Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

10   Psychosocial work environment: jobdemands, role conflicts, control and managing by occupation, level 2. 2006. Percent. Continuing
  All Customer services clercs Personal and protective services workers Models, salespersons and demonstrators Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers Extraction and building trades workers Metal, machinery and related trades workers Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers Other craft and related trades workers Stationary-plant and related operators Machine operators and assemblers Drivers and mobile-plant operators Service elementary occupations Agricultural, fishery and related labourers Labourers in construction and manufacturing Armed forces and unspecified
Jobdemands                                
Employees                                
who must work at a high pace daily 42 46 43 41 37 46 37 47 50 32 48 36 46 : 41 :
who dont't have time to carry out work properly 28 23 34 28 22 22 23 32 18 17 21 21 31 : 19 :
have too much to do and have to skip lunch daily 9 2 7 8 11 7 6 6 6 5 4 13 7 : : :
who must work face to faace or in telephone contact with clients, half of the time or more 60 81 85 93 11 27 34 35 17 16 16 55 44 : 29 :
who must respond to strong feelings from clients, to a high degree 21 17 43 10 5 3 4 5 : 1 1 12 8 : : :
who daily must perform tasks without god nok opplæring 3 1 2 3 0 2 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 : 2 :
who feels often or always that the job demands that you learn new skills 49 42 38 38 26 39 51 54 31 42 24 20 16 : 21 :
who feels that work often or always disturbs familylife 17 7 10 12 27 12 14 25 11 13 9 21 8 : 7 :
Role conflicts / expectations                                
Employees                                
who often or always must do things they feel should have been done differently 13 11 13 13 8 10 13 19 7 19 11 12 14 : 6 :
who often or always get assignments without enough resources 11 6 9 7 8 10 9 12 12 10 9 10 9 : 12 :
who often or always receive contradicting enquiries from persons 9 13 10 9 6 8 8 3 6 4 7 5 5 : 3 :
who often or always has tasks that og against personal values 3 3 5 3 4 3 4 7 1 1 2 5 4 : 2 :
Control                                
Employees                                
who can set work pace by himsef, to a great extent 53 42 40 47 64 68 64 55 57 55 48 52 54 : 40 :
who daily can decide when to do own work, and at wich pace 37 19 23 25 57 37 42 26 33 33 24 29 35 : 32 :
who can determine own work tasks, to a great extent 32 16 26 31 30 34 27 31 20 18 15 14 22 : 15 :
who can organize own work, to a great extent 64 41 54 56 60 68 68 74 56 49 42 55 60 : 21 :
who has flexible working hours 35 16 11 13 24 17 21 45 19 8 17 19 23 : 9 :
Employees who most of the time                                
who can decide when to take a break 78 65 61 69 77 89 91 85 80 73 82 73 72 : 56 :
who has repetitive work tasks 43 62 41 61 60 53 36 60 59 59 72 75 79 : 61 :
who can put own or other peoples lives or health at risk if mistakes are made 22 6 32 4 24 30 49 8 19 45 16 70 8 : 24 :
Managing                                
Employees                                
who can influence decisions that are important for themselves, to a great extent 50 40 41 41 40 57 54 45 48 39 33 40 37 : 23 :
who are satisfied with the quality of the work they do, to a great extent 91 93 88 88 94 94 93 90 94 92 90 91 84 : 87 :
who are satisfied with the workload they do, to a great extent 83 88 82 85 77 84 84 83 86 90 88 91 84 : 88 :
who are satisfied with their ability to solve problems, to a great extent 88 92 83 86 86 89 87 92 87 85 82 86 76 : 85 :
Number of respondents 9 172 86 1 336  611 72  302  456 36  100  123  184  277  291 2 40 21
Number of respondents 9 810 89 1 386  640  220  379  472 43  108  124  189  329  299 2 42 21

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