I vilken utsträckning finns det ett samband mellan diskriminering i arbetslivet och instrumentell attityd till arbete? : En kvantitativ svensk enkätstudie utifrån ett livsloppsperspektiv

Sammanfattning: Authors: Ylva Andrén & Pernilla Winterskiöld Title: To what extent is there a correlation between discrimination in work life and instrumental attitudes towards work?  -– A quantitative Swedish survey from a life course perspective. Subject presentation: There are seven grounds for discrimination, and we may all be subject to discrimination; male or female, young and old. Research show that attitudes towards work changes during a life cycle, but is that attitude affected if one is subject to discrimination? That is what we aim to investigate. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if there is a correlation between discrimination in work life and instrumental attitude towards work. Furthermore, the study investigates whether such a correlation is related to two of the grounds for discrimination; gender or age. Method: An analysis of quantitative secondary data is done in order to investigate possible correlations between discrimination in work life and instrumental attitudes towards work. ISSP 2015 – views on work and work life is the Swedish survey we use as secondary data. Theory: The present study uses life course theory to interpret and analyze the results. Life course theory describes how critical events may impact an individual and subsequently attitudes towards work. Results: The analysis show that there is no significant correlation between discrimination in work life and instrumental attitude towards work when gender and age are considered. Subsequently two of the studies hypotheses were discarded. However, the study did show that women in greater extent than men have been subject to discrimination.