Human Resources Management in the Finnish Educational Sector

Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices

Abstract

This paper provides a consideration of the roles of human resources management (HRM) in the Finnish educational sector. It bothers itself with such crucial HRM matters as teachers’ attraction, development and staff-care policies, with a focus on staff retention and educational quality. Some of the issues are; teacher supply in remote areas, and moving from one environment of learning to another. At the same time, the paper is devoted to the positive practices in the Finnish model of HRM, such as, professional learning, work engagement and job satisfaction of teachers, support for education enhancing the context of the learning system in Finland.