Ledarskap och Stress : en kvalitativ studie om ledarrollens betydelse i stressiga situationer

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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 ...