Sammanfattning
Work environment issues in health care have importance not only for employees
but also for patients. The aim of this article is to describe important
conditions for a health-promoting work environment, the significance of this
for health care service, and how health-promoting work conditions can be
developed. The results from our, as well as from others’, previous research
show that employees’ work environment, health and engagement are critical
for the improvements of quality of care and patient safety. Important factors
are social capital (i.e. recognition, reciprocity and trust between humans),
as well as practice-oriented approaches to developments based in system
theory perspectives. The social capital can be compared to the fuel in a
cycle creating work satisfaction, engagement and new ways of working and
a practice-oriented and a servant leadership facilitates the development and
the sustainability of this cycle.