Conference “Subjectivity and Learning in Everyday Life”

Roskilde (Denmark) 26-28 May 2010

Submission Paper for the workshop sub-theme “Everyday life in the Workplace”

The theme of training has a prominent place in the legislation of safety at work. The legislation, however, gives guidance on mandatory training and information, but no indication regarding how to design and deliver the type of training that is capable of really changing attitudes and behavior among workers.

The purpose of this study is to present assessment findings of the major functional elements of training activity, carried out on health care workers in Swedish nursing homes, which can guarantee an improvement of the perception of safety and wellness in the workplace.

A triangular method has been used. The approach includes a literature review, interviews, survey and focus groups.

Published literature was analyzed to review knowledge areas concerning the performance requirements of workers´ training activity on safety issues.

A questionnaire was developed to obtain the workers' feedback on their experience in training activity and their perceived safety and wellness in the workplace. The groups participating to the survey were health care workers in Nursing Homes in Stockholm area.

Moreover interviews with experts in safety issues, in workers rights, in care environments were carried out.

Focus groups with a selection of workers participating in the survey were carried out in order to discuss the major findings of the survey.

The findings of the worker satisfaction survey will be analyzed and reported to describe the degree of compliance with the collected performance requirements of training activity.

A plan of action will be developed and recommended to improve the performance of different training methods.

The implications related to the findings obtained may have different levels of impact in research on collaborative design and training.