Att skapa känslan av sammanhang genom relationer på distans Ur ett ledarskapsperspektiv : En studie om ledarskap, känsla av sammanhang och distansarbete

Sammanfattning: The writers have examined how leaders relate to leadership at a distance and throughrelationships with their employees create a sense of coherence. Leaders refer to people whocurrently work in a leading role such as employer, manager or who have tasks whereleadership is a central part. The study was conducted using a qualitative method where eightleaders were respondents. The empirics collected through the interviews were later analyzedwith a qualitative data analysis where the empirics were categorized and then compared withthe other empirics. The empiric was then presented in the form of quotes from the respondents.The subsequent step was that the empirics were analyzed with previous research on LMX,KASAM, the employees' mood and performance. Furthermore, the quotations were alsoanalyzed with the help of the theoretical framework that consisted of the leadership theories,LMX and KASAM. The results showed that leaders experience that it is difficult to relate toleadership at a distance and this is partly due to the lack of body language and other signalsthat can be perceived in physical presence. The study's conclusion shows that the leader hasneeded to use more communication to satisfy the sense of coherence in the relationship withthe employees.