Valoon piirrettyjä kuvia : tarinoita ja tulkintoja sähköalan murroksesta hyvinvoinnin ja henkilöstöstrategian näkökulmasta

Narratives as a tool to study personnel wellbeing in corporate mergers

This article presents the methodological solutions used in a study investigating personnel wellbeing in the context of mergers and acquisitions in the Nordic electricity business. There have happened rapid changes in working conditions in general and in the electricity business today in the Nordic countries as on a global scale. As a result, the notion of a secure job with the same employer lasting a whole lifetime career seems to have lost its meaning also in the Finnish electricity distribution sector. This has challenged the traditional idea of wellbeing. We wanted to see how a corporate integration is experienced by those whom it affects most: namely, personnel at different levels of th…

Before and after: employees' views on corporate social responsibility: energy‐sector stakeholders in Nordic post‐merger integration

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to describe and qualitatively explain certain observations concerning corporate social responsibility from the personnel standpoint with special reference to various stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachThe observations were made in connection with earlier studies on organizational change. The paper draws on stakeholder thinking and offers a view regarding the way employees perceive business issues concerning CSR in relation to corporate stakeholder groups. Should a business give priority to the interests of its owners or take all stakeholder groups equally into account? How do employees see their own relations with other stakeholder groups, and do their v…

Fyysinen tila strategian jalkauttamisen apuvälineenä

The relationship between organizational efciency and employee motivation has long been an object of interest in management and organization research. In other words, how can an organization improve its efciency by increasing its employees’ inner willingness to be productive? A noteworthy factor that organizations have not been able to utilize adequately in concretizing change is the physical space of the organization. Yet, physical space and related elements (e.g. colours and shapes) are among the most concrete features of an organization. If the space is so designed that it does not enable a change in work practices, it may become a limiting factor and decrease efciency. This is why it …