Hur mår våra lärare?
tio gymnasielärares röster om deras upplevda arbetssituation
TeachersWork situationKarasek & TheorellDemandControl and supportLärareArbetssituationKarasek & TheorellKravKontroll och socialt stöd.
Our purpose with this qualitative study is to investigate how teachers experience their work situation, using Karasek and Theorell?s demand-, control- and support model. The study is based upon ten semi-structured interviews with gymnasium teachers. The interviews were transcribed and coded with three different themes; demand, control and support. We analyzed the results with Karasek and Theorell?s mentioned model. The results shows that all three dimensions ? demand, control and support ? seem important for teachers? experienced work situation. Though we found that social support seems to be more important than the degree of control, which is the most important dimension according to Karasek and Theorell?s model, as well as according to previous research within the area of psychosocial disorder. Further, we reached the conclusion that a high level of control does not always have to be favorable, as it might cause more stress for the employees.