Social Work Managers Conceptions of Safety in the Psychosocial Work Environment

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Journal of Social Service Research

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Instrumental, Interpersonal or Holistic: Social Work Managers Conceptions of Safety in the Psychosocial Work Environment

Kettil Nordesjö

To cite this article: Kettil Nordesjö (2020) Instrumental, Interpersonal or Holistic: Social Work Managers Conceptions of Safety in the Psychosocial Work Environment, Journal of Social Service Research, 46:6, 789-800, DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2019.1658690

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Instrumental, Interpersonal or Holistic: Social Work Managers Conceptions of Safety in the Psychosocial Work Environment

Kettil Nordesjo

Centre for Work Life and Evaluation Studies, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden

ABSTRACT Social work managers are accountable for risks and safety in the psychosocial work environ- ment. This article aims to understand how social work managers deal with safety in the psy- chosocial work environment in social service organizations with potentially conflicting logics of regulation and security, by answering the questions: How do social work managers con- ceptualize safety in the psychosocial work environment?; What are the implications of differ- ent conceptions of safety in the psychosocial work environment for social work management? Through a qualitative phenomenographic analysis of semi-structured inter- views with 27 managers in the Swedish social services, three conceptions were found: an instrumenta

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