SPELAR CHEFENS ANSTÄLLNINGSFORM NÅGON ROLL? : En kvalitativ studie om anställningsformers betydelse på chefsuppdraget

Sammanfattning: Does the managers’ form of employment matter? A qualitative study of the form of employment’s significance to a managerial appointment The aim of this study is to examine the experiences and attitudes of managers with regards to the significance of the specific terms of their employment. To achieve this, a qualitative approach was deemed to be suitable and a thematic analysis was conducted. Ten middle managers at a Swedish County Council with contrasting terms of employment (permanent positions and short-term managerial appointments) were interviewed over a two week period. To complement the thematic analysis, a theoretic framework and previous research were considered and used. The study found that there is a strong preference among the managers towards a permanent form of employment rather than short-term managerial appointments. The analysis, on the other hand, found that the terms of employment had a negligible impact on the managers’ actual work, whereas it impacted the managers’ perception of their own ‘managerial value’ and their perceived importance to the organisation. On the other hand, our study has shown that the form of employment can also affect the work and organisation. Finally, the study found that this particular field of research is yet to be fully explored and thus further research is needed to reach a greater understanding of the effects of the form of employment to the individual manager, the organisation and its workers.