Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

13   Psychosocial work environment: jobdemands, role conflicts, control and managing by occupation, level 1. 2006. Percent.
  All Educational work Nursery Legislators, senior officials and managers Professionals Technicians and associate professionals Clerks Service workers and shop and marked sales workers Agriculture and fishery workers Craft and related trades workers Plant and machine operators and assemblers Other, unidentified
Jobdemands                        
Employees                        
who must work at a high pace daily 42 44 51 47 36 40 41 42 37 42 39 44
who dont't have time to carry out work properly 28 38 39 30 27 27 26 32 22 22 20 29
have too much to do and have to skip lunch daily 9 20 9 17 11 9 4 7 11 6 8 6
who must work face to faace or in telephone contact with clients, half of the time or more 60 85 91 60 49 59 55 87 11 30 36 44
who must respond to strong feelings from clients, to a high degree 20 45 72 13 19 17 10 33 5 3 6 8
who daily must perform tasks without god nok opplæring 3 5 4 2 3 3 2 2 0 3 3 2
who feels often or always that the job demands that you learn new skills 49 71 64 57 71 61 36 38 26 45 26 29
who feels that work often or always disturbs familylife 17 23 15 30 23 18 9 10 27 13 16 13
Role conflicts / expectations                        
Employees                        
who often or always must do things they feel should have been done differently 13 18 18 12 13 14 11 13 8 11 13 14
who often or always get assignments without enough resources 11 29 14 9 11 10 7 8 8 10 10 9
who often or always receive contradicting enquiries from persons 9 11 15 9 9 9 8 10 6 8 5 8
who often or always has tasks that og against personal values 3 3 6 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3
Control                        
Employees                        
who can set work pace by himsef, to a great extent 53 41 29 69 58 58 54 42 64 64 52 56
who daily can decide when to do own work, and at wich pace 37 31 17 54 48 45 39 24 57 39 28 39
who can determine own work tasks, to a great extent 32 38 23 58 39 33 21 28 30 29 15 26
who can organize own work, to a great extent 64 76 55 84 72 65 55 55 60 67 50 60
who has flexible working hours 36 21 11 64 73 58 38 11 24 20 16 31
Employees who most of the time                        
who can decide when to take a break 78 50 55 92 92 91 80 63 77 89 76 75
who has repetitive work tasks 43 16 22 26 27 40 59 47 60 46 71 63
who can put own or other peoples lives or health at risk if mistakes are made 22 11 66 10 12 15 9 23 24 37 50 13
Managing                        
Employees                        
who can influence decisions that are important for themselves, to a great extent 50 43 41 81 59 53 41 41 40 54 38 44
who are satisfied with the quality of the work they do, to a great extent 91 89 86 94 92 92 90 88 94 94 91 86
who are satisfied with the workload they do, to a great extent 83 78 83 83 80 82 85 83 77 85 90 83
who are satisfied with their ability to solve problems, to a great extent 88 88 91 93 91 92 87 84 86 88 85 80
Number of respondents 9 312  731  373  925 1 031 1 631  630 1 947 72  894  584  494
Number of respondents 9 961  742  373  952 1 118 1 725  646 2 026  220 1 002  642  515

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