Jari Hakanen

Research Professor, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Jari obtained his PhD in social psychology from the University of Helsinki in 2005 with a thesis on burnout, engagement, and a life-course life-event perspective on employee well-being.

In the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, he started as a researcher in 1998. Between 2006 and 2007 he worked as a specialized researcher in positive organizational psychology and well-being at work. Since 2007 he has been a senior researcher. Jari is also an adjunct professor ("docent") in the University of Helsinki.

Jari’s current research activities are focused on positive work psychology, employee engagement, burnout, salutogenesis, and work-home interface. He has also done research on suicide prevention and care of the dying cancer patients.

Before starting his career as a researcher, he worked as an adult educator in two institutions for more than five years, running courses for unemployed, elderly, and handicapped people and voluntary workers, including professional training for children´s instructors and for youth and leisure instructors.

Jari’s professional mission and dream is to contribute to boosting change towards more positive and healthy work-life practices.

Publications

2019

An Ultra-Short Measure for Work Engagement The UWES-3 Validation Across Five Countries Schaufeli, VV. B., Shimazu, A., Hakanen, J., Salanova, M. & De Witte, H., Jul 2019, In : European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 35, 4, p. 577-591 15 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

2018

A multilevel study on servant leadership, job boredom and job crafting Harju, L. K., Schaufeli, W. B. & Hakanen, J. J., 2018, In : Journal of Managerial Psychology. 33, 1, p. 2-14 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Article has an altmetric score of 8 Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire: A validation study using the Job Demand-Resources model Berthelsen, H., Hakanen, J. J. & Westerlund, H., 30 Apr 2018, In : PLoS One. 13, 4, 17 p., 0196450. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open AccessFile Article has an altmetric score of 1 Different Types of Employee Well-Being Across Time and Their Relationships With Job Crafting Hakanen, J. J., Peeters, M. C. W. & Schaufeli, W. B., Apr 2018, In : Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 23, 2, p. 289-301 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Article has an altmetric score of 52 Workaholism versus work engagement and job crafting: What is the role of self-management strategies? Zeijen, M. E. L., Peeters, M. C. W. & Hakanen, J. J., Apr 2018, In : Human Resource Management Journal. 28, 2, p. 357-373 17 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Article has an altmetric score of 12

2017

Born and Bred to Burn out: A Life-Course View and Reflections on Job Burnout Hakanen, J. J. & Bakker, A. B., Jul 2017, In : Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 22, 3, p. 354-364 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Article has an altmetric score of 15 High Job Demands, Still Engaged and Not Burned Out? The Role of Job Crafting Hakanen, J. J., Seppälä, P. & Peeters, M. C. W., Aug 2017, In : International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 24, 4, p. 619-627 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Article has an altmetric score of 16 Myötätuntoinen johtaminen Hakanen, J. J., Kuusela, S. & Pessi, A. B., 2017, Myötätunnon mullistava voima. Pessi, A. B., Martela, F. & Paakkanen, M. (eds.). Jyväskylä: PS-kustannus, p. 281-303 23 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific