Developing a work well-being questionnaire for social- and health-care managers

• Authors: Niina Herttuala , Anne Konu , Lauri Kokkinen

Abstracts

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Objectives There is a need for up-to-date research on health-care and social managers’ work well-being. The purpose was to develop a questionnaire for measuring health-care and social managers’ subjective work well-being and to determine whether their background factors are connected to their work well-being. Material and Methods The authors developed a questionnaire based on their previous health-care and social managers’ work well-being framework. It covers 5 separate categories: 1) individual factors, 2) social factors, 3) professional support from one’s own manager, 4) organizational factors, and 5) work-related factors. Using statistical methods, the authors examined the questionnaire’s internal validity, its fit with the framework, and the connections between several background factors and work well-being. The survey data (N = 281) were collected from South Osthrobothnia and Central Osthrobothnia in Finland. Results The questionnaire’s internal validity was good, and it fit rather well with the authors’ previous framework. Managers’ work well-being was highest for the category of “professional support from one’s own manager” and lowest for “organizational factors.” The authors found connections between different categories of work well-being and a) years of managerial experience, b) level of management, and c) occupational group. Conclusions The questionnaire gives a holistic view of managers’ work well-being and is suit- able for measuring work well-being in the social- and health-care context. An examination showed that there is a need to improve the individual situations of the social- and health-care managers. The questionnaire can be used to assess managers’ work well-being and to build a knowledge base for developing organizational policies.

Keywords

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survey; social care; manager; questionnaire; health care; work well-being

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 665-678

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

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Niina Herttuala

• Tampere University, Tampere, Finland (Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Hospital District of South Osthrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland

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Anne Konu

• Tampere University, Tampere, Finland (Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences)

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Lauri Kokkinen

• Tampere University, Tampere, Finland (Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01910

Biblioteka Nauki

2152983