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Table 1 Overview of company characteristics and the study population

From: Work-related psychosocial demands related to work organization in small sized companies (SMEs) providing health-oriented services in Germany – a qualitative analysis

Health-oriented business sector and type of company

Characteristics of managers

Number of employees

Qualification of employees

Work time models

Employment contract

Pharmacy

head of the company: eight years

n = 16

completed academic training (n = 9)

full time employees (n = 2)

permanent contracts (n = 14)

No family business

responsible for another branch office

 

completed vocational trainings (n = 4)

part-time employees (n = 14)

temporary contracts (n = 2)

 

additional executive managers

 

currently undertaking vocational training (n = 3)

  

Optician and hearing aid company

head of the company: nine years

n = 24

completed academic training (n = 2)

full time employees (n = 12)

permanent contracts (n = 24)

family business

responsible for another branch office

 

completed vocational trainings (n = 10)

part-time employees (n = 9)

 
 

additional executive managers

 

under vocational training (n = 4)

other work models (n = 3)

 
   

other qualification (n = 5)

  

Orthopaedic company

head of the company: two years

n = 9

completed vocational trainings (n = 7)

full time employees (n = 4)

permanent contracts (n = 9)

family business

another co-manager

 

under vocational training (n = 1) other

part-time employees (n = 5)

 
   

qualification (n = 1)

  

Orthopaedic shoemaker

head of the company: 34 years

n = 2

completed vocational trainings (n = 2)

full time employee (n = 1)

permanent contracts (n = 2)

family business

responsible for another branch office

  

part-time employee (n = 1)

 
 

another co-manager

    

Dental technology company

head of the company: 20 years

n = 14

completed vocational trainings (n = 10)

full time employees (n = 13)

permanent contracts (n = 14)

No family business

additional executive managers

 

under vocational training (n = 2)

part-time employees (n = 1)

 
   

other qualification (n = 2)

  

Cosmetic studio

head of the company: 13 years

n = 14

completed vocational training (n = 14)

full time employees (n = 6)

permanent contracts (n = 14)

family business

responsible for another branch office

  

part-time employees (n = 8)

 
 

another co-manager