Ett förändrat universitet : En kvalitativ studie om lärare och studenters upplevelse av en omfattande förändring tilldistansarbete samt återgångsprocessen till följd av Covid-19

Sammanfattning: In 2019, the world was faced with a global pandemic. For many workplaces, this meant acomprehensive transition to teleworking. The flexibility and digitalisation of workingconditions has led to different experiences from an individual perspective. The purpose of thisstudy is to provide an increased understanding of how the transition to distance education andreturn to local education has affected the self-perceived work effort. The intention is thus tocontribute with knowledge whether telework and new work systems can constitute a futureform of work, central to Swedens university.The design of the study is of a qualitative nature where the results are based on interviews fromteachers and students at Örebro University, who have worked or are working remotely. Thetheoretical framework of the study consists of Allvins et al. theory of flexibility and boundlesswork and Giddens (1983) theory of structuration. The results of this study indicate that the selfperceivedopportunity for good work effort differs, but that the working conditions within theflexible work are similar to those of Allvin et al. (2006) describe. The study also shows thatmotivation has decreased as a result of telework, something that can be put in relation toboundless work (Allvin et al., 2006). The result of the informant's work performance issomething that has also become both better and worse. There is thus a shared experience inhow individuals experience distance work as enabling or hindering. Finally, a lesson can belearned; that a moderate degree of flexibility enables individual adaptation in life and this inturn increased motivation and loyalty to the work (Hill et al., 2008:151). This is knowledge ofimportance in the face of the decline of on-site work.