Meetings are an Important Prerequisite for Flourishing Workplace Relationships

Relationships among colleagues, managers, and care recipients are mutually important, and need to be highlighted in workplace health promotion. The aim was to explore prerequisites for flourishing workplace relationships in a municipal healthcare setting for old people. As part of this process, we e...

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Main Authors: Sophie Schön Persson, Kerstin Blomqvist, Petra Nilsson Lindström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/8092
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spelling doaj-7337fc22bd2241d98817544273446e022021-08-06T15:23:43ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-07-01188092809210.3390/ijerph18158092Meetings are an Important Prerequisite for Flourishing Workplace RelationshipsSophie Schön Persson0Kerstin Blomqvist1Petra Nilsson Lindström2Faculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenFaculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenFaculty of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenRelationships among colleagues, managers, and care recipients are mutually important, and need to be highlighted in workplace health promotion. The aim was to explore prerequisites for flourishing workplace relationships in a municipal healthcare setting for old people. As part of this process, we explored the staff’s suggestions on how work relationships could be improved. The study had a salutogenic and participatory approach, examining staff perceptions of what was required for flourishing relationships to be created, and their suggestions for the relationships to be more promotive. Four multi-stage focus groups, which met three times each, were conducted with staff (<i>n</i> = 26) in old age healthcare settings. A deductive analysis was performed, based on components of the flourishing concept: challenge, connectivity, autonomy, and competence. Informal and formal meetings at work were shown to build positively perceived relationships. The study describes meetings and relationships connected to the four components of flourishing. Suggestions for improving work relationships are also presented. This study contributes to workplace health promotion, and has a salutogenic and participatory focus on how to explore workplace relationships as a resource. The flourishing concept shows how workplace relationships can be explored as prerequisites for workplace health promotion.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/8092workplace relationshipsflourishingmulti-stage focus groupsold age healthcareparticipatory approachworkplace health promotion
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Meetings are an Important Prerequisite for Flourishing Workplace Relationships
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
workplace relationships
flourishing
multi-stage focus groups
old age healthcare
participatory approach
workplace health promotion
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Kerstin Blomqvist
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series International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn 1661-7827
1660-4601
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Relationships among colleagues, managers, and care recipients are mutually important, and need to be highlighted in workplace health promotion. The aim was to explore prerequisites for flourishing workplace relationships in a municipal healthcare setting for old people. As part of this process, we explored the staff’s suggestions on how work relationships could be improved. The study had a salutogenic and participatory approach, examining staff perceptions of what was required for flourishing relationships to be created, and their suggestions for the relationships to be more promotive. Four multi-stage focus groups, which met three times each, were conducted with staff (<i>n</i> = 26) in old age healthcare settings. A deductive analysis was performed, based on components of the flourishing concept: challenge, connectivity, autonomy, and competence. Informal and formal meetings at work were shown to build positively perceived relationships. The study describes meetings and relationships connected to the four components of flourishing. Suggestions for improving work relationships are also presented. This study contributes to workplace health promotion, and has a salutogenic and participatory focus on how to explore workplace relationships as a resource. The flourishing concept shows how workplace relationships can be explored as prerequisites for workplace health promotion.
topic workplace relationships
flourishing
multi-stage focus groups
old age healthcare
participatory approach
workplace health promotion
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