Aineiston nimi

Changing Municipalities 1990

Aineistonumero

FSD1190

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1190

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Granqvist, Nina (Åbo Akademi University. Department of Public Administration)
• Pikkala, Sari (Åbo Akademi University. Department of Public Administration)
• Ståhlberg, Krister (Åbo Akademi University. Department of Public Administration)

Muut tekijät

• Göteborgs universitet
• Universitet i Oslo
• Aarhus Universitet

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted the situation and range of activities of Finnish municipalities. Respondents were asked to evaluate the economic situation of their municipality. They also rated the importance of problems pertaining to local politics, municipal administration, municipal economy, local circumstances and relations with central government. Respondents were asked what the biggest problem in the municipality was. Opinions on the obstacles to solving that problem and different solution strategies were charted. The survey also studied whether certain actions had been taken in municipalities, for example, combining and abolishing municipal committees, organising in-house job-related training or attempts to increase citizen participation.

Respondents were asked about the Free Municipality/Administrative Experiments. They also rated the importance of the experiment's goals, such as discovering new working methods, learning from experience, breaking old habits and cutting expenditure. Respondents indicated to what extent they agreed with statements relating to issues raised in public discussion, such as reforms made in municipalities and the relationship between local authorities and the State. Respondents were also asked whether their municipality buys services from private companies (outsourcing) and whether it supports voluntary work. The impact of outsourcing the services and supporting voluntary work were assessed.

Municipal and city managers (local government Chief Executive Officers) were asked how much time they spend taking care of certain duties and how often they communicate with different bodies (e.g. the media, residents and other municipalities). Managers assessed which tasks take most of their time and whether their time management was appropriate. Lastly, they rated the importance of different aspects of Chief Executive Officer's work, such as promoting cooperation between sectors, informing employees, creating new routines, controlling the budget, coordinating actions, and finding out about the views of residents.

Background variables included municipality, type of municipality, province, respondent's year of birth, level of education. Respondents were also asked about their career development and years in present position.

Asiasanat

free municipalities; local authorities; local government; management; municipal administration; municipal managers; municipal planning; municipalities; public administration

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Elites and leadership (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Åbo Akademi University. Department of Public Administration

Tuottajat

• Åbo Akademi University. Department of Public Administration

Ajallinen kattavuus

1990

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

1990-03-01 – 1990-04

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Political-administrative area (Municipality)

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish municipalities (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The questionnaire was sent to all municipal and city managers in Finland. Non-respondents were sent a reminder letter first and contacted by telephone later.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

85

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD1191 Changing Municipalities 1993

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

There were two different questionnaires regarding questions 11-14 ( one for municipalities participating in the Free Municipality or Administrative Experiment and the other for the rest of the municipalities). The questionnaire for those taking part in the Free Municipality Experiment is archived at FSD.

Answers to open-ended questions 15 and 16 (regarding type of services outsourced to private companies) and 12a in the Free Municipality and Administrative Experiment questionnaire are missing. There are only four variables for question 27 (work experience): municipality, government, organisations, and private sector.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Granqvist, Nina (Åbo Akademi University) & Pikkala, Sari (Åbo Akademi University) & Ståhlberg, Krister (Åbo Akademi University): Changing Municipalities 1990 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2004-10-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1190

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Pikkala, Sari (1991). Hur leds kommunerna?: en granskning av ledarskapsstilar bland de finländska kommundirektörerna. Kunnallistieteellinen aikakauskirja 19(1), 32-44.

Pikkala, Sari (1993). Omgivning, ledarskap och förändring i kommunerna. Åbo: Åbo Akademi. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi; A:391.

Pikkala, Sari (1994). Johtajakuvan muutos kunnallishallinnossa. Kunnallistieteellinen aikakauskirja 21(3), 74-83.

Kommuner och kommunala ledare i Norden (1996). Red. Lawrence Rose. Åbo: Åbo Akademi. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi; A:469.