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Survey of 400 Locally Controlled Manufacturing Establishments in Merseyside and Greater Manchester, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the financial standing and policies of locally controlled manufacturing establishments in Merseyside and Greater Manchester during 1979-1980. The study aimed to examine the 'birth process' of newer firms and to assess the knowledge and effect of central and...
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...
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1984
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...
Homework in Wages Council Industries, 1978-1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and determinants of low earnings among homeworkers as compared with factory workers.Main Topics:Variables
Earnings (weekly and hourly); statutary minimum rate of pay (SMR); hours worked; occupation; status of worker; sex; reasons for homework; work...
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...
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...
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...
Heads of Households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The collection of data in these studies is part of a larger study on the decline of the Scottish cotton industry. The primary aim of the project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the cotton industry. Since economic historians have viewed the decline of the...
Bridgeton and Paisley Census, 1851, 1871 and 1891 : A Sample of Households Containing Cotton Workers
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The collection of data in these studies is part of a larger study on the decline of the Scottish cotton industry. The primary aim of the project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the cotton industry. Since economic historians have viewed the decline of the...
MORI Lewisham Residents Poll, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To collect the views of Lewisham residents on local government concerns.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Experience and perception of quality of local government services, experience of harassment or discrimination in use of services, contacts with council officials, information sources for...
Quality of Home Experience for Homeworkers, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examined the ways in which home is conceptualised, experienced and evaluated by homeworkers, a hard-to-reach group. It explored the impact of homeworking on the experience of home and family life and sought to identify ways in which working from home may challenge the traditional stereotypical...