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Everybody’s talkin’. Lönens roll i relationen mellan medarbetare och första linjens chefer i socialtjänsten
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med studien var att undersöka lönens roll i förhållandet mellan medarbetare och första linjens chefer i socialtjänsten, samt hur första linjens chefer upplever sitt handlingsutrymme i lönerevisionsprocessen. Studien bygger på intervjuer med fem chefer vid kommuner i Skåne. Intervjuerna analyserades utifrån Goffmans teorier om dramaturgi samt Hochschild teorier om emotionellt arbete. Resultatet visar att det lönesättande samtalet i sig oftast är odramatiskt. Det är istället när medarbetarna börjar jämföra sina nya löner med varandra som det kan bli problem, då många upplever att de har blivit orättvist behandlade. Lönesättningen påverkar inte bara relationen till den enskilde medarbetaren utan den skickar signaler till hela gruppen. Första linjens chefer upplever ofta ett stort handlingsutrymme, men också att det finns en undervärdering av socionomyrket från politiskt håll, vilket gör att medarbetarna alltid kommer att vara underbetalda. Studiens resultat pekar på att det är svårt för cheferna att få medarbetarna att fokusera på sina egna löner istället för att jämföra sig med sina kollegor, samt att förklara lönerevisionsprocessen för medarbetarna på ett tydligt sätt.

Abstract [en]

The aim of this study was to examine the role of salary in the relationship between coworkers and first-line managers within the social services, and how first-line managers look upon their scope of action during the pay review process. The study was based on five interviews with managers in municipalities in Scania. The analysis was based on Goffman’s theories of dramaturgy and Hochschild’s theories of emotion work. The result shows that the salary-setting meeting itself is usually undramatic. It’s instead when the coworkers start comparing their new salarys with each other that it can become problematic, as many people find that they have been treated unfairly. The salary-setting not only affects the relationship with the individual coworker, but it sends signals to the entire group. The first-line managers often experience a great scope of action, but also that there is an undervaluation of the social work from a political perspective, which means that coworkers will always be underpaid. The results of the study indicate that it is difficult for the managers to get the coworkers to focus on their own salary instead of comparing themselves with their colleagues, and to explain the pay review process to the coworkers in a clear way.

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Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle , 2019. , p. 44
Keywords [sv]
Chef, Goffman, Handlingsutrymme, Lön, Socialt arbete, Socialtjänsten, Socionom
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24368Local ID: 27776OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-24368DiVA, id: diva2:1485785
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HS Socionomutbildning
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Available from: 2020-11-02 Created: 2020-11-02Bibliographically approved

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