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Interviews of Recruitment Consultants 2013
The interview study focused on the processes and decision-making of recruitment, particularly in the ICT field. There were eight interviewees in three recruitment companies, with various job titles but all working with recruitment. The data consist of interview transcripts. The interviewees were asked about their background and work experience, characteristics of the job,...
Interviews of Theatre Critics 2004-2009
The study investigated the views of Finnish theatre critics on the nature and main goals of theatre reviews, changes in reviewing over time, relations between theatre artists and critics, the significance of taste, differences between art forms in terms of reviewing, the ethics of criticism, and theatre reviews as a text form. There were also questions on the participants'...
Screening and Scoping in Environmental Impact Assessment, 1999-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims and objectives of the research project were to:
identify the characteristics and nature of the way in which 'significant environmental effects' are currently determined and articulated under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1999 (EIA);
explore the use...
Young People and Sport in England, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to establish the first ever collection of national statistics on children's involvement in sport, concentrating on their participation in sport in the twelve months prior to the survey, which took place in summer 1994. The study also aimed to explore some of the factors...
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) series was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the processes which underlie employment relationships by making available for the first time large, systematic and dispassionate evidence about a broad range of industrial relations and...
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...
Living with AIDS : The Experience of Homosexual Men with HIV Infection Or AIDS, 1988-1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims and objectives of this survey were to:
Describe the experience of and attitudes towards the care of people with AIDS or related conditions; describe the social context in which requirements of health care are negotiated; look at the continuity of care between hospital and community; describe...
Learning to Perform: Data from a United Kingdom Conservatoire of Music, 2004-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods longitudinal data set.
This project looked at the 'secret garden' of conservatoires of music. This is an area of higher education where the one-to-one lesson format has traditionally formed the core of teaching and learning. Conservatoires have hitherto been under-researched. The...
Social Dynamics of Public Engagement in Stem Cell Research, 2005-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
This project had two main aims: to investigate the range of views and concerns of people hold about stem cell research (SCR), and to explore critically the scope for increasing public engagement in SCR through a range of public engagement techniques. The research...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Oxford-Cambridge High-Technology Dataset, 1990-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project investigates the extent, nature and importance of technological, information and other linkages between firms themselves and between firms, research institutions and other private and public sector bodies in the Cambridge and Oxford regions and addresses the question of how far these...
National Surveys of NHS Patients: Cancer, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Surveys of NHS Patients programme comprises a series of surveys designed to contribute to monitoring the performance of the NHS as seen from the patient's perspective. The Government committed itself to this programme in 1997, in The New NHS - modern dependable White Paper, which proposed the...
House of Lords: Voting, Peers' Attitudes and Perceptions of Legitimacy, 2000-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project investigated changes in behaviour and attitudes following the reform in 1999 which removed the majority of hereditary peers from the House of Lords. The central research question was whether the (still unelected) second chamber would grow in confidence and strength as a result of its least...
Innovation in the London Region, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The theoretical aim of this research is to examine and understand why innovative and competitive firms tend to cluster in a limited number of particular cities. The project is also seeking to understand the observed variety of supplier and customer arrangements among firms and the interactions between...
Innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The theoretical aim of this research is to examine and understand why innovative and competitive firms tend to cluster in a limited number of particular cities. The project is also seeking to understand the observed variety of supplier and customer arrangements among firms and the interactions between...
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) series was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the processes which underlie employment relationships by making available for the first time large, systematic and dispassionate evidence about a broad range of industrial relations and...
Understanding Environmental Knowledge Controversies: the Case for Flood Risk Management, 2007-2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. The study is part of the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme.
This project was conceived in order to address the public controversies generated by the risk management strategies and forecasting technologies associated with diffuse environmental problems such...
Continuous Household Survey, 1991-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population...
National Surveys of NHS Patients: General Practice, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Surveys of NHS Patients programme comprises a series of surveys designed to contribute to monitoring the performance of the NHS as seen from the patient's perspective. The Government committed itself to this programme in 1997, in The New NHS - modern dependable White Paper, which proposed the...
Public Attitudes to Genomics: Vignette Studies, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These vignette studies form part of a wider project to provide a basic understanding of current attitudes among the public towards a range of new genetic technologies. Public attitudes and behaviour toward developments in this area of science are likely to be conditional, at least in part, upon...
Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study was undertaken by a team based at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Warwick Business School and King's College, London. It aimed to investigate employment practices in multinational companies' operations in the United Kingdom, and explored how these are influenced by...
News Articles about COVID-19 in Helsingin Sanomat, Asahi Shimbun and Dagens Nyheter 2020
The data consist of news articles about COVID-19 published in the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The articles include medical and scientific information and expert opinions relating to COVID-19 from the first few months of the pandemic. The data also contain a list of similar articles that were published in the newspapers Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and Asahi Shimbun...
Survey on Attitudes to the Environment, 1978-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate the relationships between differing perceptions of environmental dangers, underlying values and social structural position of environmentalists and control groups.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Probability, seriousness and timing of a possible...
Survey of Employers Recruitment Practices, 1976-1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this survey were:
to make a detailed examination of a sample of recent engagements
to give a picture of the recruitment methods used and their perceived advantages and disadvantages
to estimate the `share' of the engagement market held by the Employment Service Agency
to provide a measure...
Attitudes towards the Social Services
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To ascertain what people think about the various social services provided by the Government and local authorities, the degree of awareness of the different social services, extent of use and satisfaction.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
This very detailed study is divided into sections on the...
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: 1998-2011: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) is a national survey of the state of employment relations and working life inside British workplaces. The 1998, 2004 and 2011 surveys (WERS98, WERS 2004, WERS 2011) are the fourth, fifth and sixth in the series, respectively, earlier surveys having...
Solicitors, 1968
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Data accumulated from Consumers' Association surveys are designed to be used by the consumer. The surveys are, therefore, very specific in nature and the subjects covered diverse. The Data Archive holds 19 such surveys.
Readers are asked to note that, with the exception of the surveys on the Telephone...
Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004; Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004, Wave 2
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004 (also known as the Workplace Employment Relations Survey, WERS 2004, or WERS5) was a national survey of people at work. The survey was jointly sponsored by the then Department of Trade and Industry, ACAS, the ESRC and the PSI. (In June 2007, DTI became...
Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 1998 (WERS98) is the fourth in a series of surveys which began in 1980 (previously known as the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, or WIRS - the name was changed in 1998 to better reflect the content of the present survey). Its primary aim is to provide...
Small Firms, Management Strengths and External Expertise, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this study were:
to identify the management competencies and weaknesses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the availability of internal expertise in relation to that available from external sources;
to assess the significance for SMEs of private and public sector...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Manufacturing Strategy and Competitiveness Dataset, 1994-1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The focus of this research was on the high technology manufacturing sector, where the rate and extent of change in the firm environment are extremely high. The main aim of the project was to take a contingency theory perspective in linking manufacturing strategy to firms' overall strategy, in the context...