Psychosocial work environment : A qualitative study on how unit managers in social services are expected to take responsible for promoting a good psychosocial work environment.

The purpose of this study is to examine and deepen the knowledge of how unit managers are expected to take responsibility for promoting a good work environment by translating the new regulations on organizational and social work environment, in social services in a medium-sized municipality in Southern-Sweden. Method: We have used a qualitative approach as method in this study, with semi-structured interviews as data collection method. To gather empirical material, we chose to interview six unit managers who work in social services. Theory: Our theoretical point have been Implementation theory. We also chose the concepts of learning organizations and competence. Our choice of method and concepts have helped us to examine our-empirical-material. Results: The six different themes, presented in the results of this study, are designed based on the new regulations on organizational and social work environment. The different themes in this study are the following: Competences, goals for the organization and the social work environment, workload, management of working hours, offensive treatment, responsibility and the last theme is competence. Our results indicate that the unit managers are not adequately educated about the new regulations, which in turn leads to the implementation of the regulations as intended. Secondly, our results also show weaknesses in resource allocation