About me
I work as a Doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Education and Culture. My research focuses on well-being and learning at work and in work situations (e.g., competence development during work, multilocational work, basic psychological needs satisfaction), as well as in higher education context. We utilize longitudinal designs, physiological measures (electrodermal activity), and experience sampling methods (LearningTracker) among others, in addition to surveys and interviews.
My profile at researchportal.tuni.fi: Ilmari Puhakka
Research group web pages: Professional Growth and Learning research group
Project links
Research topics
Workplace learning, well-being at work, hybrid work, basic psychological need satisfaction, emotions, psychophysiological measurement
Research unit
Selected publications
Selected publications
Puhakka, I., Lehtonen, E., Ruokolainen, M., & Nokelainen, P. (2026). Remote but close – A handbook for developing leadership of multilocational work. A research-based training intervention model and toolbox (In Finnish). Tampere University. Link
Puhakka, I., Nokelainen, P., & Lehtonen, E. (2025). Remote work intensity in knowledge work: Associations with informal workplace learning, basic psychological needs satisfaction, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. Vocations and Learning, 18, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-025-09377-2
Puhakka, I., Niemivirta, M., Postareff, L., & Nokelainen, P. (2025). A person-centered study of construction sector employees’ goal orientation profiles and their connections to approaches to learning, self-efficacy, and work engagement. Vocations and Learning, 18, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-025-09362-9
Puhakka, I., Lehtonen, E., & Nokelainen, P. (2023). Hybrid work of experts (In Finnish). Final report. Tampere University. Link
Puhakka, I., Nokelainen, P., & Pylväs, L. (2021). Learning or leaving? Individual and environmental factors related to job satisfaction and turnover intention. Vocations and Learning, 14(3), 481–510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-021-09275-3
Puhakka, I., & Peltola, M. J. (2020). Salivary cortisol reactivity to psychological stressors in infancy: A meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 115, 104603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104603
Latest publications
Etänä mutta lähellä – Käsikirja monipaikkaisen työn johtamisen kehittämiseen: Tutkimusperustainen valmennusmalli ja työkalut
Translated title of the contribution :Remote but close – A handbook for developing leadership of multilocational work: A research-based training intervention model and toolbox Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
Monipaikkaisen työn johtaminen: haasteita ja ratkaisuja
Translated title of the contribution :Leading multilocational work: Challenges and solutions Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Tapausopetus siltana ammatillisen koulutuksen ja työelämän välillä
Nokelainen, P., Puhakka, I. & Lehtonen, E., 27 Mar 2026, In: Ammattikasvatuksen aikakauskirja. 28, 1, p. 4-12 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
An Intervention to Support Higher Education Teachers’ Teaching Processes and Well-Being: Protocol for an Intervention Study
Postareff, L., Parpala, A., Nokelainen, P., Kosenkranius, M., Puhakka, I., Pylväs, L., Rintala, H., Räisänen, M. & Wallin, A., 25 Jun 2025, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 14, e65428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A Person-Centered Study of Construction Sector Workers’ Goal Orientation Profiles and Their Connections to Approaches to Learning, Self-efficacy, and Work Engagement
Puhakka, I. J. A., Niemivirta, M., Postareff, L. & Nokelainen, P., Dec 2025, In: Vocations and Learning. 18, 1, 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A typology of approaches to professional learning and development in post-pandemic multi-location knowledge work in the technology sector
Lehtonen, E., Rintala, H., Puhakka, I. & Nokelainen, P., 23 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Studies in Continuing Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Remote Work Intensity in Knowledge Work: Associations with Informal Workplace Learning, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention
Puhakka, I. J. A., Nokelainen, P. & Lehtonen, E., Dec 2025, In: Vocations and Learning. 18, 1, 23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Self-Efficacy, Emotions and Mathematics Achievement: Longitudinal Effects of Flipped Learning
Nokelainen, P., Kaarakka, T., Hirvonen, J., Puhakka, I., Kangaslampi, R., Ali-Löytty, S., Vuorenpää, V. & Viro, E., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 41, 6, e70148.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Assessing engineering students’ attitudes towards corporate social responsibility principles
Saari, U., Ojasoo, M., Venesaar, U., Puhakka, I., Nokelainen, P. & Mäkinen, S., 2024, In: European Journal of Engineering Education. 49, 3, p. 492-513Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Longitudinal study of the development of higher education students’ basic psychological needs satisfaction during student-centred engineering mathematics courses
Puhakka, I., Nokelainen, P., Vuorenpää, V., Rämö, J., Kangaslampi, R., Kaarakka, T., Viro, E., Hirvonen, J. & Ali-Löytty, S., 23 Aug 2024, Elsevier.Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Scientific