The Strategic Management of Work Ability and Occupational Healthcare surveys conducted by Keva examine how the work ability and careers of public sector organisations' staff can be supported through management and cooperation with occupational healthcare providers. The first dataset was collected in 2015. From 2018 onwards, the respondents of the surveys include the entire public sector, i.e. municipal, church and state organisations. The 2015 data cover only the municipal sector.
The surveys collect information on the human resources strategies and human resources management objectives of public sector organisations. The surveys investigate measures used to support work ability and the careers of employees, awareness of support services, and how measures to support work ability are implemented within the organisations surveyed. Cooperation with occupational healthcare providers is also covered. The datasets archived at FSD focus on personnel administration staff.
The survey studied how the working capacity and careers of the personnel of public sector organizations can be supported by means of management and in cooperation with occupational health care.
First, the survey examined the organization's human resources strategies and objectives related to human resources management. In addition, the questionnaire asked how the organization anticipates the various issues related to human resources and how work ability and well-being are monitored and measured. It was also asked how the organization handles cost data on disability.
The next questions were on how work ability and careers are supported and what measures are taken to this purpose. It was also asked about how occupational health care is organized in the organization and to evaluate the status and successes of occupational health care.
The questionnaire then asked for different perspectives on how to promote and support the careers of employees. Finally, the respondents were asked to assess the quality of occupational health care and were asked about and to evaluate the different active support policies for working capacity.
Background variables included the respondent's job title, whether or not the respondent is a member of a management team and the size of the organization.
The contact information of the personnel management of municipal (i.e. municipalities, cities, joint municipal authorities and municipal joint-stock companies) and state organizations was collected from Keva's customer information system by selecting organizations with at least 10 persons insured for occupational pension. The contact information of church organizations was collected using the e-mail address database compiled by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. A total of 340 people responded to the survey.