Psykosocialt säkerhetsklimat hos timanställda inom äldreomsorgen

Sammanfattning: Nina Fällstrand Larsson Psychosocial safety climate for workers with temporary employment in elderly care. Master Thesis in Occupational Health Science (15 credits). Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies. University of Gävle. Sweden Psychosocial safety climate for workers with temporary employment in elderly care Psychosocial safety climate refers to workers psychological health, well-being and safety in an organisation, and it reflects the organisations’ ability to protect workers health and safety. Psychosocial safety climate can be measured with the PSC-4 tool consisting of 4 dimensions covering organisational policies and practice. The aim of this study is to examine in what extend job preferences and job security can predict psychosocial safety climate for workers with temporary employment in elderly care. The design is cross sectional with data collected by a survey from the research program Flexible working (Flex-A) at University of Gävle. The respondents were 109 workers with temporary employment in care facilities for elderly. The variables job preferences and job security have been analysed with a linear regression analysis including age and gender as cofounders. The unadjusted analysis did not reach significance, but the age and gender adjusted analysis did. However, none of the predictors were significant. The conclusion is that psychosocial safety climate cannot be predicted by job preferences and job security for workers with temporary employment in elderly care. In addition, gender and age should be considered as possible confounders in future studies. Keywords: Psychosocial safety climate, Temporary employment, Job insecurity, Employment preference