HR-personals upplevda möjligheter att upprätthålla ett organisatoriskt- och socialt arbetsmiljöarbete vid hemarbete under covid-19-pandemin : En fenomenografisk intervjustudie

Sammanfattning: Problem: During the COVID -19 pandemic, employers were forced to offer telework in their organizations in order to reduce the spread of infection in society. The implementation of telework has been related to both possibilities and challenges for the organizational and socialwork environment. Among other things, telework may change employers’ conditions to fulfill their work environmental responsibilities. The human resource (HR) function has a delegated responsibility to support employers in maintaining a healthy work environment based on current laws and regulations. The Swedish work environmental legalization lacks practical clarity on how to maintain such healthy work environment during teleworking. There are no studies on the HR functions’ experiences of maintaining an organizational and social work environment during telework forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Such knowledge may be of importance for future development of work environmental strategies for teleworking in organizations.  Purpose of the study: To examine HR employees' experiences and perceptions of opportunities to maintain a good organizational and social work environment when employees have started working from home because of the covid-19 pandemic. Method: This is a qualitative study and data was collected through semi-structured interviews with five informants employed within HR. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. A phenomenographic qualitative analysis approach has been applied to analyze the interview transcripts. Result and conclusion: The HR have experienced a lack of routines and experience of teleworkers’ organizational and social work environment. HR competence and the use of ICT have facilitated HR's work during the covid-19 pandemic