About
Tiina Saari is a University Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies, Tampere University, actively researching work dynamics in service and industrial sectors with emphasis on well-being and digital transformation.
Her research focuses on labor studies and organizational behavior, particularly examining psychological contracts in blue-collar work, meaningfulness of labor, and pandemic impacts on service workers. She investigates how digitalization reshapes media professions and affects worker well-being through institutional logics and competence frameworks.
Recent publications reveal consistent analysis of private service sectors during crises, with growing attention to food insecurity, tacit knowledge utilization, and translation work digitalization. Her work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary collaboration between social sciences, public health, and media studies.
Funded by major entities including the Finnish Occupational Safety and Health Fund and Nordic Council of Ministers, her projects include:
- Teto: Industrial workers' crisis responses and flexibility (2023-2024)
- PAMEL: Service industry union members' work ability and well-being
- Duunarit: Psychological contracts in blue-collar occupations (2020-2021)
- MediaWork2030: Digitalization effects on media workers (2019-2022)
- The Future of Work: Nordic employment transformations (2018-2020)
