Första linjechefers förutsättningar för att uppnå ett hållbart arbete : En kvalitativ studie inom kommunal äldreomsorg

Sammanfattning: Working as first line manager in elderly care means to meet business needs and at the same time relate to the political guidelines and decisions available. In order to perform their daily work and at the same time feel good working conditions requires that managers are given the right conditions. The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of how the first line management in elderly care experience their work situation and the conditions they receive from the organization's management to perform their daily work. The aim is also to study what the first line managers believe are the most important prerequisites for achieving a sustainable work. The study is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews performed with seven first line managers in municipal elderly care. The collected material is analyzed from Granheim and Lundmans (2012) qualitative content analysis. The result shows that the economic conditions that managers have available in their operations is scarce and it is a challenge for managers to find enough time to their daily work, partly because all the administrative work is burdensome. Anyway, it shows that the managers who have learned to prioritize their time and have a long working experience, they can more easily manage their work situation. It appears that the most essential conditions that all managers feel that they receive from the organizations management is good management support and good educational opportunities. The result also shows that good management support is seen by all managers as one of the most important conditions to be able to create a sustainable work. The study do not differ in any significant way to the earlier research available in the field, and we can with our study further strengthen the organizations management needs to get a better insight in elderly operations and work to improve first line managers work situation and their prospects.