Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

7   Psychosocial work enviroment: help and feedback, relations, values, violence and harassment, by occupation, level 2. 2006. Percent
  All Legislators and senior officials in public adm and interest org Corporate managers of large and medium sized enterpr General managers of small enterprises Physical, mathematicl and engineering science professionals Life science and health professionals Teaching professionals Public service administrative professionals Other professionals Engineering science technicians Life science and health associate professionals Teaching associate professionals Executive officers in adm, business services, social work, entertainment Office clercs
Help and feedback                            
Employees                            
who seldom or rarely get support and help from superiors 13 : 13 17 16 11 15 17 13 17 15 9 11 11
who seldom or rarely gets support and help from colleagues 6 : 5 9 5 2 3 7 9 5 4 2 5 7
who rarely or never get feedback from superiors on performance 27 : 26 28 26 27 41 24 27 30 36 35 21 29
who rarely or never get feedback from colleagues on performance 22 : 20 25 19 16 25 23 23 24 14 16 24 26
who feels that views on working conditions are not heard 12 : 5 5 9 15 13 11 7 13 15 11 13 15
are met with hostility from superiors if they comment critically on working conditions 32 : 26 17 28 36 38 26 33 35 35 33 34 30
are met with hostility from colleagues if you comment critically on working conditions 23 : 30 23 18 27 28 20 24 22 26 26 22 22
Human relations                            
Employees that often or somtimes experiences conflicts .                            
between emplyees and management 37 : 32 19 39 50 55 44 37 38 45 42 40 40
between emplyees 27 : 30 19 24 43 45 32 26 24 37 32 26 28
Justice and values                            
tasks are rarely or never fairly allocated by nearest superior 13 : 12 15 12 13 9 14 11 10 11 12 10 15
employees will rarely or never treated fairly 9 : 6 11 5 7 8 6 6 7 8 8 7 11
work results are rarely or never valued by nearest superior 7 : 3 7 6 8 8 4 5 6 9 7 5 7
description of nearest superior as someone who treats its employees with trust and respect does not fit 9 : 6 8 8 7 7 10 5 8 8 9 8 9
Violence and harassment                            
Employees that a couple of times a month or more often                            
are exposed to violence or threats of violence 6 : 2 3 1 9 4 3 2 1 20 7 7 2
are exposed to bullying or unpleasant teasing from fellow workers 1 : 0 0 1 : 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1
are exposed to bullying or unpleasant teasing from superiors 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
are exposed to sexual harassment, comments etc 4 : 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 13 2 3 2
Number of respondents 9 172 22  609  294  385  209  250  138  342  486  386  536 1 034  544
Number of respondents 9 810 22  615  315  403  230  250  138  390  498  404  547 1 098  557

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