University of Lapland

About: University of Lapland is a education organization based out in Rovaniemi, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Arctic & Context (language use). The organization has 665 authors who have published 1870 publications receiving 39129 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Rovaniemi & Lapin yliopisto.

Does Success at Work Produce Well-Being and Happiness or Vice Versa?

Abstract: Work is a central element of human well-being and, at its best, also a source of happiness. Where and when can one have the experience of success at work? One group of workers are excellent describers of these kinds of experiences of success; namely those employees who have been awarded as "the employees of the year". In this article, Finnish top workers' (N=24) descriptions of their experiences at work are analyzed: 1) how do they describe their experiences of success and 2) what are the core factors of this experience? The data were collected in two phases by questionnaires and interviews. Based on the results, a model that illustrates the connection between individual and communal factors and the possibility to experience success at work was created. The results can be utilized for promoting well-being and opportunities to experience success at work.

Transnational highly skilled Finnish migrants in Europe: Choosing one's identity

Abstract: When transnational migration begins to resemble internal mobility, as is the case in the European Union, is there any need for integration into the country of destination, or do intra-European migrants adopt a European identity? This article is based on data collected about highly skilled Finns who have moved within the EU. Most of them continued to form their identity around their country of origin. Nearly 60% of the migrants of the study also identified with Europe, while only one-third identified with their country of residence. The article argues that, for such privileged migrants, the possibility of choice is central to identity formation. Neither the national identity of the new home country nor a European identity per se can substitute the former, more important identity received through socialization. However, moving abroad does have an impact on the ways these migrants ‘do identity’. Adding a dimension of Europeanness to their existing national identity is a way of belonging to a greater collecti...

Cycling@CHI: Towards a Research Agenda for HCI in the Bike Lane

Abstract: In this workshop, we will explore and discuss future developments in mobile user-interfaces for cyclists and users of similar interfaces or services. We highlight the challenge of balancing safety and ecological validity in experiments, and how novel and improved evaluation methods can improve the current situation. We aim to bring together researchers with a strong background in designing and evaluating novel user interfaces in the domain of bicycles and mobility, as well as practitioners who build consumer products in that domain. The workshop’s goal is to explore novel ways of designing and evaluating user interfaces for cyclists and similar users when it comes to interacting with mobile devices and services on the ride.

Features of the Z-Scoring Method in Graphical Two-Dimensional Web Surveys: the case of ZEF

Abstract: Research in the human and behavioral sciences has long been burdened by a methodological distinction between two categories of research: that which measures and produces facts and that which understands and interprets phenomena. However all interpretation of numbers requires that results be viewed in relative terms and there are no other means for this than comparison. The Z-scoring method, that is to say standardization, in web survey ZEF, emphasizes relative traits of survey answering. Questions in ZEF are illustrated in graphical two-dimensional chart where respondents are able to compare their answers at the moment of answering process. This trait of answering emphasizes the relationship of questions more than an absolute values on the scales of two dimensions. The Z-scoring method that is used in ZEF for handle results is based for same assumption: The respondents are compared questions and are formulated their answers through comparison. The significance of differences between groups cannot be measured directly: in some content areas, even small differences may be important, while in others changes of even several per cent are not significant. Standardization makes visible how different respondents and groups value things, that is, construct an order for them, using the dimensions given.

In-Between Space/Time:: Affective Exceptionality during the ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Northern Finland

Abstract: This article analyses the ‘European refugee crisis’ in the context of Northern Finland, building on the concepts of exceptionality and affect. Conventionally, exceptionality is conceptualised from the perspective of the state that does not enable analysing exceptional situations in their broader social context. A shift in focus is required to understand how people perceive and experience exceptionality and what kinds of affects this involves. Based on participatory engagement and in-depth interviews with asylum-seekers living in reception centres in Northern Finland and local residents in their neighbourhood, our analysis demonstrates that exceptionality gains diverse meanings in different contexts. We propose affective exceptionality as a conceptual tool for analysing affects in transformational situations in which people’s sense of the ‘normal’ becomes disrupted and illustrate how placing emphasis on subjects who experience and embody exceptionality in their everyday lives enables a more nuanced understanding of exceptionality, centralising the people instead of the state.