Interculturalism is today’s workplace reality. Work teams are increasingly composed of professionals with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and customers likewise come from many different backgrounds in Finland. This offers vast opportunities: multicultural teams can generate new perspectives, creativity, and innovations. They also help to understand customers better and meet their varied needs. At the same […]

Creative self-image is a belief about the importance that an individual assigns to their creativity in relation to the broader sense of self. In other words, the creative self-image is about how important it is to an individual to be creative in different areas of their lives, at work and in the free time. Already […]

Managing employees’ learning takes place in everyday work and is therefore part of modern supervisory work. It requires supervisors to be actively present and engaged in employees’ daily problem-solving and learning situations. Leading learning combines the supervisor’s role as a coach, consideration of the motivational factors underlying learning, and learning as a process at both […]

My research on the working life experiences of women diagnosed with ADHD began earlier this year and took off quite rapidly. Nina Venhe, a communications specialist at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Eastern Finland, wrote an online article about the study, which was widely shared in various Facebook groups. The interest in participating […]

As June draws to a close, the academic calendar signals a shift into holiday mode for researchers. Spring in the JATKOT group has been steadily productive—at times exhausting, but also rewarding. At the beginning of the year, we welcomed two new members: doctoral researcher Mia, who is exploring the work-life experiences of highly educated women […]

Uncertainty and excitement, satisfaction and wonder. The final weeks before submitting my dissertation for pre-examination were filled with these emotions—and many more. One moment I was questioning the results of my research; the next, I found myself actually feeling rather satisfied with the work. According to my supervisor’s reassuring words, such feelings are completely normal. […]

The internship we completed in the research group was one of the most rewarding and interesting experiences of our pedagogical studies in adult education. We had the opportunity to gain insight into academic work and the functioning of a research community, as well as to learn from inspiring and highly skilled experts. The Versatility of […]

For the last six months, I have been deeply immersed in analysing interview transcripts with leaders and change agents involved in digital transformation initiatives in their companies. Defining digital transformation Digital transformation is a concept with varied meanings for researchers and practitioners. It can represent backend transformations, such as integrating existing information systems or AI […]

The end of February in Brisbane, Australia, is sunny and warm. After long flights, a tired mind seeks refuge in the soft bed of the apartment to sleep before there’s any chance to focus on the purpose of the trip: research collaboration with Australian colleagues within the framework of my *EDLI project. *The EDLI project, […]

The neighbor’s rooster shows no mercy. Around four in the morning, it declares the start of the day with such determination that I’ve devised several theoretical plans to silence it. Time will tell if theory ever turns into practice. I try to snooze a little longer, but soon the bells of a nearby Hindu temple […]