Nordic Overview of Organisational Psychosocial Interventions – NOOPI
At the same time, we will create new stakeholder networks in the Nordic countries and strengthen existing ones.
Objectives
All of the Nordic countries are affected by issues with the availability of labour and the mental health crisis. This makes the maintenance of employees’ work ability even more important. Psychosocial factors of work have a key role in promoting work ability. Psychosocial factors refer to matters related to the content of work, arrangements and the functioning of the work community. They can be stressful or increase employees’ resources. For example, constant rush and poor leadership are some negative aspects of psychosocial work environment that can negatively affect workers’ health while good and warm social relationships at the workplace are examples of positive psychosocial work factors that can positively affects workers’ health.
Effective interventions can improve the psychosocial work environment as well as employees' well-being and work ability. Interventions at the organizational level have a particular potential. Such interventions target the change in the way work is organized, and work tasks are carried out. However, there is very little research data on the effectiveness of such interventions.
Objectives
- Produce more information on psychosocial workplace interventions at the organizational level in the Nordic countries.
- Identify the prerequisites for successful psychosocial interventions at the organizational level.
- Intensify collaboration between national and Nordic stakeholders.
Data and methods
The project investigates previously peer-reviewed studies and unpublished reports. The goal of this approach is to obtain information also about interventions for which there is no published research data.
We will map:
- what kind of psychosocial intervention studies have been carried out in the Nordic countries.
- what kinds of factors promote or pose challenges to the implementation and success of interventions.
- what new information on the subject is still needed.
Results and impact
The main outputs of the project are a literature review and country-specific reports based on it. The reports provide information on the kinds of interventions that have been carried out in each Nordic country and the key challenges and development areas for each country. We also produce recommendations for Finnish workplaces.
From the perspective of impact, working with stakeholders is a key part of the project. We aim to intensify collaboration between Finnish and Nordic stakeholders, and the network will be involved in the research during the project.
More information
Laura Salonen
Research group
- Taina Leinonen, Chief Researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Svetlana Solovieva, Chief Researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Birgit Aust, Senior Researcher, National Research Centre for the Working Environment (Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø, NFA)
- Mathilde Munk Andersen, Research assistant, Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø (NFA)
- Gun Johansson, Researcher, Karolinska institutet
- Rachel Hasting, Researcher, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway (Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt, STAMI)
- Margrethe Bjørnstad, Research Assistant, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway (Statens arbeidsmiljjøinstitutt, STAMI)
- Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Chief Researcher, The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway (Statens arbeidsmiljjøinstitutt, STAMI)
Partners
- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø, NFA)
- The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway (Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt, STAMI)
- Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Funding
The research is funded by Nordic Council of Ministers and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.
