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Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal emphasis of the programme was to examine the attitude of the population to changes in the employment structure of British society, including occupational structure changes in the gender composition of the workforce, increased unemployment and increases in the use of casual employment. These...
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...
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...
Scottish-Registered Companies Investing Abroad, 1862-1914
Main Topics:This dataset presents an analysis of Scottish limited liability companies registered in Edinburgh for foreign mining, plantations, ranching, land investment, railways, telegraphs, manufacturing, financial and mercantile services between 1862 and 1914. Amongst other variables, it contains information concerning: company registration, company dissolution,...
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...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Higher Education Institution Knowledge and its Impact on Regional Competitiveness, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project focused on a regional comparison of university knowledge flows to the business community and other institutions both within and external to the region in which particular universities are based. It analyses the impact of university knowledge in relation to the type of knowledge, the flow...
Accommodation to Change : Panel Study to Examine Attitude Change towards the EEC Before and After the Referendum, June 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine accommodation to a fait accompli by contrasting attitudes held in 1971 with those held in 1975 and, by examining what changes occurred in each instance once the decision had been taken.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Two questionnaires were administered. A: 2 weeks before the June...
Britain in the Seventies, 1971
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to attempt to describe the attitudes of the British public in early 1971 to the EEC and the issue of Britain's possible entry. The intention was to explore the structure of attitudes in some depth rather than conduct an opinion poll.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural...
EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2004
The survey charted Finnish attitudes and values. Respondents were presented with a series of attitudinal statements covering political parties, occupational life, market economy, economic growth, social welfare, environmental issues, immigration, emigration and internal migration, foreigners, internationalism, Finland's NATO membership, taxation, democracy and Finnish...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
UK Electronics Industry Quality Assurance Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To determine, from an analysis of the recorded opinions of senior executives in the industry, the relative importance of quality and reliability.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
The importance of quality and reliability vis-a-vis other issues was determined by including these in a...
Northern Ireland General Election and Political Attitudes Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to:
extend the <i>British General Election Study</i> to Northern Ireland (the <i>British General Election Study, 1992</i> is held at The Data Archive under study number 2981)
provide longitudinal comparisons with previous work in the same area, namely...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
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...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Professional Services Firms Dataset, 1990-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The theories which have sought to explain the phenomena of agglomeration and deglomeration of firms have focused mostly on manufacturing industries and are dominated by manufacturing paradigms. Many of the factors cited in these theories to derive agglomeration may not be applicable to professional...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Computer Survey Dataset, 1990-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The computer industry, which includes the production of hardware, software and services, is one of the UK's most important 'high-technology' industries, employing 220,000 workers in 1995. Yet during the 1990s, UK computer firms have been facing intense competitive pressures and rapidly changing technology...
Britain and the Seventies, 1973; Phase 2
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the survey was to monitor changes in attitudes of the British public towards the EEC since 1971 and to analyse the factors behind such changes.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attitudes to the Common Market and Britain's relationship with other EEC countries:
1) Economic factors...
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...
Human Resource Management and Performance in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project investigated whether investing in 'progressive' human resources (HR) practices appears to pay dividends in terms of corporate performance for small firms in the sectors the project covered. However, the degree to which this is true, and the size and significance of the effect, will...
Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employment Relations Study, 2011 (also known as WERS6) is the sixth in a series of national surveys of employment relations at the workplace level. Earlier surveys were conducted in 1980, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2004 (the series was originally known as the Workplace Industrial Relations...
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...
Surveying Employment Practices of Multinationals in Comparative Context: Integrating and Differentiating National Systems, 2006-2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study was based on a representative sample of multinational companies (MNCs) operating in the UK, both UK- and foreign-owned. It aimed to provide a picture of employment practice within MNCs, focusing on the four key areas of performance management and reward systems, organisational learning,...
Relational Spaces of Innovation in Architecture Firms, 2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.What are the forms and geographies of the relational spaces of innovation in leading global architecture firms? A British Academy funded research project sought to answer this question and had the following objectives: to map and explore the multiple, scale transcending, networks and circuits of social...
Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Private Sector Panel, 1998-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) series is a periodic national survey of people at work. So far, the surveys have been conducted in 1980, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2004. The purpose of each survey in the WERS series has been to provide large-scale, statistically reliable evidence about a...