Ledarskap och Stress
en kvalitativ studie om ledarrollens betydelse i stressiga situationer
StressLedarskapStresshanteringOrganisationskulturLeadershipCopingCorporate culturePsychologyPsykologiSocial Sciences
Previous research in the area of leadership and stress has shown that the leader plays an important role but in what way is still an issue to explore. A qualitative approach was used in this study to develop an increased understanding of the leader's experience of stress using four themes; leadership, stress, control and organizational factors. A total of 12 semi-structured and un-structured interviews were carried out with 6 leaders, three females and three males. The data was transcribed and thematic as well as narrative analysis was conducted.The results indicates that leadership stress is caused by a lack of control and that factors intrinsic to the role as a leader both facilitates and complicates the leaders situation when facing stress.