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Survey of the Solicitors' Profession, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To obtain a profile of the structure, organisation and staffing of solicitors' firms; to describe the types of legal and non-legal work carried out by solicitors; to investigate the social background of solicitors including career history and educational qualifications; to explore solicitors' attitudes on...
Virtual Consumers, 1998-1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project was a study of public responses to early developments in electronic commerce (e-commerce). The aims and objectives were:
to provide new data (qualitative and quantitative) relating social and psychological variables to uses of e-commerce;
to relate aspects of design and implementation of...
Pensions Online: Producer, Distributor and User Attitudes and Behaviour, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project examined the extent to which the internet can make a difference to pension industry structure, product distribution, transaction procedures and administrative processes. Key researched questions to be resolved included: what was the continued role of the independent financial advisor (IFA)...
Entering e-Society: Young Children's Development of e-Literacies, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Today's preschool children are growing up in an 'e-society', where digital connectivity to the internet, mobile phones and other forms of electronic interaction is an essential feature of daily life. To maximise the benefits that digital connectivity offers, avoid disadvantage or marginalisation, and...
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Electronic Commerce, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The proposed objectives for the study were to explore the use and barriers to use of electronic commerce by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Great Britain. By means of a postal questionnaire, the study sought to understand:
which SMEs are using electronic commerce (e-commerce) applications and...
Learning and Training at Work, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 'Learning and Training at Work' surveys, which commenced in 1999, are an annual series of employer surveys that investigate the provision of learning and training at work. The surveys also investigate awareness of, and involvement with, a number of existing and new training and development...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Management Practice of Foreign Ownership Firms Dataset, 1985-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Foreign direct investment [FDI] into the United Kingdom (UK) has grown considerably in recent years. US, French, German and Japanese companies have generally accounted for the largest share of this FDI. In addition to greenfield and expansion investment, a major vehicle for inward FDI has been the...
Impact of New Technology on the Communication of Parliamentary Information, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of new technology on the communication of parliamentary and devolved assembly information to the general public. It consisted of two distinct stages:
Stage 1) A series of semi-structured interviews with representatives of the public information...
ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
ONS Omnibus Survey, November 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
Socio-technical Systems and Call Centres : a Case Study Investigation, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following a growth in the number of people employed in call centres, defined as those workers who simultaneously use a telephone and computer, this research project set out to investigate the way social and technical systems are used in their work organisation. The research focused particularly on the...
Changing Employment Relationships, Employment Contracts and the Future of Work, 1999-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project was designed to identify changes in the employment relationship and contractual basis of employment over the 1980's and 1990's, and to examine their consequences for the future of work. The growth and distribution of numerical and functional flexibility, and their impact on employees and the...
Employers' Workplace Policies in an Environment of Change, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim is to identify and describe how employers are restructuring work and human resource practices under conditions of persistent environmental turbulence. This climate of change in the workplace has been interpreted as the response of employers to environmental changes in competition, technology...
Learning and Training at Work, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 'Learning and Training at Work' surveys, which commenced in 1999, are an annual series of employer surveys that investigate the provision of learning and training at work. The surveys also investigate awareness of, and involvement with, a number of existing and new training and development...
Participation in Political Organisations in the United Kingdom and the Internet, 2001-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project evaluated the use of the internet by political organisations (parties, interest groups, trade unions and new social movements) to promote participation in two dimensions:
increasing vs. decreasing participation: examining whether the internet will increase rates of political participation and...
ONS Omnibus Survey, Internet Access Module, April, July and October, 2003 and February 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS) series began in 1980. It was previously known as the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, or WIRS - the name was changed in 1998 to better reflect the present content of the survey. The primary aim of the survey series is to provide statistically...
ICTs : Reshaping the Voluntary Sector? 1998-1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research has been shaped by the overarching aims both to begin to map the extent to which voluntary organisations are adopting Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and, more particularly, to gain insights into, and to begin to understand and to articulate, the social conditions shaping...
Small Firms and their Employees, 2003-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project comprised a study of the management of employees in small firms in three industrial sectors (food manufacture, creative and media, and information and communication technology). The firms selected for the study were based in the East and West Midlands. It addressed employer policy through...
Employers Skills Survey, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill deficiencies reported by employers in England. The series addresses a number of key questions:
What are the skill needs of employers?
What is the scale of, and the contribution of a lack of skills to...
ONS Omnibus Survey, Internet Access Module, April and July 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
World Bank World Development Indicators, 1960-2020
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global...
Skills for Life Survey, 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Skills for Life Survey, 2011 (SfL2011), was a follow-up to the Skills for Life Survey, 2003 (SfL2003) (held under SN 7239). SfL2011 examined the basic skills of adults, aged 16-65 years-old, in England. The aim of the survey was to: examine changes in literacy and numeracy levels among the...
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, August, September and October, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data from respondents in Great Britain. Information is gathered on a range of subjects, commissioned both internally by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and by external clients (other government departments, charities,...
Advanced Technology in the Lives of Disabled People, 2007-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Advanced Technology in the Lives of Disabled People, 2007-2008 assesses the use, application and role of advanced technologies in the lives of disabled people. Although disabled people are excited by the potential benefits of using new advanced technological devices at home, research has shown that one...
Gender and skilled migration in the IT sector: a comparison between India and the UK 2016-2018
This is a collection of data on men and women in the IT sector in India and the UK. The data includes quantitative survey undertaken with 155 IT firms in India; 400 IT workers in India and the UK divided across the following cohorts: migrant and non-migrant, in India and the UK, men and women. The deposited data also includes 86 interviews with migrant and non-migrant IT...
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February and March, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data from respondents in Great Britain. Information is gathered on a range of subjects, commissioned both internally by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and by external clients (other government departments, charities,...
Small Business Survey, 2010-2012: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Small Business Survey (SBS) is a large scale telephone survey commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as a follow up to the Annual Survey of Small Businesses 2007/8. The main aims of the first SBS survey in 2010 were to:monitor key enterprise indicators (e.g....
Interviews with disaster affected people, humanitarian officers, local government representatives and other stakeholders involved in the Typhoon Haiyan Recovery
The dataset contains semi-structured interviews with 80 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Central Philippines in November 2014 and remains the strongest Typhoon ever to make landfall. The interviews explored how participants' experienced the disaster recovery and in particular whether - and if so how - they used social and mobile media in that process.
The...
ONS Omnibus Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February, April and June, 2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...