Skolan runt läraren
En undersökning av lärares psykosociala arbetsmiljö i en svensk och en nya zeeländsk skola.
AbstractThe purpose of this thesis is to highlight the organization's importance to teachers' working environment. Through a survey conducted at a primary school in New Zealand and at a primary school in Sweden, teacher perceptions of their psychosocial work environment were compared. This study has answered the questions: ?How does a teacher at a school in New Zealand and at a school in Sweden view their psychosocial work environment from an organizational perspective?? and ?What are the similarities and differences in psychosocial working environment between a school in New Zealand and a school in Sweden?? The results were analyzed based on Karasek and Theorells demands-control-social support model. The study shows that teachers at both schools are experiencing high demands, but that New Zealand teachers are experiencing greater demands. The Swedish teachers experienced greater control. A possible reason for this is a more bureaucratic (hierarchical) structure of the New Zealand school organisation. Finally, the results show that New Zealand teachers found more support from superiors, while the Swedish teachers found more support from colleagues.