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Semper Opus Solve? Hur normer och identifikation formar drivkraften hos soldater och officerare vid Stockholms Amfibieregemente
Swedish Defence University.
2026 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In a deteriorating security environment, soldiers’ and officers’ inner drive is central to military effectiveness yet remains underexplored in everyday military practice. This study examines how inner drive is understood and experienced by personnel at the Stockholm Marine Regiment, and how it relates to problem representations in the unit’s code of conduct. Adopting a qualitative interpretive approach, the study combines Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to Be? framework with narrative analysis of semi-structured individual and focus group interviews with 32 soldiers and officers. Identity fusion theory guides the analysis. The findings show that inner drive is primarily identity-based rather than instrumental, linked to duty, belonging, and professional self-understanding. Consequently, availability and task completion are experienced as moral obligations rather than formal requirements. While this strengthens performance and cohesion, the normalization and internalization of high workload and tempo raise concerns regarding long-term sustainability in a Swedish peacetime military context.

Abstract [sv]

I en försämrad säkerhetsmiljö är soldaters och officerares inre drivkraft central för militär effektivitet, men den är fortfarande relativt outforskad i den dagliga militära praktiken. Denna studie undersöker hur inre drivkraft förstås och upplevs av personal vid Stockholms Amfibieregemente, samt hur den relaterar till problemrepresentationer i förbandets uppförandekod.

Med en kvalitativ tolkande ansats kombinerar studien Carol Bacchis ramverk What’s the Problem Represented to Be? med narrativ analys av semistrukturerade individuella intervjuer och fokusgruppsintervjuer med 32 soldater och officerare. Analysen vägleds av teorin om identitetsfusion.

Resultaten visar att inre drivkraft i första hand är identitetsbaserad snarare än instrumentell, och kopplas till plikt, tillhörighet och professionell självförståelse. Därmed upplevs tillgänglighet och uppgiftslösning som moraliska förpliktelser snarare än formella krav. Samtidigt som detta stärker prestation och sammanhållning väcker normaliseringen och internaliseringen av hög arbetsbelastning och högt tempo frågor om långsiktig hållbarhet i en svensk militär kontext i fredstid.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2026. , p. 41
Keywords [sv]
Drivkraft, internalisering, identitetsfusion, uppförandekod
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War, Crisis, and Security Studies Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-14667OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-14667DiVA, id: diva2:2051272
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War Studies, Thesis
Educational program
Högre officersprogrammet (HOP)
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2026-04-08 Created: 2026-04-07 Last updated: 2026-04-08Bibliographically approved

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