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Summary information

Study title

Transformation of the Work of Forest Machine Contractors 1998

Creator

Kekkonen, Kari (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Study number / PID

FSD2776 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2776 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd2776 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The study investigated forest machine contracting in Finland and changes brought by the rationalization that has taken place in felling and logging operations. Data were collected through interviews, and the dataset consists of 12 interview transcripts. The interviewees were forest machine contractors. Main themes were the development of the business, staff and recruitment, operational practices, future prospects of the business, and changes in the operational environment. Background variables included the interview date and the number of staff members in the business. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Topics

Social sciencesAgriculture and rural industryBusiness/industrial management and organisation

Keywords

BusinessesEntrepreneursForest managementForestryModernizationOccupational life

Methodology

Data collection period

01/05/1998 - 08/10/1998

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual
Event/Process/Activity
Organization/Institution

Universe

Forest machine contractors in the regions of Kainuu and Pirkanmaa in Finland

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Kind of data

Qualitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

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