“…we must also have quite a high work performance” : Leadership in social services and its impact on social workers' work performance

Socialsekreterare inom barn och unga är en yrkesgrupp där det förekommer hög arbetsbelastning och stressrelaterade sjukskrivningar. Det framkommer i socialtjänstlagen att myndighetsutövningen inom socialtjänsten ska ske skyndsamt, vilket ställer krav på att socialsekreterare har en hög arbetsprestation. Syftet med studien var att undersöka ledarskap i socialtjänsten och dess påverkan på arbetsprestationen hos socialsekreterare utifrån en tematisk analys. Det resultat som framkom kring ledarskapet är att socialsekreterare och chefer inom barn och unga beskriver de positiva egenskaper hos chefen kopplade till det tillitsbaserade ledarskapet och tillitsbaserad styrning. Tillit, tydlighet och lyhördhet framkommer som de mest betydande egenskaper för ett bra ledarskap. Arbetsprestation har definierats utifrån uppgiftprestation, kontextuell prestation och kontraproduktiva beteenden. Positiv stress anses var den främsta faktorn som bidrar till en hög arbetsprestation enligt socialsekreterarna. Vidare visar resultatet att det kollegiala stödet och trivsel i arbetsgruppen påverkar socialsekreterarnas arbetsprestation och att chefen påverkar de aspekter indirekt i sitt ledarskap. Chefens direkta påverkan synliggörs i socialsekretarens arbetsbelastning, hur chefen kommunicerar, ger feedback och att chefen är närvarande och möjliggör tid för sina medarbetare.Social workers for children and young people are a professional group where there is a high workload and stress-related sick leave. It is stated in the Social Services Act that the exercise of authority in social services should be done promptly, which requires that social workers have a high work performance. The purpose of the study was to examine leadership in social services and its impact on the work performance of social workers based on a thematic analysis. The result that emerged about leadership is that social workers and managers in children and young people describe the positive characteristics of the manager linked to trust-based leadership and trust-based management. Trust, clarity, and responsiveness emerge as the most significant characteristics for good leadership. Work performance has been defined in terms of task performance, contextual performance, and counterproductive behaviors. Positive stress is the main factor contributing to high job performance according to the social workers. Furthermore, the results show that the collegial support and well-being in the work group influence the social workers' job performance and that the manager influences these aspects indirectly in his leadership. The manager's direct influence is visible in the social worker's workload, how the manager communicates, gives feedback and that the manager is present and makes time for his or her employees

“…we must also have quite a high work performance” : Leadership in social services and its impact on social workers' work performance

Socialsekreterare inom barn och unga är en yrkesgrupp där det förekommer hög arbetsbelastning och stressrelaterade sjukskrivningar. Det framkommer i socialtjänstlagen att myndighetsutövningen inom socialtjänsten ska ske skyndsamt, vilket ställer krav på att socialsekreterare har en hög arbetsprestation. Syftet med studien var att undersöka ledarskap i socialtjänsten och dess påverkan på arbetsprestationen hos socialsekreterare utifrån en tematisk analys. Det resultat som framkom kring ledarskapet är att socialsekreterare och chefer inom barn och unga beskriver de positiva egenskaper hos chefen kopplade till det tillitsbaserade ledarskapet och tillitsbaserad styrning. Tillit, tydlighet och lyhördhet framkommer som de mest betydande egenskaper för ett bra ledarskap. Arbetsprestation har definierats utifrån uppgiftprestation, kontextuell prestation och kontraproduktiva beteenden. Positiv stress anses var den främsta faktorn som bidrar till en hög arbetsprestation enligt socialsekreterarna. Vidare visar resultatet att det kollegiala stödet och trivsel i arbetsgruppen påverkar socialsekreterarnas arbetsprestation och att chefen påverkar de aspekter indirekt i sitt ledarskap. Chefens direkta påverkan synliggörs i socialsekretarens arbetsbelastning, hur chefen kommunicerar, ger feedback och att chefen är närvarande och möjliggör tid för sina medarbetare.Social workers for children and young people are a professional group where there is a high workload and stress-related sick leave. It is stated in the Social Services Act that the exercise of authority in social services should be done promptly, which requires that social workers have a high work performance. The purpose of the study was to examine leadership in social services and its impact on the work performance of social workers based on a thematic analysis. The result that emerged about leadership is that social workers and managers in children and young people describe the positive characteristics of the manager linked to trust-based leadership and trust-based management. Trust, clarity, and responsiveness emerge as the most significant characteristics for good leadership. Work performance has been defined in terms of task performance, contextual performance, and counterproductive behaviors. Positive stress is the main factor contributing to high job performance according to the social workers. Furthermore, the results show that the collegial support and well-being in the work group influence the social workers' job performance and that the manager influences these aspects indirectly in his leadership. The manager's direct influence is visible in the social worker's workload, how the manager communicates, gives feedback and that the manager is present and makes time for his or her employees

SÅ GÖR DU JOURNALISTKARRIÄR: Var man, Var vit, Var medelklass

Title: Så gör du journalistkarriär: Var man, var vit, var medelklass Authors: Saga Aschan Kjellström, Isak Berndtsson & Maja Skvagerson Level: Bachelor thesis in Journalism Term: HT 2024 Supervisor: Jenny Wiik This study investigates how Swedish journalists with five to fifteen years of experience in the industry perceive the impact of different factors such as gender, ethnicity, class background, and social networks on their career development. The theoretical framework consists of Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus combined with Hodkinson and Sparkes’ careership theory, focusing on how individual agency interacts with structural constraints in career decision-making. The methodology follows qualitative interviews with ten journalists in order to capture their experiences and perspectives about what has affected their journalistic careers. Important results of the study shows that gender, education and ethnicity is perceived to significantly influence journalists' professional opportunities, with women and individuals from minority backgrounds facing challenges in advancing within the industry. Social networks were identified as a positive factor, with access to influential networks often contingent upon class and educational background. Furthermore, structural challenges, such as economic limitations are also perceived to affect the careers of journalists. Additionally, the study shows that journalists experience that performance and competence play a crucial part in journalists' careers. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of the systematic barriers within journalism and may offer inspiration into how the industry might become more equal and representative which will contribute to the democracy in Sweden

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Studies show that a majority of all web applications are not accessible for users with visual impairments and opinions differ on how much extra work is required in order to make a web application accessible for these users. Our purpose is investigating how a web application for housing rentals can be developed in order to be accessible for visually impaired users. We split our development into two iterations where the first one was about developing the web application without focus on accessibility. The goal of the second iteration was to achieve level AA according to the WCAG 2.1 guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). AA is the level that all web based information is recommended to achieve. During our accessibility work, text documentation for WCAG 2.1 was used along with three popular tools to identify accessibility issues and judge the accessibility level of the web application. After the second iteration, user tests were conducted with simulated visual impairments. The test persons carried out a number of tasks in our web application, both in a version with and one without our accessibility adjustments. The result of these tests as well as the achieved level of compliance with the WCAG 2.1 guidelines make up the basis of our results. After the accessibility work in the last iteration the web application achieves 48 out of 50 requirements to reach the level AA; unequivocally more than before the accessibility adjustments. Our user tests indicated clear improvements and the test persons experienced a higher degree of accessibility in the adjusted version of the web application. The study resulted in the conclusion that among other things the contrast between background and foreground, correct usage of heading elements, and logical tab order had an impact on how accessible the web applicationed was deemed to be