CV Kimmo Kevätsalo
Name
Kevätsalo Kimmo
Age
60
Education
Ph. D. 1999, sociology
Profession
Senior researcher, senior consultant and company director in
Tietopalvelu Käyttötieto Oy 1995 -
Previous employment
- Journalist in Metal workers' union newspaper 1968-1983
- Researcher at Metal workers' union 1984-1989 and 1991-1994,
1995-1999 (part time)
- Project secretary at the Federation of Municipal Employers
1989
- Project leader at Tampere University 1990
Latest research
- The Finnish contractor of European WOLIWB project on the
socio-economic determinants of citizens' work life attitudes,
preferences and perceptions, using data from the continuous
web-based European Wage Indicator Survey in 9 EU-countries
, 2004-2007
- The Finnish contractor of European Learnpartner project
on the role of new lifelong learning strategies in 8 EU-countries,
2001-2004
- The efficiency of organisation and quality in working life
in compulsory schools using Internet tools, 2002-2004
- Research on the management development of SME graphic industry
enterprises, 2001-2003
- Research concerning competence development in networking
companies within the metal sector (together with social partners
of the sector, 2000-2001)
- Trust, confidence and local industrial relations (together
with the sociology unit at Jyväskylä University
1998-2001)
- Trade unions and the competitiveness of work organisations
(together with the sociological unit at Jyväskylä
University 1997-1998)
- Participation and incentives within a single small enterprise
(funded by the Ministry of Labour 1998-1999)
- Team process development within a multinational engineering
company plant (funded by the Ministry of Labour Ministry 1995-1998)
Development projects (trade unions)
- strategies of electricians trade unions (2005), of food
workers 2004-
2005), of professionals in forest industries (2003), of professionals
in science (2002-2003), of professionals in agriculture (2002),
of employees in the finance and insurance sectors (2003)
Latest research publication and working papers in English
( most publications in Finnish)
Kevätsalo Kimmo (2005): Some preliminary results from
Finland of the Internet-survey of the socio-economic determinants
of citizens' work life attitudes, preferences and perceptions,
using data from the continuous web-based European Wage Indicator
Survey.
Kevätsalo Kimmo (2003): Learnpartner Workpackage 4: Towards
the Learning Organisation: Learning in Partnership and the Management
of Organisational Change - the case of Finland
Kevätsalo Kimmo, Svensson Lennart & Randle Hanne
2003): Reflective learning at work - an organisational and participatory
perspective. Paper presented in 3rd International Conference
on Researhing Work and Learning, July 26th 2003.
Kevätsalo Kimmo(2002): Learnpartner Workpackage 2: Trade
unions, partnership and the learning agenda - the case of Finland.
2002.
Kevätsalo Kimmo (2002): Learnpartner Workpackage 1: Contextualising
the learning agenda: historical legacies, contemporary policies
- the case of Finland. 2002
Kevätsalo Kimmo (2001 ): Confidence and commitment in
post-industrial work organisations The paper presented at the
19th Annual International Labour Process Conference in London
26-28 March 2001
Kevätsalo Kimmo (1997): Teamwork, Global Taylorism and
the Trade Union Movement. In Alasoini Tuomo, Kyllönen Mari
& Kasvio Antti: Workplace Innovations - a way of promoting
competitiveness, welfare and employment. National Workplace
Development Programme Yearbook 1997. Ministry of Labour Helsinki
1997, 175-199.
Main publications in Finnish, subjects of books
- Basic determinants of work life (2006)
- Trade unions and their role in the post-industrial era (2005)
- Internet as a trade union tool in developing work organisations
(2002)
- Competence development in networking companies within the
metal sector (2001)
- Trust in work organisations (2000,1998)
- Rigidities and flexibilities in work organisations; doctoral
thesis (1999)
- Trade unions in Finland (1996,1995,1994,1991,1988,1985)
- Developing public sector (1990)
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