Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

9   Psychosocial work environment: jobdemands, role conflicts, control and managing 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
Jobdemands                            
Employees                            
who must work at a high pace daily 42 : 49 43 31 57 34 32 34 35 47 48 42 41
who dont't have time to carry out work properly 28 : 31 27 30 29 31 26 26 30 32 41 27 26
have too much to do and have to skip lunch daily 9 : 16 17 10 16 18 6 12 9 7 20 10 4
who must work face to faace or in telephone contact with clients, half of the time or more 60 : 55 69 36 82 75 42 51 44 86 90 64 50
who must respond to strong feelings from clients, to a high degree 21 : 13 15 4 58 25 15 26 6 59 54 20 9
who daily must perform tasks without god nok opplæring 3 : 2 2 3 6 3 5 2 4 3 5 2 2
who feels often or always that the job demands that you learn new skills 49 : 59 54 75 74 76 70 65 64 59 69 60 35
who feels that work often or always disturbs familylife 17 : 28 34 21 20 26 16 25 22 15 22 17 9
Role conflicts / expectations                            
Employees                            
who often or always must do things they feel should have been done differently 13 : 12 10 18 11 16 14 11 14 16 19 14 11
who often or always get assignments without enough resources 11 : 8 10 11 14 23 12 11 10 12 31 10 7
who often or always receive contradicting enquiries from persons 9 : 9 7 10 14 8 10 8 10 11 12 9 7
who often or always has tasks that og against personal values 3 : 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 6 3 3 3
Control                            
Employees                            
who can set work pace by himsef, to a great extent 53 : 67 74 62 34 50 55 62 60 35 38 58 56
who daily can decide when to do own work, and at wich pace 37 : 53 54 56 22 44 45 47 48 22 25 45 42
who can determine own work tasks, to a great extent 32 : 54 66 43 25 46 26 39 33 25 37 34 22
who can organize own work, to a great extent 64 : 80 91 78 63 79 54 73 66 59 75 63 58
who has flexible working hours 35 : 66 58 84 27 42 92 72 60 17 13 59 41
Employees who most of the time                            
who can decide when to take a break 78 : 94 90 99 58 74 95 93 91 62 41 92 83
who has repetitive work tasks 43 : 22 35 30 30 14 28 23 34 27 16 43 59
who can put own or other peoples lives or health at risk if mistakes are made 22 : 9 10 6 63 6 2 6 31 56 13 6 9
Managing                            
Employees                            
who can influence decisions that are important for themselves, to a great extent 50 : 79 86 64 46 38 49 65 57 39 46 52 42
who are satisfied with the quality of the work they do, to a great extent 91 : 94 92 93 94 86 93 91 91 87 91 92 90
who are satisfied with the workload they do, to a great extent 83 : 84 81 79 85 75 79 79 81 83 80 82 85
who are satisfied with their ability to solve problems, to a great extent 88 : 93 93 91 93 90 94 90 92 91 87 92 86
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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