Avslöja onboarding: Utforska privatanställda tjänstemäns resa in i nya roller

Sammanfattning: Title: Unravelling Onboarding: Exploring the Journey of Privately White-Collar Workers’ into New Roles Purpose: The purpose of this study is to map white-collar workers’ experiences of an onboarding process. Method: The study has its starting point in the theoretical literature, which means that the study has a deductive approach. The study also adopts a qualitative research strategy because the study aims to find out what the white-collar worker experienced during their onboarding process. The empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews which were then transcribed for future interpretation.  Conclusion: The study's results establish that an onboarding process should be based on clear structures and stability. Support from colleagues has also been shown to be one of the pillars for managing the emotional burden that a new job entails. It also emerged that the social relationships at the workplace were significant for establishing an environment that is safe and promote learning, especially where a mentor was desired by the respondents who did not have access to one. The respondents also express the importance of being able to give feedback on their onboarding, however, the demand for feedback from the companies has varied for the respondents.  Keywords: Onboarding, Onboarding process, New employees, Stress, Mentor, Feedback, Structure