Vad motiverar en främling? : En studie om motivation utifrån timanställdas perspektiv

Sammanfattning: In recent years, we have been able to see and hear in the media how difficult it is to get substitutes into various businesses. Employers promise high salaries and rewards for permanent staff who can find people who can be hired, but there is still a shortage of substitutes. What is the reason for this? Previous research has shown that substitutes tend to keep a certain distance from their workplaces and that they are thus not full-scale members of the working group (Alfonsson 2020, Olofsdotter, 2008). There is also research that shows that satisfaction affects the attitude we have to work (Berglund, 2001, Herzberg 1959). With this study, we want to investigate what may be the reason behind this shortage of substitutes by, with a focus on motivation and attitude to work, seeing if there are differences between hourly employees today and people who were hourly employed 10 - 20 years ago. This qualitative study is based on semi-structured interviews with eight people who are, or have been, hourly employed in Social Care in a medium-sized Swedish municipality. We have divided the respondents into two groups where one group consists of four people who were hourly employed 10 - 20 years ago and the other of four who are hourly employed today. Based on the compilations of each group's responses, we can identify differences and similarities in motivation and attitude to work based on their position as Strangers (Simmel, 1908). This leads to a result showing what motivates the hourly substitutes and what they consider valuable in the work. Finally, we can also see that there has been a change in attitude towards work over time.