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Mauno, Saija; Kinnunen, Ulla; Ruokolainen, Mervi – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
By utilizing a 2-year longitudinal design, the present study investigated the experience of work engagement and its antecedents among Finnish health care personnel (n = 409). The data were collected by questionnaires in 2003 (Time 1) and in 2005 (Time 2). The study showed that work engagement--especially vigor and dedication--was relatively…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Quality of Working Life, Organizational Development

Suutari, Vesa; Raharjo, Kusdi; Riikkila, Timo – Career Development International, 2002
Interviews with 16 Finnish expatriate managers and their Indonesian subordinates (n=20) revealed major differences in opinions of leadership styles and work habits. All managers had adjusted their style to their cultural surroundings, but to varying degrees: active, moderate, selective, or limited. (Contains 56 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Behavior, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Jarvinen, Esa-Matti – Journal of Technology Education, 1998
In Finland, 22 fifth-graders completed activities using the Lego/Logo Control Lab learning system. Their work was largely self-directed; the teacher functioned as adviser; technological content was understood and transferred through social interaction; and math/science content was used naturally as a tool for problem solving. (SK)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Collin, Kaija; Valleala, Ulla Maija – Journal of Education & Work, 2005
The purpose of the present study is to look at the senses in which everyday workplace interactions can be considered manifestations of learning at work and the ways in which such activity could be supervised. The data consists of discussions between employees taped in two technology enterprises and three municipal youth centres, analysed from an…
Descriptors: Employees, Work Environment, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
Andone, Diana; Dron, Jon; Pemberton, Lyn; Boyne, Chris – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2007
While most existing online learning environments cater for needs identified during the 1990s, a new generation of digital students has emerged in the developed world. Digital students are young adults who have grown up with digital technologies integrated as an everyday feature of their lives. Digital students use technology differently, fluidly…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups
Huxtable, Marion, Ed.; Blyth, Eric, Ed. – 2002
This book, with sequentially arranged chapters, allow practitioners, educators, and students to follow the expansion of school social work practice around the world. Leaders in the field from 12 countries provide eye-opening perspectives and interventions, selected for their range and application. Additionally, the book looks ahead to policy and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Lofstrom, Erika – 2002
This study examined cognitive, that is, information processing, style and its relationship to the experiencing of sources of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction and cognitive demands of the work environment among employees in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim of the study was to gain a more thorough understanding of the role of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Employees

Kankkunen, Markku – Learning Environments Research, 2001
Considers the problem of how to track a student's real progress in learning and evaluates the success of concept mapping in constructing a learning environment in a Finnish primary school. Highlights include the semiotic paradigm developed by Charles Sanders Peirce; and results of a longitudinal study. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Concept Mapping, Elementary Education
Virolainen, Maarit – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the organization of workplace learning in Finnish polytechnics, the models that have been developed for this purpose, and the challenges presented. Design/methodology/approach: First, the models for embedding workplace learning in the curriculum are described and analysed. Second, the conflicting…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technology Education
Laasonen, Raimo – 1991
This paper presents a theoretical study conducted as part of a larger research project concerning personality as an educational phenomenon. In contrast to most approaches, which view personality from the outside, this approach employs systems analysis to examine how individuals identify their personalities in varying subenvironments of a social…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Identification, Interpersonal Competence
Levasma, Jarkko; Nykanen, Ossi – 2001
One of the problematic issues in the content development for learning environments is the process of importing various types of course material into the environment. This paper describes a method for importing material into the A&O open learning environment by introducing a material model for metadata recognized by the environment. The first…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Papanek, Victor J. – J Creative Behav, 1969
Reprinted from "Industrial Design , November, 1968. A report of the 1968 Industrial Design Conference held in Suomenlinna, Finland.
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Conference Reports, Design, Design Requirements
Savolainen, Reijo – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: This article results from a qualitative case study focusing on the information seeking practices of environmental activists. The main attention was devoted to their perceptions of media credibility and cognitive authority in the context of seeking orienting information about environmental issues in particular. Method: The empirical…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Information Seeking, Activism

Environmental Science and Technology, 1975
Finland has received a $20 million loan from the World Bank to attack its pollution problems, mainly water. Improved quality of life, as well as resource conservation are both motives and goals of that country's environmental programs. (BT)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Cost Effectiveness, Environment, International Programs
Husu, Jukka – 2003
This study showed how narratives permeate teacher knowledge and are essential to understand teachers work and learning. It focuses on the characteristics of the teaching profession that are both revealed and constructed in the activity of conversation. The main interest of the study was to reveal new layers of meaning and to uncover interactional…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries