Study title

Strategic Management of Work Ability and Occupational Healthcare in Municipal Organisations: Personnel Management 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3190

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3190

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Pekkarinen, Laura (Keva)
• Pekka, Toni (Keva)

Abstract

This study charted how workplace well-being and occupational healthcare were managed in Finnish municipal organisations in terms of well-being monitoring and measuring, preparedness for situations where an employee's capacity to work has diminished, and cooperation with occupational healthcare providers.

First, the study surveyed how regularly the respondents' organisations carried out a variety of tasks measuring and surveying occupational well-being and employees' ability to work, as well as how they prepared for possible problems in this regard. For instance, it was queried whether the organisations conducted surveys charting employees' well-being and capacity to work, made calculations about the costs of an employee's inability to work, and prepared for retirement of employees. It was also surveyed which of these measures the respondents deemed strategically the most central for their respective organisations.

The respondents were also presented with a set of statements that charted e.g. whether their organisations regularly monitored sick leaves, had recognised underlying causes for sick leaves, or had formed action plans with the goal of preventing work-related injuries and accidents. Some questions covered whether the organisations had a personnel strategy and a staff well-being coordinator.

Strategic management of employees' well-being and ability to work was surveyed with statements regarding e.g. whether the organisation's personnel strategy promoted longer work careers, whether the organisation had set measurable goals for the development of workplace well-being, and whether immediate superiors had access to technical equipment with which to measure employees' well-being and ability to work. Next, the respondents were asked to evaluate whether different actors inside the organisation, such as union representatives, immediate superiors or the management, received sufficient information on e.g. sick leaves, employee well-being and the costs of an employee's inability to work.

The next questions queried the type and extent of occupational healthcare services in the respondents' organisations. The respondents were asked whether the organisation would have the ability to formulate a wellness action plan in cooperation with the occupational healthcare provider. They were also asked about their overall satisfaction with the cooperation between the organisation and the occupational healthcare provider, as well as whether the provider had sufficient healthcare personnel for the organisation's needs and whether the services they provided promoted employee well-being and long work careers.

Finally, it was charted e.g. whether the effectiveness of occupational healthcare was evaluated in cooperation with personnel, and whether the organisation's wellness action plan was updated according to these evaluations. The respondents were also asked whether the occupational healthcare provider sent the organisation reports regarding employee well-being and ability to work, and whether these reports were utilised in the development of workplace well-being. The respondents were finally asked to grade the strategic management of occupational well-being in their organisations on a scale from 4 to 10.

Keywords

goal setting; health services; local government officers; local government organizations; occupational safety; personnel management; policy monitoring; strategies; well-being (health)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Occupational health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

The Strategic Management of Work Ability and Occupational Healthcare

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Keva

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015-05-04 – 2015-05-22

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

Personnel administration staff in municipal organisations in Finland (representing their respective organisations)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Contact information of personnel administration staff in Finnish municipal organisations (municipalities, joint municipal authorities and municipally owned corporations) were collected from the customer register of Keva, the pension provider in Finland for state, municipal, Evangelical Lutheran Church and Kela employees. For this study, organisations with least 10 employees insured under the Public Sector Pensions Act were chosen. Personnel administration in municipal organisations was mainly the responsibility of HR managers. However, all municipal organisations did not have separate personnel administration, so the respondents also include municipality chief executives, general managers, municipal and HR secretaries, financial administration personnel, and others who handle personnel management tasks alongside their main administrative work.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

34

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The personnel management survey was sent to 616 representatives of municipal organisations, of which 212 responded to the survey. The direct response rate was thus 34 percent. A total of 54 percent of municipal staff in Finland work in the organisations from which responses were received.

To prevent identification, open-ended variable q24 was removed from the data at FSD. The data collectors had already removed other open-ended variables from the data and categorised background variables so that no further anonymisation measures were necessary at FSD.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Pekkarinen, Laura (Keva) & Pekka, Toni (Keva): Strategic Management of Work Ability and Occupational Healthcare in Municipal Organisations: Personnel Management 2015 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-06-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3190

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Related Materials

Pekkarinen, Laura & Pekka, Toni (2015). Työhyvinvoinnin ja työkyvyn strateginen johtaminen ja työterveysyhteistyö kunta-alalla vuonna 2015 [verkkodokumentti]. KEVAN TUTKIMUKSIA 1/2015. https://www.keva.fi/globalassets/2-tiedostot/ta-tiedostot/esitteet-ja-julkaisut/tyohyvinvoinnin_tyokyvyn_strateginen_johtaminen_keva_1_2015.pdf [viitattu 4.7.2018].

Related Publications

Pekkarinen, Laura & Pekka, Toni (2015). Työhyvinvoinnin ja työkyvyn strateginen johtaminen ja työterveysyhteistyö kunta-alalla vuonna 2015. [verkkodokumentti] KEVAN TUTKIMUKSIA 1/2015. https://www.keva.fi/globalassets/2-tiedostot/ta-tiedostot/esitteet-ja-julkaisut/tyohyvinvoinnin_tyokyvyn_strateginen_johtaminen_keva_1_2015.pdf. [viitattu 28.6.2018].

Pekkarinen, Laura & Pekka, Toni (2016). Minkälaiset valmiudet erilaisissa kuntaorganisaatioissa on toimia työntekijän työkyvyn heikentyessä? YHTEISKUNTAPOLITIIKKA 81:5, 559-566.

Shemeikka, Marika (2021). Henkilöstön osaamisen ja työhyvinvoinnin kartoitusten säännöllisyys kunta-alan organisaatioissa. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Aikuiskasvatustieteen kandidaatintutkielma.