Study title

Workplace Well-Being in the Public Sector 2016

Dataset ID Number

FSD3665

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3665

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Keva

Abstract

This study charted municipal, state and church employees' experiences of work conditions and workplace well-being in Finland. The target group of the study comprised employees insured under the Public Sector Pensions Act: Finnish municipal employees, employees of government agencies and departments, and employees of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The study was conducted 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 work processes, satisfaction with superiors, working climate and work atmosphere, working conditions, competence requirements, and personal development. Further statements concerned development in the workplace, work ability, coping at work, equality, and rewarding.

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 the respondent's occupational status, gender, type of employment contract, sector of employment, age group, and industry of employment.

Keywords

employees; employers; equal opportunity; job satisfaction; local government officers; personnel; public sector; 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 (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Feelback Oy

Time Period Covered

2016

Collection Dates

2016-05-01 – 2016-05-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Employees insured under the Public Sector Pensions Act (JuEL) (municipal, state, and church employees)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

A sample of municipal, state and church employees representative of the target population was drawn from among Keva registers using random sampling with stratification according to age group, gender and field of employment.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The number at the end of a variable name indicates the year in which the variable was first used.

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

Keva: Workplace Well-Being in the Public Sector 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-07-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3665

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 & Pekkarinen, Laura (2016) Julkisen alan työhyvinvointi vuonna 2016. Kevan tutkimuksia 1/2016