Table 4

Occupational well-being aspects. Mean, standard deviation (SD), scale 1–5

Aspects/sum variablesEstonia A
Mean (SD)
Estonia B
Mean (SD)
Finland
Mean (SD)
T0
n = 46
T1
n = 50
T0
n = 51
T1
n = 52
T0
n = 30
T1
n = 27
1. Working conditions (α = 0.848, 0.852)23.84 (0.75)a23.77 (0.65)a13.77 (0.78)3.71 (0.54)3.23 (0.67)*13.53 (0.67)*
Air and temperature (α = 0.769, 0.807)23.89 (0.80)13.81 (0.67)13.70 (0.88)3.52 (0.71)3.45 (0.81)a13.76 (0.98)a
Workspaces and equipment (α = 0.750, 0.744)3.99 (0.70)13.98 (0.70)4.17 (0.75)4.10 (0.59)3.36 (0.86)**13.96 (0.65) **
Workspace ergonomics (α = 0.691, 0.620)3.59 (1.10)3.57 (0.97)3.46 (1.20)3.51 (0.97)2.88 (1.16)12.88 (0.95)
2. Work community (α = 0.942, 0.931)3.94 (0.62)a43.78 (0.58)a23.67 (0.72)33.68 (0.63)3.41 (0.57)a3.32 (0.65)a
Management and information (α = 0.871, 0.861)3.98 (0.72)23.82 (0.69)3.59 (0.87)13.59 (0.78)3.02 (0.75)2.93 (1.01)
Working arrangements (α = 0.808, 0.775)3.90 (0.67)a13.76 (0.67)a13.56 (0.83)13.58 (0.69)3.25 (0.68)a3.29 (0.80)a
Collegiality and work atmosphere (α = 0.895, 0.893)3.78 (0.84)a13.68 (0.82)a13.58 (0.90)3.71 (0.79)3.54 (0.68)a3.22 (0.78)a
Appreciation (α = 0.865, 0.794)4.10 (0.62)3.91 (0.67)3.80 (0.81)13.89 (0.59)3.82 (0.73)3.85 (0.80)
Worker’s resources and work (α = 0.887, 0.854)23.66 (0.73)a33.68 (0.63)a13.41 (0.77)a23.44 (0.60)a3.08 (0.62)a3.21 (0.65)a
Resources and mental workload (α = 0.842, 0.863)3.60 (0.94)23.71 (0.89)3.19 (0.98)a23.17 (0.88)a2.55 (0.92)2.80 (1.08)
Occupational health care services (α = 0.752, 0.822)13.67 (0.88)13.64 (0.84)13.64 (0.88)23.73 (0.85)3.29 (1.11)a3.02 (1.12)a
Workplace support (α = 0.763, 0.683)3.71 (0.78)a13.56 (0.64)a3.11 (0.99)a13.22 (0.87)a2.74 (0.67)**3.20 (0.73)**
Resources and physical workload (α = 0.712, 0.596)13.75 (0.85)3.81 (0.84)3.63 (1.01)23.67 (0.71)3.73 (0.81)a3.84 (0.87)a
Professional competence (α = 0.924, 0.881)14.21 (0.45)a54.16 (0.45)a14.22 (0.44)**33.96 (0.49)**3.78 (0.85)a3.95 (0.56)a
Teaching competence (α = 0.889, 0.864)14.25 (0.52)a14.16 (0.59)a4.30 (0.59)*13.98 (0.69) *4.10 (0.92)a4.12 (0.72)a
Research and project expertise (α = 0.879, 0.846)4.13 (0.73)24.17 (0.64)4.09 (0.55)23.91 (0.74)3.68 (0.99)3.83 (0.69)
Language and teaching technology competence (α = 0.831, 0.673)4.24 (0.59)14.15 (0.62)4.23 (0.64)*3.96 (0.62)*3.42 (1.06)3.89 (0.87)
Professional competence and training (α = 0.651, 0.650)4.25 (0.52)14.22 (0.60)14.22 (0.64)*14.00 (0.65) *3.93 (0.79)3.94 (0.61)

Source(s): Authors’ own work, * significant at p < 0.05, level ** significant at p < 0.01 level, α Cronbach’s Alpha in T0 and T1, Mann–Whitney U Test, aIndependent samples t-test. T0 pre-test, T1 post-test, numberamount of the missing information

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