Respondents of surveys conducted in Finland and in Sweden by functional area, education, gender and industry (n1 = 76 and n2 = 79)
| Finland | Sweden | In total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | % | f | % | f | % | |
| Panel A: functional area | ||||||
| CFO, controller etc. | 39 | 51.3 | 46 | 56.1 | 85 | 53.7 |
| Production and operations | 12 | 15.8 | 20 | 24.4 | 32 | 20.3 |
| Research, development etc. | 14 | 18.4 | 6 | 7.3 | 20 | 12.7 |
| Multiple/other areas | 11 | 14.5 | 10 | 12.2 | 21 | 13.3 |
| Panel B: educational background | ||||||
| Academic degree | 60 | 78.9 | 62 | 75.6 | 122 | 75.3 |
| Community college degree | 18 | 23.7 | 14 | 17.1 | 32 | 19.8 |
| Advanced degree | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 8 | 4.9 |
| Panel C: gender | ||||||
| Men | 53 | 69.7 | 62 | 78.5 | 115 | 74.2 |
| Women | 23 | 30.3 | 20 | 25.3 | 43 | 27.7 |
| Panel D: industry category | ||||||
| Chemicals and plastics | 15 | 19.7 | 16 | 20.0 | 31 | |
| Multiple industries | 14 | 18.4 | 15 | 18.8 | 29 | |
| Foodstuffs and beverages | 13 | 17.1 | 8 | 10.0 | 21 | |
| Metal | 13 | 17.1 | 12 | 15.0 | 25 | |
| Forest | 9 | 11.8 | 9 | 11.3 | 18 | |
| Electronics | 9 | 10.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 14 | |
| Furniture | 2 | 2.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | |
| Construction materials | 1 | 1.3 | 5 | 6.3 | 6 | |
| Energy | 1 | 1.3 | 2 | 10.0 | 3 | |
| Textile | 1 | 1.3 | – | – | 1 | |
| Other | 7 | 8.8 | 7 | |||
| Finland | Sweden | In total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | % | f | % | f | % | |
| CFO, controller etc. | 39 | 51.3 | 46 | 56.1 | 85 | 53.7 |
| Production and operations | 12 | 15.8 | 20 | 24.4 | 32 | 20.3 |
| Research, development etc. | 14 | 18.4 | 6 | 7.3 | 20 | 12.7 |
| Multiple/other areas | 11 | 14.5 | 10 | 12.2 | 21 | 13.3 |
| Academic degree | 60 | 78.9 | 62 | 75.6 | 122 | 75.3 |
| Community college degree | 18 | 23.7 | 14 | 17.1 | 32 | 19.8 |
| Advanced degree | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 8 | 4.9 |
| Men | 53 | 69.7 | 62 | 78.5 | 115 | 74.2 |
| Women | 23 | 30.3 | 20 | 25.3 | 43 | 27.7 |
| Chemicals and plastics | 15 | 19.7 | 16 | 20.0 | 31 | |
| Multiple industries | 14 | 18.4 | 15 | 18.8 | 29 | |
| Foodstuffs and beverages | 13 | 17.1 | 8 | 10.0 | 21 | |
| Metal | 13 | 17.1 | 12 | 15.0 | 25 | |
| Forest | 9 | 11.8 | 9 | 11.3 | 18 | |
| Electronics | 9 | 10.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 14 | |
| Furniture | 2 | 2.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | |
| Construction materials | 1 | 1.3 | 5 | 6.3 | 6 | |
| Energy | 1 | 1.3 | 2 | 10.0 | 3 | |
| Textile | 1 | 1.3 | – | – | 1 | |
| Other | 7 | 8.8 | 7 | |||
Source(s): Created by authors based on SPSS output
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