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När affärslogiken möter yrkesprofessionens värld: En kvantitativ studie om ägarstrukturens roll i målkonflikter inom svensk djursjukvård
University of Skövde, School of Business.
University of Skövde, School of Business.
University of Skövde, School of Business.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
When business logic meets the world of professional practice : A quantitative study on the role of ownership structure in goal conflicts in Swedish animal healthcare (English)
Abstract [sv]

Kommersialiseringen av svensk djursjukvård har ökat kraftigt under det senaste decenniet, vilket väcker frågor om hur professionell autonomi påverkas när ekonomiska mål får ökat genomslag i verksamhetsstyrningen. Denna studie syftar till att analysera relationen mellan affärslogik, yrkeslogik och de målkonflikter som uppstår i detta spänningsfält med särskilt fokus på hur dessa relationer varierar beroende på klinikernas ägarstruktur. Med institutionell logik som teoretiskt ramverk genomfördes en kvantitativ enkätstudie riktad till operativ personal inom djursjukvården, vilket resulterade i 169 fullständiga svar. Genom korrelationsanalyser prövades tre hypoteser rörande sambanden mellan affärslogik, yrkeslogik och upplevda målkonflikter. Resultaten visar att en starkare affärslogik samvarierar med minskad professionell autonomi och en ökad förekomst av upplevda målkonflikter. Dessa målkonflikter tenderar att ge starkare utslag i verksamheter med finansiellt motiverade ägarstrukturer, såsom större kedjeägda kliniker eller riskkapitalägda kliniker. Studien visar att ägarstruktur har en viss betydelse för hur institutionella logiker balanseras i praktiken, och därmed för villkoren för professionell yrkesutövning inom djursjukvården.

Abstract [en]

The commercialization of Swedish animal healthcare has increased significantly over the past decade, raising questions about how professional autonomy is affected when financial objectives gain greater influence over organizational governance. This study aims to analyze the relationship between business logic, professional logic, and the goal conflicts that arise within this field of tension, particularly focusing on how these relationships vary depending on the ownership structure of veterinary clinics. Using institutional theory as the theoretical framework, a quantitative survey was conducted targeting operational staff within animal healthcare, resulting in 169 complete responses. Through correlation analyses, three hypotheses were tested concerning the relationships between business logic, professional logic, and perceived goal conflicts. The results show that a stronger presence of business logic correlates with reduced professional autonomy and an increased occurrence of perceived goal conflicts. These conflicts tend to be more pronounced in organizations with financially motivated ownership structures, such as large clinics that are a part of a corporate chain or private clinics owned by venture capital firms. The study demonstrates that ownership structure has some significance for how institutional logics are balanced in practice, and thus for the conditions of professional practice within animal healthcare.

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2025. , p. 64
Keywords [en]
Institutional logics, animal healthcare, ownership structure, institutional friction, business logic, professional logic
Keywords [sv]
Institutionella logiker, djursjukvård, ägarstruktur, institutionell friktion, affärslogik, yrkesprofession
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Business Administration Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-25518OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-25518DiVA, id: diva2:1984314
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Business Administration
Educational program
Business Administration and Economics - Study Programme
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Available from: 2025-07-15 Created: 2025-07-15 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved

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