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Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden
PURPOSE: The aim of this qualitative study was to describe experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden. METHODS: We interviewed 15 employees in the municipal sector in rural northern Sweden using a semi-structured guide and subjected the inte...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2056957 |
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author | Asplund, Sofia Åhlin, Johan Åström, Sture Lindgren, Britt-Marie |
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description | PURPOSE: The aim of this qualitative study was to describe experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden. METHODS: We interviewed 15 employees in the municipal sector in rural northern Sweden using a semi-structured guide and subjected the interviews to qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Under the main theme of Suffering Through Endless Chaos, we summarized four themes: facing incompatible interests and high demands due to lack of time and resources; feeling powerless, trapped, and ignored due to lack of control; feeling insufficient, insecure, and guilty due to challenging relations and high expectations; and struggling with consequences such as health problems, spillover effects on family life, and difficulty coping. CONCLUSION: Findings from this study suggest the importance of acknowledging suffering among municipal employees in a stressful work environment. An imbalance between job demands and resources is affecting both health and family lives of employees, and also their ability to work. It seems important to improve the work environment through supportive leadership, job control, and reasonable job demands to prevent stress, reduce suffering, and create a healthy organization. |
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spelling | pubmed-89733532022-04-02 Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden Asplund, Sofia Åhlin, Johan Åström, Sture Lindgren, Britt-Marie Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies PURPOSE: The aim of this qualitative study was to describe experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden. METHODS: We interviewed 15 employees in the municipal sector in rural northern Sweden using a semi-structured guide and subjected the interviews to qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Under the main theme of Suffering Through Endless Chaos, we summarized four themes: facing incompatible interests and high demands due to lack of time and resources; feeling powerless, trapped, and ignored due to lack of control; feeling insufficient, insecure, and guilty due to challenging relations and high expectations; and struggling with consequences such as health problems, spillover effects on family life, and difficulty coping. CONCLUSION: Findings from this study suggest the importance of acknowledging suffering among municipal employees in a stressful work environment. An imbalance between job demands and resources is affecting both health and family lives of employees, and also their ability to work. It seems important to improve the work environment through supportive leadership, job control, and reasonable job demands to prevent stress, reduce suffering, and create a healthy organization. Taylor & Francis 2022-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8973353/ /pubmed/35350958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2056957 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Empirical Studies Asplund, Sofia Åhlin, Johan Åström, Sture Lindgren, Britt-Marie Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title | Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title_full | Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title_fullStr | Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title_short | Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden |
title_sort | experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern sweden |
topic | Empirical Studies |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2056957 |
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