Study title

Temporary Agency Work in Health Care 2006: Interviews

Dataset ID Number

FSD2517

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2517
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2517

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Palukka, Hannele (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)
• Tiilikka, Tiina (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Ruotsalainen, Juho
• Tolkki, Helena

Abstract

The data consist of the interviews of 11 physicians and 2 nurses conducted in 2006. The interviews charted the physicians' and nurses' attitudes towards temporary agency work in health care and their own status and activity. The body of the interview included 12 questions, out of which one was aimed only at physicians and another only at nurses. The interview topics focused on the dimensions of temporary agency work in health care that were perceived as significant in the questionnaire part of the same survey (see FSD2516). The topics covered reasons for selecting temporary agency work, differences between the public sector and a temporary agency as employers, functioning of the work community, experiences of physical and psychological violence, and relationship between work and leisure. The interviewed temporary agency workers were volunteers out of the health care professionals working for private service providers who had participated in the questionnaire part of the same survey.

Keywords

health professionals; health services; medical care; nurses; physicians; subcontracting; temporary employment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Labour relations/conflict (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Health care services and policies (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Palukka, Hannele (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)
• Tiilikka, Tiina (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)

Time Period Covered

2006

Collection Dates

2006-10-12 – 2006-12-20

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Health care personnel

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The data were collected by interviewing 13 physicians and nurses who did temporary agency work and who had expressed their willingness to participate in the interviews in an earlier survey of the research project.

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

11 RTF files, approximately 460 pages in total. In addition, HTML files based on the RTF files.

Data File Language

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

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2516 Temporary Agency Work in Health Care 2006

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Palukka, Hannele (University of Tampere) & Tiilikka, Tiina (University of Tampere): Temporary Agency Work in Health Care 2006: Interviews [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2010-04-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2517

Deposit Requirement

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

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

Ruotsalainen, Juho (2009). Tutkimus vuokralääkäreiden ja -terveydenhoitajien työn eetoksesta. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta.

Palukka, Hannele & Tiilikka, Tiina (2007). Vuokratyöntekijänä hyvinvointipalvelurakenteen murroksessa [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Palkansaajasäätiö & Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian ja sosiaalipsykologian laitos & Helsinki: Työsuojelurahasto. http://www.tsr.fi/tsarchive/files/TietokantaTutkittu/2005/105289Loppuraportti.pdf [viitattu 6.4.2011].

Palukka, Hannele & Tiilikka, Tiina (2008). Terveydenhuollon vuokratyö - joustava ja vapaa työn muoto? Työelämän tutkimus 6(2), 173-184.

Tiilikka Tiina & Aaltonen Tarja & Palukka Hannele (2011): Lääkärinä vuokratyössä - näköaloja koulutukseen ja oppimiseen. Teoksessa: Terveysalan ammatit ja koulutus. Toim. Laiho Anne & Ruoholinna Tarita. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. Ss. 180-201.

Pietilä, Heidi (2015). Mediradix Oy:n myynnin onnistumiseen vaikuttavat tekijät ja myynnin kehittäminen. Turku: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu. AMK-opinnäytetyö.

Ristimäki, Heidi-Maria (2017). Kiipeääkö lääkäri työhyvinvoinnin portaiden huipulle? Suomalaisten vuokratyötä tekevien lääkäreiden kokemuksia työhyvinvoinnin näkökulmasta tarkasteltuna. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikka. Yhteiskuntatutkimuksen tutkinto-ohjelma. Kandidaatintutkielma.