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The deteriorating work-related well-being among statutory social workers in a rigorous economic context

Mänttäri-van der Kuip, Maija·2014·European Journal of Social Work
DOI 10.1080/13691457.2014.913006
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This article examines the connection between economic pressures and impaired well-being at work experienced by Finnish statutory social workers. The survey data were collected during the years 2011–2012. The respondents (N = 817) were social workers in statutory social services. The overall response rate was 46.5 and nearly 60% of all Finnish municipalities participated in the study. This study affirms the worrying state of the well-being at work of statutory social workers. Up to 43% of the respondents reported worsening of their work-related well-being during the past two years. On average, they had experienced impaired work-related well-being at least once a month. Nearly 18% reported experiencing this at least a few times a week or even daily. According to the respondents, economic pressures had increased while the opportunities to practice ethically responsible social work had decreased. Increasing demands for efficiency predicted not only impaired work-related well-being directly, but also through decreasing opportunities to do ethically responsible social work. The role of the budget constraints in predicting impaired well-being became meaningful when these constraints were connected to decreasing opportunities to do ethically responsible social work.

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  • Extrinsic factors are identified repeatedly as the predominant causes of stress in social work, particularly organisational pressures including excessive workloads and role conflict.

    “extrinsic factors are identified repeatedly as the predominant causes, particularly organisational pressures, including: excessive workloads (Hussain, 2018;Ravalier and Boichat, 2018); and role conflict, which is when professionals feel compelled to act in ways contrary to their values (Mänttäri-van der Kuip, 2014).”

    From Critical Mindfulness in Social Work: Exploring the Potential of Reflexive Self-Care in the Journey from Student to Social Worker (2022) · cites this paper as Mänttäri-van der Kuip, 2014

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Authors
Mänttäri-van der Kuip, M.
Venue
European Journal of Social Work
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2014-05-06
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
672-688
ISSN
  • 1369-1457 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2664
DOI
10.1080/13691457.2014.913006
OpenAlex
W2055479602
Cited by
34
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3
FWCI
10.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
European Journal of Social Work (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
work-related well-being, economic pressure, budget constraints, municipal social services, Finland, occupational stress

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