FSD1141 Shipyard Employee Survey 1992

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Study title

Shipyard Employee Survey 1992

Dataset ID Number

FSD1141

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1141

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Niemelä, Jukka (Turku School of Economics)

Abstract

In the present survey, attitudes of the employees of two Finnish shipyards were studied. The survey focused on the employees' perceptions of the shipyard as an employer, on payment plans, and on the changes that have taken place in work organisation and contents. In addition, distinctive work characteristics, impediments in working conditions, co-operation between the occupational groups, as well as production and planning were studied. The respondents were asked whether there were any conflicting interests in relation to the employer. Relationship between the superiors and the employees, the systems of participation, and the flow of information were also probed. Finally, the respondents' attitudes towards strikes, trade unions, and negotiation relations were studied.

Background questions included the respondent's basic and vocational education, and the duration of employment.

Keywords

construction industry; industrial workers; information transfer; job sharing; labour policy; management; occupational life; organizations; strikes; trade unions; wages policy; working conditions

Topic Classification

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

  • Niemelä, Jukka (Turku School of Economics)

Time Period Covered

1987 – 1992

Collection Dates

1992-04 – 1992-10

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Helsinki, Turku, Rauma

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Shipyard employees

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Sample size 15% of population. Questionnaires were completed in group meetings during working hours. Respondents were given some guidance on how to fill in the questionnaire.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

82

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

In the data, the numbering of the variables follows the questionnaire used in the shipyard Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki. The data do not include all the questions in the questionnaire: for example, answers to initial open-ended questions, marital status, and team work have been deleted. Some of the questions were presented only to the Masa-Yards employees. For variables q86 and q87, the given response options differed in the two shipyards - they have been coded separately accordingly.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Niemelä, Jukka (Turku School of Economics): Shipyard Employee Survey 1992 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2002-01-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1141

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Related Publications Tooltip

Niemelä, Jukka & Leimu, Heikki (1995). Job redesign in Finnish shipyards: causes and consequences. In: The new division of labour: emerging forms of work organization in international perspective (eds. W. Littek & T. Charles). Berlin & New York: De Gruyter.

Niemelä, Jukka (1998). Kriisin kautta joustavaan tuotantoon: ristiriidat ja yhteiset edut Suomen telakoilla. Sosiologia 35 (2): 104-117

Niemelä, Jukka (1995). Työelämän suhteiden ja työorganisaation muutos. Teoksessa H. Leimu & J. Pusila (toim.): Tuotantotavan muutos Suomen laivanrakennuksessa. Turku: Turun kauppakorkeakoulun julkaisuja. Keskustelua ja raportteja 4:1995. S. 257-311.

Niemelä, Jukka (1994). Miksi telakoilla ei enää lakkoilla vanhaan malliin? Teoksessa Anna Kovalainen & Jarmo Ikonen (toim.): Tieteen boheemi - boheemin tiede. Turku: Turun kauppakorkeakoulun julkaisuja. Keskustelua ja raportteja 6:1994. S. 141-155.

Niemelä, Jukka (1992). Työelämän suhteet ja työn uudelleenorganisointi Masa-Yardsissa. Teoksessa Heikki Leimu & Matti Nallikari & Jukka Niemelä (toim.): Näkökulmia Suomen telakoiden toimintatapojen muutoksiin. Turku: Turun yliopisto, sosiologian tutkimuksia. Sarja B. 24. S. 83-116.

Niemelä, Jukka (1996). Ammattirajoista tiimityöskentelyyn. Työnjaon ja työelämän suhteiden muutos Suomen telakoilla 1980- ja 1990-luvulla. Turku: Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja C 127.

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