Descriptive data on the intervention groups, measures performed and presence of supportive factors
| Intervention group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Type of workplace | Orthopedic surgery ward | Psychiatric hospital ward | Pediatric hospital clinic | Hospital service and maintenance unit | Pediatric hospital ward | Forensic psychiatric unit | Orthopedic aid and sterilization supply unit | Radiology hospital unit |
| Mean number of employees, n (range)a | 99 (90–105) | 41 (29–49) | 191 (182–204) | 289 (261–311) | 164 (88–199) | 268 (242–281) | 131 (108–146) | 458 (443–471) |
| Mean percentage of men in the organizational unit, %a | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 21 |
| Measures performed during the intervention | Workshop on work culture | Workshop on improving work conditions | Occupational reflection groups | Coaching sessions for managers and management boards | Analysis of organizational conditions | Analysis of organizational conditions | Coaching sessions for managers | Coaching sessions for managers and the management board |
| Support action plan implementation | Support action plan implementation | Coaching sessions for the management board | Analysis of organizational conditions | Training for mentors | Coaching sessions for the management board | Work environment training for employees | Workshop on the work environment for the management board | |
| Coaching sessions for managers | Coaching sessions for managers and the management board | Workshop on the work environment for a strategic group | Workshops and training | Work environment training for managers | Workshop on work culture | Workshop on roles and responsibility | Analysis of organizational conditions | |
| Ergonomic assessments | Training in work practices for employees | Training for employees | ||||||
| Presence of supporting factorsb | ||||||||
| Phase I | ||||||||
| Good cooperation and trust between the OHS, HR and line managers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Good anchoring and strategic management-level participation | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| A high sense of urgency | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Phase II | ||||||||
| On-site commitment including inclusion of employees | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| The organizational units themselves, before they were contacted by the facilitating role and process support, had conducted problem analyses | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| The organizational unit perceived that the work environment needed to change, and wanted support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | –c | Yes |
| The organizational unit had knowledge of the social and organizational work environment | –c | Yes | –c | No | No | –c | No | No |
| The organizational unit had process knowledge and previous good experiences of driving change processes and of implementing new work methods | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Phase III | ||||||||
| All supporting factors from phase I and phase II | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d |
| Intervention group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Type of workplace | Orthopedic surgery ward | Psychiatric hospital ward | Pediatric hospital clinic | Hospital service and maintenance unit | Pediatric hospital ward | Forensic psychiatric unit | Orthopedic aid and sterilization supply unit | Radiology hospital unit |
| Mean number of employees, | 99 (90–105) | 41 (29–49) | 191 (182–204) | 289 (261–311) | 164 (88–199) | 268 (242–281) | 131 (108–146) | 458 (443–471) |
| Mean percentage of men in the organizational unit, %a | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 21 |
| Measures performed during the intervention | Workshop on work culture | Workshop on improving work conditions | Occupational reflection groups | Coaching sessions for managers and management boards | Analysis of organizational conditions | Analysis of organizational conditions | Coaching sessions for managers | Coaching sessions for managers and the management board |
| Support action plan implementation | Support action plan implementation | Coaching sessions for the management board | Analysis of organizational conditions | Training for mentors | Coaching sessions for the management board | Work environment training for employees | Workshop on the work environment for the management board | |
| Coaching sessions for managers | Coaching sessions for managers and the management board | Workshop on the work environment for a strategic group | Workshops and training | Work environment training for managers | Workshop on work culture | Workshop on roles and responsibility | Analysis of organizational conditions | |
| Ergonomic assessments | Training in work practices for employees | Training for employees | ||||||
| Presence of supporting factorsb | ||||||||
| Good cooperation and trust between the OHS, HR and line managers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Good anchoring and strategic management-level participation | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| A high sense of urgency | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| On-site commitment including inclusion of employees | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| The organizational units themselves, before they were contacted by the facilitating role and process support, had conducted problem analyses | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| The organizational unit perceived that the work environment needed to change, and wanted support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | –c | Yes |
| The organizational unit had knowledge of the social and organizational work environment | –c | Yes | –c | No | No | –c | No | No |
| The organizational unit had process knowledge and previous good experiences of driving change processes and of implementing new work methods | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| All supporting factors from phase I and phase II | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d | –d |
Note(s): aMean number of employees during the study (58 months, January 2015–October 2019)
bDerived from the qualitative analyses of the process documentation
cNot known/not possible to assess from the process documentation
dSee phase I and phase II
HR = human resources; OHS = occupational health service
Source(s): The table is an extended version of the table from Akerstrom et al. (2021)