiv bild av en mansdominerad kultur. Samtliga faktorer förutom kompetensutveckling tolkades också vara betydelsefulla för varför respondenterna stannar inom gruvindustrin. Resultatet visade att majoriteten av respondenterna upplevde starkast lojalitet mot sitt yrke, några mot arbetsplatsen, få mot organisationen, men ingen kände lojalitet mot gruvindustrin. Faktorer som tolkades påverka respondenternas lojalitet var att de relaterade till organisationens värderingar, hade meningsfulla arbetsuppgifter samt upplevde en känsla av förpliktelse till sociala relationer. / The purpose of the study was to examine how female middle managers perceived their job satisfaction, their organizational commitment and important factors to want to stay in a male-dominated mining industry. The purpose was examined by a qualitative method where data was collected from seven semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed by using an inductive thematic analysis. The result showed that the majority of the participants experienced a strong job satisfaction. Important factors to experience a strong job satisfaction was perceived to be a good manager, great co-workers, to fit in, a sense of contributing, meaningful task assignments, trust, respect, competence development, to get appreciation and a positive idea of a male-dominated culture. All of the above-named factors except competence development was perceived to be important for why the respondents stay in the mining industry. The result showed that the majority of the participants experienced the strongest loyalty towards their profession, a few felt loyalty towards the workplace, very few towards the organization but none experienced loyalty towards the mining industry. Factors which impacted the loyalty of the participants was to relate to the values of the organization, having meaningful task assignments and the sense of obligation towards social relations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-32998 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Henningsson, Emma, Sandström, Isabelle |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Gävle, Psykologi, Högskolan i Gävle, Psykologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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