Typical Situations for Managers in the Swedish Public Sector: Cluster Analysis of Working Conditions Using the Job Demands-Resources Model

Job Demands and Job Resources in Human Service Managerial Work An External Assessment ThroughWork Content Analysis

“…In the care settings, on the other hand, the employees needed more guidance and monitoring, and the managers tended to take on many tasks that the employees were supposed to handle themselves. Berntson et al (2012) has similarly found that managers' relations to their employees typically differ between the care and school setting.…”

“…Problems related to employee groups or individuals, characterized by conflicts, distrust, disciplinary actions, and complicated rehabilitation cases further added to the emotional demands, particularly in the elderly care setting (cf. Berntson et al, 2012).…”

“…Recent evidence from the human service sector points to a troublesome work situation, and to the problems of attracting and retaining skilled managers (Arman et al, 2009;Corin et al, 2016;Danielson et al, 2012;Höckertin, 2007;Skagert et al, 2012). First-line managers of human service organizations are particularly exposed and in disadvantageous work situations (e.g., Berntson et al, 2012;Björk, 2013). Recently, the theoretical and empirical insights from over 40 years of work stress research have developed into the job demandsresources (JD-R) model (Demerouti et al, 2001).…”

Comprehensive profiles of psychological and social work factors as predictors of site-specific and multi-site pain

“…One recent study of 548 managers in Sweden constructed a typology of psychosocial work situations by performing a cluster analysis of the factors lack of resources, conflict of logics, employee conflicts, client conflicts, management support, employee support, and client recognition (16). This resulted in eight distinct clusters of work situations exhibiting different combinations of those factors, which were in turn differentially related to subjective health and work ability.…”

Implementing Health-Promoting Leadership in Municipal Organizations: Managers’ Experiences with a Leadership Program

“…First, the findings illustrate that the line and middle managers experienced varying organizational conditions affecting the involvement of their employees and their ability to function as drivers of change in the organizational health interventions. Although varied conditions are described in the organizational change literature, more recent studies confirm varied working conditions among municipal managers in terms of demands, resources, and span of control (Berntson et al, 2012;Wallin et al, 2014). Intervention studies need to consider the consequences of these varied managerial work conditions for implementation of healthrelated changes.…”