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Varieties of universalism : post-1990s developments in the initial school-based model of VET in Finland and Sweden and implications for transitions t…
2017
The Nordic countries are often referred to as a group even though their education systems and training models are very different. The aim of this study is to advance understanding of those differences and compare the developments and organisation of initial vocational education and training (IVET) in Finland and Sweden since the 1990s as examples of school-based models of IVET in statist regimes. The research questions address the following: how these two countries have institutionalised school-based IVET since the 1990s; the kinds of legislative reforms that have been decisive for the construction of school-based IVET; and how the models of school-based IVET in these two countries allow ac…
Older Physical Education Teachers’ Wellbeing at Work and Its Challenges
2022
This article examines older physical education (PE) teachers’ wellbeing over the course of their career in Finland. The study highlights challenges to physical and mental functioning as well as how teachers respond to these challenges. The six interviewees were over 55-year-old PE teachers, whose career had lasted for more than 30 years. Qualitative methods were used in the collection, transcription and analysis of the research data. The qualitative analysis consisted of a series of interpretations that visualised the world described by the interviewees. All the research participants had physical problems that affected their teaching and make teachers consider a potential career c…
Living in the blurry zone : a study of the wellbeing and work-life balance of Finnish SME entrepreneurs
2018
Pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten yrittäjät ovat tärkeä osa Suomen taloutta. Tämän vuoksi heidän hyvinvointiaan sekä työn ja muun elämän tasapainoa on tärkeää tutkia. Liiketoiminta kirjallisuus on perinteisesti tukenut näkemystä, jonka mukaan yrityksen johtaja tukee työntekijöidensä työn ja muun elämän tasapainoa sekä hyvinvointia. Tämä näkemys ei kuitenkaan ota huomioon yrittäjiä, jotka toimivat yrityksiensä johtajina. Entä heidän hyvinvointinsa? Mikä on heidän työn ja muun elämän tasapainon tila? Tämä tutkimus pyrkii vastaamaan muun muassa näihin kysymyksiin. Tutkimukseen osallistui kaksitoista pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten yrittäjää. Nämä yrittäjät toimivat eri toimialoilla ja eri pu…
Mielekkyyttä työhön : esimerkki korkeakoulukontekstista
2018
”Ei elämääni lomia mahtunut.” – Naisten muistelukerrontaa palkkatyöstä talvi- ja jatkosotien ja jälleenrakennuksen aikana
2014
My doctoral dissertation examines women’s memory narratives of paid labour during the Winter War (1939–1940) and the Continuation War (1941–1945, including the Lapland War) and in the years of rebuilding in Finland until early 1950s. As an ethnologist, I am interested in the personal level of everyday life and experiences of work. My main interest lies in the meanings women give to paid labour. The focus is on memory narratives, and I am reaching and I aim to bring to light the meanings given to work: what did paid labour mean for women during the war and the time of rebuilding and how do they tell about it decades afterwards? I analyse, for example, the effect of the war on women’s work ex…
Liikunnan- ja terveystiedonopettajat 2010-luvulla : työkykyyn vaikuttavat tekijät opettajien kokemina sekä vuosina 2012-2017 valmistuneiden opettajie…
2018
TIIVISTELMÄ Laaksonen, J. & O’Leary, S. 2017. Liikunnan- ja terveystiedonopettajat 2010 –luvulla. Työkykyyn vaikuttavat tekijät opettajien kokemina sekä vuosina 2012–2017 valmistuneiden opettajien kokemuk-sia työelämään siirtymisestä ja koulutuksista saaduista valmiuksista. Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Jyväskylän yliopisto, liikuntapedagogiikan pro gradu –tutkielma, 92 s, ja 11 liitettä. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää millaisiksi vuosina 2012¬–2017 valmistuneet liikunnan- ja terveystiedonopettajat kokevat koulutuksestaan saamansa valmiudet ja miten ne vastaavat työssä tarvittuja taitoja sekä miten odotukset työstä olivat kohdanneet todellisuutta siirryttäessä työelämään. …
Work ability as a determinant of old age disability severity: evidence from the 28-year Finnish Longitudinal Study on Municipal Employees
2012
Background and aims: Lower occupational class correlates with a higher disability risk later in life. However, it is not clear whether the demands made by mental and physical work relative to individual resources in midlife predict well-being in old age. This study investigated prospectively whether work ability in midlife predicts disability severity in activities of everyday living in old age. Methods: Data come from the population-based 28-year follow-up called Finnish Longitudinal Study of Municipal Employees. A total of 2879 occupationally active persons aged 44-58 years answered a questionnaire on work ability at baseline in 1981 and activities of daily living in 2009. At baseline, pe…
Emergence of technostress among employees working with physical robots
2023
Despite the growing body of literature on technostress, there is limited knowledge about the emergence of technostress among people working with physical robots. In this paper, we aim to address this research gap by exploring how technostress emerges among employees working with physical robots. The study was based on qualitative online questionnaire responses from 197 present or previous users of robots at work. Based on our data, we identified several robot-related environmental conditions that contributed to perceived work-related stress. Our findings reveal that the emergence of technostress among employees working with physical robots has distinct characteristics and that the technostr…
Effects of rehabilitative psychotherapy on labour market success: Evaluation of a nationwide programme
2022
Aims: Psychotherapy is a widely used treatment for mental disorders, but whether it also improves employment and other labour market outcomes remains inconclusive. This study examined the effectiveness of a nationwide subsidized psychotherapy programme using extensive register-based data. Methods: The sample consisted of individuals who applied for rehabilitative psychotherapy in Finland in 2009–2012 ( n = 35,083). Prior to 2011, some applications were rejected due to the limited budget that the central government provided for the programme. From 2011, all eligible applicants were granted rehabilitation. We used propensity score matching to create balanced samples of those who received a ne…
Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Decreased Quality of Life and Work Ability in Currently Working Health Care Workers With Recurrent Low Back P…
2022
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the association between depressive symptoms and multisite pain and health-related quality of life and work ability in currently employed health care workers with recurrent low back pain (LBP). METHODS: Multisite pain, depressive symptoms, quality of life, and work ability were assessed by validated questionnaires. A generalized linear model was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Notably, 28% of female health care workers with LBP had at least moderate levels of depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with decreased health-related quality of life and work ability. Multisite pain was not significantly associated with work …