Table 7 Adherence^a to guideline recommendations after 6 and 12 months

1a. I am familiar with the content of our school’s work environment documents

39/321 (12.1)

56/288 (19.4)

52/314 (16.6)

7.3/4.5

73/354 (20.6)

72/321 (22.4)

69/349 (19.8)

1.8/− 0.8

1b.I act in accordance with our school’s work environment documents.

51/316 (16.1)

54/286 (18.9)

52/312 (16.7)

2.8/0.6

67/352 (19.0)

66/320 (20.6)

76/345 (22.0)

1.6/2

2a. I notice that my immediate leadership has the knowledge on how work environment affects employee’s mental health

48/320 (15.0)

56/286 (19.6)

55/312 (17.6)

4.6/2.6

84/353 (23.8)

71/319 (22.3)

98/349 (28.1)

− 1.5/4.3

3a. During the latest assessment the results were communicated to us employees by someone in a leadership position

48/113 (42.5)

45/140 (32.1)

50/131 (38.2)

− 10.4/− 4.3

66/136 (48.5)

63/160 (39.4)

97/170 (57.1)

− 9.1/8.6

3b. During the latest assessment I was given as opportunity as an employee to participate in the discussion of the result

41/113 (36.3)

45/140 (32.1)

34/132 (25.8)

− 4.2/− 10.5

59/136 (43.4)

62/161 (38.5)

86/169 (50.9)

− 4.9/7.5

3c. During the latest assessment we did a joint planning of measures on the basis of assessment results

14/111 (12.6)

29/139 (20.9)

24/132 (18.2)

8.3/5.6

36/135 (26.7)

40/158 (25.3)

57/169 (33.7)

− 1.4/7

3d. During the latest assessment we created an action plan for measures to be taken

10/113 (8.8)

18/136 (13.2)

15/132 (11.4)

4.4/2.6

30/134 (22.4)

28/160 (17.5)

38/169 (22.5)

− 4.9/0.1

3e. During the latest assessment we used the action plan to monitor the implementation of the planned measures

5/111 (4.5)

12/136 (8.8)

8/130 (6.2)

4.3/1.7

25/133 (18.8)

23/159 (14.5)

27/169 (16.0)

− 4.3/− 2.8