Katriina Tapanila
Biographic Data
| ID | 1500685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katriina Tapanila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katriina |
| FAMILY NAME | Tapanila |
| SIGNATURE | TAPANILA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1361-5413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Competence Utilization in Industrial Work During a Crisis
The article studies the utilization of blue-collar industrial workers’ competencies as part of organizational citizenship behavior in crisis situations. The research questions are: (1) How do workers perceive their opportunities to utilize their competencies in crisis situations? (2) How are the workers willing to utilize their competencies in crisis situations in terms of organizational citizenship behavior? The data used in the mixed-methods …
Sources of Meaningful Work for Blue-Collar Workers
Research on the meaningfulness of work has increased in recent years, yet there is a limited body of qualitative studies on the topic. This article analyzes how the four basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, relatedness, and beneficence, are articulated as sources of meaningful work by blue-collar workers. The research data consist of responses (N = 679) to one open-ended question in a survey and semi-structured interviews (N = …
Potential of Peer Guidance to Empower Migrants for Employment
Peerness is a common approach to learning, especially in Nordic adult education, but is increasingly adopted by European Union (EU)-funded projects that aim to improve migrants’ employability. This article discusses action research that evaluated an ESF-funded project, run by a Finnish popular adult education association in collaboration with vocational adult education institutes, NGOs, and a trade union. The project trained migrants to become pe…
Academics' social positioning towards the restructured management system in Finnish universities
The invasion of managerialism in universities has changed the prerequisites for academic work. Decision making and control over academic work based on the expertise of academics have declined; in turn, managers have gained more decision-making power. Our study’s target group comprises academics representing educational sciences in two Finnish universities, where large managerialist reforms have been carried out. We explore how the academics posit…
Academics' social positioning towards the restructured management system in Finnish universities
The invasion of managerialism in universities has changed the prerequisites for academic work. Decision making and control over academic work based on the expertise of academics have declined; in turn, managers have gained more decision-making power. Our study’s target group comprises academics representing educational sciences in two Finnish universities, where large managerialist reforms have been carried out. We explore how the academics posit…
Sources of Meaningful Work for Blue-Collar Workers
Research on the meaningfulness of work has increased in recent years, yet there is a limited body of qualitative studies on the topic. This article analyzes how the four basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, relatedness, and beneficence, are articulated as sources of meaningful work by blue-collar workers. The research data consist of responses (N = 679) to one open-ended question in a survey and semi-structured interviews (N = …
Potential of Peer Guidance to Empower Migrants for Employment
Peerness is a common approach to learning, especially in Nordic adult education, but is increasingly adopted by European Union (EU)-funded projects that aim to improve migrants’ employability. This article discusses action research that evaluated an ESF-funded project, run by a Finnish popular adult education association in collaboration with vocational adult education institutes, NGOs, and a trade union. The project trained migrants to become pe…
Academics' social positioning towards the restructured management system in Finnish universities
The invasion of managerialism in universities has changed the prerequisites for academic work. Decision making and control over academic work based on the expertise of academics have declined; in turn, managers have gained more decision-making power. Our study’s target group comprises academics representing educational sciences in two Finnish universities, where large managerialist reforms have been carried out. We explore how the academics posit…
Sources of Meaningful Work for Blue-Collar Workers
Research on the meaningfulness of work has increased in recent years, yet there is a limited body of qualitative studies on the topic. This article analyzes how the four basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, relatedness, and beneficence, are articulated as sources of meaningful work by blue-collar workers. The research data consist of responses (N = 679) to one open-ended question in a survey and semi-structured interviews (N = …
Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Competence Utilization in Industrial Work During a Crisis
The article studies the utilization of blue-collar industrial workers’ competencies as part of organizational citizenship behavior in crisis situations. The research questions are: (1) How do workers perceive their opportunities to utilize their competencies in crisis situations? (2) How are the workers willing to utilize their competencies in crisis situations in terms of organizational citizenship behavior? The data used in the mixed-methods …
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work) · Adult education (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work)