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Om polisers känslomässiga ärr: En kvalitativ studie om det emotionella arbetets roll i polisarbetet
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
About police officers' emotional scars : A qualitative study about the emotional labor’s role in the police work (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur det emotionella arbetet upplevs, hanteras och inverkar på den psykosociala arbetsmiljön i polisarbetet under arbetstid hos två kategorier poliser i yttre tjänst. Den första kategorin är de som har mellan 0–5 års erfarenhet. Den andra kategorin har mer än fem års erfarenhet. Första frågeställningen undersöker hur respektive kategori poliser i yttre tjänst beskriver att de upplever och hanterar det emotionella arbetet i tjänsten. Den andra frågeställningen undersöker i vilken mån individuella egenskaper som surface acting, deep acting och rollspel är viktiga i ett riskfyllt yrke. Studien har utgått ifrån en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi med en abduktiv ansats. Urvalet är en blandning av subjektivt urval och snöbollsurval. Empirin inhämtades genom tio semistrukturerade telefonintervjuer.

Poliserna hanterar emotioner i arbetet enligt Hochschilds (1983/2012) begrepp surface acting och deep acting. Detta genom att gå in i rollen och anpassa sina känslor utifrån situationen. Kollegialt stöd och mental förberedelse visade sig vara ett vedertaget sätt att hantera känslorna, men även humor. Generellt upplevde poliserna att deras tid i yrket har betydelse för hur de hanterar de emotionella arbetet. Slutligen visar denna studie att upplevda och möjliga konsekvenser av arbetet kan vara obalans i den emotionella dissonansen och avtrubbning.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of the study is to investigate how the emotional work is experienced, handled and affects the psychosocial work environment in police work during working hours with two categories of police officers in field service. Those between 0-5 years and more than five years of experience. The first question investigates how each category of police officers in field service describe that they experience and handle the emotional work in the service. The second question investigates in what extent are individual characteristics such as surface acting, deep acting and role-playing are important in a risky profession. The study has been based on a qualitative research strategy with an abductive approach. The sample is a mixture of subjective selection and snowball selection. The empirical data was obtained through ten semi-structured telephone interviews.

The police handle emotions at work according to Hochschild's (1983/2012) concept of surface acting and deep acting. This by going into the role and adapting their feelings based on the situation. Collegial support and mental preparation proved to be an accepted way of dealing with emotions, but also humour. In general, the police felt that their time in the profession was important for how they handle the emotional work. Finally, this study shows that perceived and possible consequences of the work can be an imbalance in the emotional dissonance and blunting.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 49
Keywords [en]
emotional work, Swedish police, police officers in field service, surface acting, deep acting, professional roles, psychosocial work environment, stress
Keywords [sv]
emotionellt arbete, svensk polis, poliser i yttre tjänst, surface acting, deep acting, yrkesroller, psykosocial arbetsmiljö, stress
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44945OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-44945DiVA, id: diva2:1571318
Subject / course
Work Science
Educational program
Work and Welfare, 180 credits
Presentation
, Halmstad (Swedish)
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Available from: 2021-06-24 Created: 2021-06-22 Last updated: 2021-06-24Bibliographically approved

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