Study title

Innovation System of Finnish Municipalities 2011

Dataset ID Number

FSD2942

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2942

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Sotarauta, Markku (University of Tampere. School of Management)

Abstract

The questionnaire survey studied whether Finnish municipalities (local government) had innovation systems that supported their development and regeneration. Municipality top management teams, and chairpersons of municipal councils or executives were selected as respondents. The study was conducted by the Research Unit for Urban and Regional Development Studies SENTE in the University of Tampere and was funded by the Foundation for Municipal Development.

Questions investigated what development targets the respondents considered important for the municipality, targets for personnel recruitment and management in terms of facilitating development, the sufficiency of resources compared to service needs, what factors motivated the development of operations and services, and what factors formed barriers to development. Further questions covered the existence of a research and development unit in the organisation, resources allocated to the development of services and staff training, and opinions on the best ways to use the resources. Sources of information for own work and importance of certain cooperation partners for development work were studied. The partners mentioned included service users, private service providers, other municipalities, ministries, universities, consultants etc.

Background variables included R's role in the municipality, sector, basic education, age group and gender.

Keywords

development policy; innovation; local government; local government organizations; local government policy

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue (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

• Sotarauta, Markku (University of Tampere. School of Management)

Time Period Covered

2011

Collection Dates

2011-05-05 – 2011-06-25

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Organization/Institution

Universe

Top management of Finnish municipalities: chief executives, directors of municipal sectors or large units, and chairpersons of municipal councils or municipal executives (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

An invitation to participate and a link to the web survey was sent to all members of top management groups in Finnish municipalities (excluding the Åland Island ones) in May and June 2011. Altogether, 1,592 invitations were successfully sent and 534 persons responded. Non-contacts were due to outdated addresses, change in job tasks, leaves of absence etc.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

33.5

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

1.1

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Responses to q18 identifying the municipality have been categorised into to the statistical grouping of municipalities created by Statistics Finland, with an added new class for cities with over 100,000 habitants. The response alternatives of the single choice question q20 (main sector) have been archived as separate, dichotomous variables (q20_1, q20_2, q20_3, q20_4, q20_5 and q20_6) since a considerable number of respondents had chosen more than one response alternative, thus making it a multiple choice question.

Responses to questions q10 and q11, related to the amount of research and development funding, are not included in the archived data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Sotarauta, Markku (University of Tampere): Innovation System of Finnish Municipalities 2011 [dataset]. Version 1.1 (2015-07-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2942

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Disclaimer

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Related Materials

Sotarauta, Markku & Saarivirta, Toni & Kolehmainen, Jari (2011). Mikä estää kuntien uudistumista? Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiön julkaisuja; 66.

Related Publications

Sotarauta, Markku & Saarivirta, Toni & Kolehmainen, Jari (2011). Mikä estää kuntien uudistumista? Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiön julkaisuja; 66.

Sotarauta, Markku & Saarivirta, Toni & Kolehmainen, Jari (2012). Kuntakenttä itsensä vankina: Raportti kuntien innovaatiojärjestelmästä. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sente-julkaisu; 34.

Niemelä, Emilia (2016) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon kehittämiseen ja uudistamiseen vaikuttavat tekijät kunnallisten sosiaali- ja terveysjohtajien näkökulmasta. Sosiaalityön kandidaatin tutkielma. Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto.