Study title

Perceptions of Vocational Education: Human Resources Administration in Companies 2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3338

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3338

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• IROResearch

Abstract

The survey charted the perceptions and opinions of employees in personnel management in different companies regarding vocational education and training in Finland. Most of the respondents were in charge of recruitment decisions in their company either by themselves or with others, and all were involved in the recruitment process in some way. Main themes included, among others, perceptions of how well the competence of persons who had completed vocational education or training met the requirements of working life, how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated, and how well the provision of vocational education and training matched the demand of the labour market. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Skills Finland. Data collection was conducted by IROResearch.

First, the respondents' own positive or negative attitudes towards vocational education and training were charted. Their perceptions of whether the need for vocational education and training would increase in Finland over the next few years was examined. The respondents were also asked whether they thought there would be a shortage of workers who have completed vocational education or training over the next few years. How the respondents would evaluate the quality of vocational education and training in Finland at present was charted next. Finally, the number of new employees who had completed vocational education or training recruited in the company in the past year, as well as the respondents' estimate of how many similar recruitments would be done in the present and following year, were surveyed.

Background variables included the number of employees in the respondent's company, the company's industry of employment, the region (NUTS3) and type of the municipality where the company was located, the percentage of employees in the company who had vocational upper secondary qualifications, as well as the respondent's highest level of education, gender and age group.

Keywords

businesses; education; educational provision; labour market; personnel management; recruitment; upper secondary education; vocational education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Employment (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

• IROResearch

Data Producers

• Ministry of Education and Culture

Time Period Covered

2018

Collection Dates

2018-10-10 – 2018-10-16

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Personnel management in different companies in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The sample size was 100 decision-makers in personnel management involved in recruiting new employees in different companies. The sample size was allocated according to the number of employees in each company. The sample was formed based on the company information system of Finland's Asiakastieto.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

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Data Version

1.0

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables K5 denoting the type of the municipality where the company was located and K24 denoting the respondent's highest level of education include more specific information in the data than in the questionnaire.

The data do not contain open-ended variables or open-ended responses to response option "Other, please specify".

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

IROResearch: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Human Resources Administration in Companies 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-06-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3338

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 Materials

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Yritysten henkilöstöpäättäjät (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.

Related Publications

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Keskeiset tulokset (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Yritysten henkilöstöpäättäjät (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.