Enhancing individual task performance and productivity: an ethnographic observational study of supported employment among social services clients in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of the study was to investigate the various aspects of employees' work environment, including their job characteristics; the level of support provided by supervisors, job coaches and coworkers; and their perceptions of job performance and productivity from the perspectives of both employees and supervisors in the context of sustainable employability in supported employment interventions. This study was part of the Finnish Work Ability Programme Evaluation Study (2020-2024).

Methods

This study is theoretically informed by the concepts of specific work ability and sustainable employability, as well as how health affects productivity at the task level-approach. The research is based on qualitative data obtained through ethnographic fieldwork, nonparticipa

SUBMITTER: Juvonen-Posti P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742784 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature