An effect evaluation of theb psychosocial work environment of a university unit after a successfully implemented employeeship program

摘要

Interventions to improve organizations are undertaken quite often in both practice and research, but relatively little research focuses on both the implementation process and the effects of an intervention. In 2013, an organizational intervention focusing on developing employeeship in a university unit was carried out and its implementation process of an organizational intervention was evaluated (Saksvik etal., 2015). The intervention was based on the premise that positive psychosocial experiences should be increased while simultaneously reducing negative experiences. Specifically, it was designed to strengthen the psychosocial work environment through raising employees' awareness and competence in interpersonal relationships and increasing their responsibility for their everyday work and working environment. The process evaluation found the intervention to be successful (Saksvik et al., 2015). The present study describes the follow-up effect evaluation of the intervention focusing on changes in the psychosocial work environment across the whole university conducted before and after the intervention was implemented. As such, it supplements the evaluation of the intervention and aims to show how evaluations that focus on process and effect can offer insights into the workings of successful interventions. Next, we discuss what we know about intervention evaluation before we briefly outline the intervention and describe its evaluation.