Personliga assistenters upplevelse av deras psykologiska kontrakt

• Main Authors: Aho, Emmy, Johansson, Sofia
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för arbetshälsovetenskap och psykologi 2019
• Subjects: Internal psychological contract; external psychological contract; personal care assistant.; Internt psykologiskt kontrakt; externt psykologiskt kontrakt; personlig assistent.; Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology); Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29616

Abstract The purpose of the study was to examine how personal assistants experience their psychological contract and how the psychological contract was fulfilled against their supervisor or manager.A qualitative method was used and seven interviews were conducted with personal care assistants from various workplaces. The interviews were analysed with thematic analysis and resulted in five main themes. Expectations, personal but not private, what really stands in the contract, how people look at the profession and fulfilment. In conclusion, the main result was that the personal care assistants experienced that the internal psychological contract consisted of the relation to the supervisor or manager and the accessibility to the employer. The personal care assistants felt that the contents of the external psychological contract consisted of the work duties, employment security, working hours and the attractiveness of the profession. The majority of the respondents felt that the internal and external psychological contract was fulfilled. None of the respondents considered that the internal and external psychological contract was not fulfilled at all.