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Avslöja onboarding: Utforska privatanställda tjänstemäns resa in i nya roller
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Title: Unravelling Onboarding: Exploring the Journey of Privately White-Collar Workers’ into New Roles

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to map white-collar workers’ experiences of an onboarding process.

Method: The study has its starting point in the theoretical literature, which means that the study has a deductive approach. The study also adopts a qualitative research strategy because the study aims to find out what the white-collar worker experienced during their onboarding process. The empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews which were then transcribed for future interpretation. 

Conclusion: The study's results establish that an onboarding process should be based on clear structures and stability. Support from colleagues has also been shown to be one of the pillars for managing the emotional burden that a new job entails. It also emerged that the social relationships at the workplace were significant for establishing an environment that is safe and promote learning, especially where a mentor was desired by the respondents who did not have access to one. The respondents also express the importance of being able to give feedback on their onboarding, however, the demand for feedback from the companies has varied for the respondents. 

Keywords: Onboarding, Onboarding process, New employees, Stress, Mentor, Feedback, Structure

Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att kartlägga tjänstemäns upplevelser av en onboarding-process. 

Metod: Studien har sin grund i den teoretiska litteraturen vilket därmed innebär att studien har en deduktiv ansats. Studien antar likaså en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi eftersom undersökningen syftar till att få fram vad tjänstemännen upplevde under sin onboarding. Empirisk data har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer som sedan transkriberats för framtida tolkning.  

Slutsats: Studiens resultat fastställer att en onboarding-process bör grundas på tydliga strukturer och stabilitet. Stöttning från kollegor har likaså visats vara en av grundpelarna för att hantera den emotionella belastning som en nyanställning inneburit. Det framkom även att de sociala relationerna på arbetsplatsen varit betydande för en trygg och lärande miljö där en utsatt mentor har varit önskvärd av de respondenter som inte haft tillgång till en. Respondenterna framför likaså vikten av att kunna ge feedback på sin onboarding, däremot har efterfrågan på feedback av företagen varierat för respondenterna. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [sv]
Onboarding, Onboarding-process, Nyanställda, Stress, Mentor, Feedback, Struktur
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Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-121152OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-121152DiVA, id: diva2:1761158
Subject / course
Business Administration - Organization Leadership
Educational program
Human Resource Management - Personnel Management and Organisational Development, 180 credits
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Available from: 2023-06-21 Created: 2023-05-31 Last updated: 2023-06-21Bibliographically approved

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