Workplace violence: A threat to autonomy and professional discretion

Gabriella Scaramuzzino

doi:10.37062/sf.57.22059

Workplace violence: A threat to autonomy and professional discretion

Bidragets översatta titel : Arbetsrelaterat våld: Ett hot mot professionellas autonomi och handlingsutrymme

Gabriella Scaramuzzino

Socialhögskolan

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Det finns många teorier och mycket tidigare forskning om autonomi och professionellt handlingsutrymme, men kunskapen om i vilken utsträckning rädslan för att utsättas för arbetsrelaterat våld begränsar denna autonomi och handlingsutrymme är begränsad. Denna artikel bygger på en enkätstudie (N =1,236) och jämför svenska socialarbetares, lärares och journalisters erfarenheter av arbetsrelaterat våld. Syftet med artikeln är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning digitalisering är kopplat till arbetsrelaterat våld, och i vilken utsträckning arbetsrelaterat våld påverkar dessa professioners autonomi och handlingsutrymme och hindrar dem från att uppfylla sin demokratiska funktion. Resultaten visar att det finns skillnader när det kommer till i vilken utsträckning, var och hur de här professionsgrupperna blir hotade, men resultaten ger också en alarmerande bild av vilka implikationer sådana hot kan få. Ungefär 40 % av respondenterna hade övervägt att sluta arbeta med ett specifikt social problem/ämne/målgrupp/arbetsuppgift på grund av rädsla att bli utsatt för hat, hot och kränkningar.

Bidragets översatta titel	Arbetsrelaterat våld: Ett hot mot professionellas autonomi och handlingsutrymme
Originalspråk	engelska
Sidor (från-till)	249-270
Antal sidor	21
Tidskrift	Sociologisk Forskning
Volym	57
Nummer	3-4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.37062/sf.57.22059
Status	Published - 2020 dec. 21

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

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Ett gränslöst arbetsliv i en digital tid: Näthat som ett arbetsmiljöproblem
Scaramuzzino, G.
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Forte)
2018/01/01 → 2022/12/31
Projekt: Forskning

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