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Democracy and Design in Swedish Personal Assistance
2016 (English)In: Service Design Geographies: Proceedings of the ServDes.2016 Conference / [ed] Nicola Morelli; Amalia de Götzen; Francesco Grani, Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2016, p. 415-428, article id 34Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The present study investigated the role of personal assistance service providers for people with disabilities from the users’ point of view. Interviews with 12 users resulted in five value categories: (1) Interact with the user in a service-minded way (2) Have a proper ideology of personal assistance, (3) Mediate between users and personal assistants, (4) Provide good work conditions for personal assistants and (5) Represent the user politically. This study illustrates that classical theoretical models of customer service might be less suitable to explain the role of service providers for Swedish users of personal assistance. In order to provide successful service and support, service providers might need to consider interactions beyond the provider and the end-users, and also include issues such as political lobbying, working conditions for social workers and sustainability in terms of guaranteeing the service in the future. The findings are discussed in relation to service management theories and the service design society.

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Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2016. p. 415-428, article id 34
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Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, E-ISSN 1650-3740 ; 125
Keywords [en]
service provider, personal assistance, people with disability, personally designed support
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Design Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology) Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-21795ISBN: 978-91-7685-738-0 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-21795DiVA, id: diva2:1694459
Conference
The ServDes Conference 2016, Aalborg University, Copenhagen 24-26 May 2016
Available from: 2022-09-09 Created: 2022-09-09 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved

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