Researchers and Contact

Postal address:  WRC, Faculty of Social Sciences, 33014  Tampere University, Finland

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Research Director

Anne Mäkikangas
work- and organizational psychology, occupational well-being, individual resources, job crafting, remote work

Vice Director

Arja Haapakorpi
working life studies and education policy, professional work, work organisation, non-standard employment

Researchers

Simo Aho
sociology, social policy, employment, unemployment, labour market policy, impact evaluation

Jenna Bergdahl
self-determination, technology, artificial intelligence, well-being, social psychology

Laura Hirva
work and organizational psychology, personnel psychology, work well-being, job burnout, job performance

Sakari Ilomäki
social psychology, social interaction in work contexts, video-mediated interaction

Paul Jonker-Hoffrén
circular economy, labour relations, labour market, pragmatism

Tiia Kekola
sociology, well-being at work, digitalization of work, job quality

Ulla Kinnunen
work and organizational psychology, recovery from work, occupational well-being, job burnout

Tuija Koivunen
gender segregation, gendering practices, equality

Heidi Lehtovaara
worklife research, gender studies, immigration, job search, digital job search, recruitment, equality, discrimination, racism

Minna Leinonen
social psychology, gender studies, gender equality in working life, intersectionality, action research, workplace democracy, interaction

Sami Lind
geography of the everyday, labor market margin

Aija Logren
social psychology, social interaction, interaction analysis, counselling, decision-making, negotiation, institutional interaction

Sanna Markkula
work and organizational psychology, work well-being, work life interventions

Saija Mauno
work- and organizational psychology, changes in working life, occupational well-being, job stress

Harri Melin
changing working life, power relations at work, industrial relations

Niklas Mäkinen
work careers, non-standard employment, informal employment, grey economy

Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi
well-being at work, well-being at work interventions, techno-work engagement, moral dilemmas at work

Clas-Håkan Nygård
occupational health, work ability, aging and work, ergonomics, work place interventions, occupational epidemiology

Satu Pyöriä
worklife and labour market research, working conditions and job quality, work careers, precarious jobs, active labour market policies, unemployment

Reetta Oksa
social psychology, wellbeing at work, illbeing at work, social interaction, social media useage in work context

Atte Oksanen
social psychology, social interaction, wellbeing, social media, technology, bullying, substance abuse and addiction

Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta
sociology, working life studies, work-life interface, well-being at work, action research and dialogic working life development, gender studies, gendering practices, gender equality in working life, intersectionality, critical militarism

Virve Peteri
sociology, social studies of technology (SST), work spaces, cultural ergonomics, personality testing and power

Sami Pirkola
Social psychiatry, mental health-related retirement and its prevention, changes in working life, depression and work disability, effectiveness of the service system, population mental health, suicidality and suicide prevention, development of mental health services, prevalence of mental disorders, youth mental health

Federica Previtali
social psychology, work and organizational psychology, social interaction at work, ageism in working life and labour makert, human resources management, manager-employee and recruiter-job applicant interactions, diversity and inlcusion in the workplace

Sampsa Puttonen
Work and organizational psychology, occupational health psychology, work stress, working hours, recovery, digitalization, development of workplace well-being

Pasi Pyöriä
worklife and labour market research, working conditions and job quality, work careers, precarious work

Johanna Ruusuvuori
social psychology, social interaction in work contexts, professional—client interaction, video-mediated interaction, decision making in work related encounters, supervisor—employee encouters, institutional norms

Tiina Saari
sociology, employee well-being, digitalization of work, blue collar work, platform work, work attitudes, psychological contract

Antti Saloniemi
sociology

Melisa Stevanovic
sociology/social psychology, interaction research, joint decision-making, expertise, authority, power, mental health rehabilitation, coaching for worklife, transition to worklife, problematic interaction situations, addressing problems

Sirpa Syvänen
human resources, renewal of the organisations, quality of working life, productivity, leadership and management, participatory action research, dialog, collaboration

Mia Tammelin
Social and public policy, work-family interface, working conditions, wellbeing, digitalization of work

Katriina Tapanila
education sciences, wellbeing at work (specifically meaningfulness of work), careers, academic work, blue-collar work, employment of migrants, action research, follow up and evaluation study

Tuuli Turja
social psychology, service work robotization, motivation and shared decision-making in using new technology (especially in health services)

Doctoral researchers

Bastian Tammentie: Dynamics of agency within complex systems (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas, Päivi Hökkä & Mikael Wahlström)

Erika Mäntylä: Osallisuuden kokemus muutostekijänä (Supervisor Satu Ojala)

Heidi Lahti: Contextual barriers and facilitators of change: Process evaluation of participatory workplace interventions aiming to reduce stressful working conditions (Supervisors Saija Mauno, Sampsa Puttonen & Virpi Kalakoski)

Heidi Lehtovaara: Skilled migrant women’s job searching experiences (Supervisors Pasi Pyöriä ja Tuija Koivunen)

Henna Salonius: Ambulatory electrodermal activity measurements as part of early identification and prevention of job burnout (Supervisors Saija Mauno, Anne Mäkikangas & Satu Pakarinen)

Henri Nevalainen: Kuka uskoo ja ketä? Vuorovaikutuksessa uhattu asiantuntijuus (ohjaajat: Melisa Stevanovic & Tuuli Turja)

Henry Saarinen: Public Employment Services Specialists’ Perceptions of Their Work and Its Significance (Supervisors Satu Ojala & Antti Saloniemi) 

Ida Nikkola: Nuorten naisten kokemukset ja toimijuus työelämässä (Supervisors Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta ja Päivi Honkatukia)

Jaakko Sahimaa: Kohti mielekkäämpää ja merkityksellisempää työelämää/Towards more meaningful working life (Supervisors Saija Mauno, Anne Mäkikangas, & Frank Martela)

Jarmo Pekkanen: Autonomia ja toimijuus itseohjautuvissa organisaatioissa/Autonomy and agency in self-organizing organizational context (Supervisors Saija Mauno & Päivi Hökkä)

Jenna Bergdahl: Remote work puts our social needs at risk at work: How to replace the lost social support? (Supervisors Atte Oksanen, Anne Mäkikangas & Reetta Oksa)

Jie Li: Mental health in work – different generations in the swells of work life (Supervisors Atte Oksanen, Jari Hakanen & Janne Kaltiainen)

Laura Hirva: Burnout and job performance trajectories among Finnish workers: A three-wave study (Supervisors Saija Mauno & Anne Mäkikangas)

Lisa LaRue: Entrepreneurial flow, subjective well‐being and success: The characteristics, antecedents, hindrances and effects of flow in entrepreneurs (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas & Jessica de Bloom)

Maria Krajewska-Olkkonen: The antecedents, hindrances and consequences of the work-related flow among Finnish managers (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas, Jessica de Bloom, & Saija Mauno)

Marjut Pietiläinen: Sukupuolistuneet työsyrjintäkokemukset ja niistä selviytyminen (Supervisor Satu Ojala)

Merja Luostarinen: Advancing the personnel’s sense of belonging and other basic psychological needs with shared leadership (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas, Jari Hakanen, ja Perttu Salovaara)

Miika Sahamies: Akava ry seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöjen työelämäoikeuksien edistäjänä (ohjaajat Tuula Juvonen & Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta)

Milla Kallio: Happiness in the workplace: Factors and impacts on organisational success (Supervisors Saija Mauno & Anne Mäkikangas)

Monika Snellman: Työuupumuksen syytekijät (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas, Saija Mauno & Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi)

Niklas Mäkinen: Exposing the Hidden Economy in Europe: Three Empirical Studies on Informal Employment and Its Determinants (Supervisor Satu Ojala)

Päivi Niemi-Laine: Ammattiliittojen strateginen johtaminen (Supervisor Harri Melin)

Shaghayegh Ghaffaripour: Employees’ well-being outcomes in the context of psychosocial safety climate, organizational fairness and psychological identity resources (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas & Saija Mauno)

Teija Ahopelto: Personality assesments in recruitment interviews (ohjaajat Johanna Ruusuvuori, Melisa Stevanovic & Sanni Tiitinen)

Tiia Kekola: Työhyvinvointi osana digitalisaatiota pienissä ja keskisuurissa yrityksissä – havaintoja suomalaisesta työelämästä (Supervisors Antti Saloniemi & Pasi Pyöriä)

Tiia Toivonen: Higher education students’ study-related well-being and sense of belonging to university community during COVID-19 pandemic (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas, Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi ja Atte Oksanen)

Tiina Tuominen: Associations of psychological safety and psychosocial safety climate with mental health-related absenteeism and well-being at work (Supervisors Anne Mäkikangas & Saija Mauno)