Study title

Workplace Well-Being in the Public Sector 2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD3191

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3191

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Pekka, Toni (Keva)
• Perhoniemi, Riku (Keva)

Abstract

This study charted municipal and church employees' experiences of work conditions and workplace well-being in Finland. The target group of the study comprised Finnish municipal employees insured under the Local Government Pensions Act and employees in parishes, parish unions, cathedral chapters and the Church Council insured under the Evangelical-Lutheran Church Pensions Act. The study was commissioned by Keva, the pension provider for public sector employees in Finland.

The respondents were presented with attitudinal statements and asked to evaluate the extent to which they agreed with these statements. The first statements covered satisfaction with superiors, working climate and work atmosphere, occupational stress and physical workload, receiving feedback, and work processes. Some statements also concerned competence requirements of the job as well as whether the employer encouraged personal development. The respondents were also asked about work ability, work-life balance, and the employer's attitude toward continuing to work after retirement age.

After the attitudinal statements, the respondents were enquired whether they had, within the previous 12 months, experienced violence or harassment by customers/clients or been bullied or treated unfairly at the workplace by colleagues or superiors. Finally, the respondents' views on their personal work well-being and its development within the previous year were charted, and they were asked whether they felt joy in their work and whether they would recommend their workplace to others.

Background variables included field of employment, type of work contract, gender and age group.

Keywords

employees; employers; job satisfaction; labour relations; local government officers; personnel; religious personnel; supervisors; work-life balance; working conditions; workloads

Topic Classification

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

Series

Workplace Well-Being in the Public Sector

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Tietoykkönen

Time Period Covered

2014

Collection Dates

2014-08 – 2014-09

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Personnel in municipal and church positions insured under the Municipal Pension Act (KuEL) or the Evangelical-Lutheran Church Pensions Act (KiEL).

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

A sample representative of the target population was drawn using random sampling with stratification according to age, gender and field of employment. The data were collected with telephone interviews and contain responses of 1,500 persons employed by municipalities and 500 persons employed by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland. Information received from the registers of Keva was used in the sampling to gain a representative sample of persons insured by Keva.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data archived at FSD do not contain the questionnaire.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Pekka, Toni (Keva) & Perhoniemi, Riku (Keva): Workplace Well-Being in the Public Sector 2014 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-07-11). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3191

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Pekka, Toni & Perhoniemi, Riku (2014). Julkisen alan työhyvinvointi 2014. Kevan tutkimuksia; 1/2014.