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Practices of Working Life 2012: Employers
The survey focused on organisational practices and organisational change in Finland. Data were collected from private and public sector employers through telephone interviews. The contents of the survey were influenced by the MEADOW (Measuring the Dynamics of Organisations and Work) tool created to collect data on change at work and in organisations at the European level,...
Performance of Municipal Services 2004: Personnel
The survey charted the use of the balanced scorecard indicators in measuring the performance of municipal services. The respondents were employees in the local and regional authorities participating in the study. Topics included the activity and state of the work community, performance measures, visions, strategies, aims and personnel management. Relating to the activity and...
Attitudes to Genetically Modified Foods, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. The study was designed to build on the findings of previous Food Standards Agency (FSA) work and specifically aimed to:explore why people hold particular views to GM food better understand how people's attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food are formedexplore...
European Working Conditions Survey, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
European Working Conditions Survey, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
National Survey of Home-Based Workers, 1981
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to provide nationally representative information on the personal and domestic characteristics of home-based workers, on the nature and organisation of home-based work, and on related issues such as: employment status, accidents and health problems; pay rates and earnings, trade...
Social Capital and Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Performance, 2000-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In the UK, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) now provide more employment and business turnover than large firms and public organisations together. Statistically, firms with under 250 employees in 1998 employed 57% of the workforce and accounted for 54% of turnover. This fits in with government...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
Company Level Industrial Relations Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main objectives were:
to assess changes that have taken place since the first Company Level Industrial Relations Survey in 1985 (Study not available via the UK Data Archive.)
to investigate how employee relations fits in with broader policy making
to explore the relationship between employee relations...
Performance of Municipal Services 2004: Elected Officials
The survey charted the use of the balanced scorecard indicators in measuring the performance of municipal services. The respondents were elected officials in the local and regional authorities participating in the study. Topics included the activity and state of the work community, performance measures, visions, strategies, aims and personnel management. Relating to the...
Performance of Municipal Services 2004: Combined Data
This combined dataset includes both the responses of municipal personnel and elected officials to the Performance of Municipal Services survey questions. Only the variables pertaining to both respondent groups (and ones that could be interpreted as pertaining to both groups) were included. For more specific data descriptions, see the original datasets (FSD2210 personnel and...
European Climate Services User Survey (EU-MACS) 2017
The survey was targeted at users and producers of climate services. It charted climate services available to Europeans as well as their use and development. The study was a part of the EU-MACS project funded by the European Commission (grant agreement ID: 730500). The producers of climate services were first asked about their role and the quality assurance process in the...
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...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
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...
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...
Going Local? Regional Innovation Strategies and the New Agri-Food Paradigm, 2003-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project aimed to produce a critical assessment of the prospects for local food networks and chains in the light of the UK government's 'Report of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food' (the 'Curry Report'), published in 2002, which extolled these novel food chains as one of...
What Changes When Incentives Change in Primary Medical Care, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The new 2004 General Medical Services (GMS) contract for general practitioners (GPs) exemplified trends across the public services towards increasing definition, measurement and regulation of professional work. Significantly increased resources are now available, with up to one third of GPs' income now...
Working Conditions in European Union Candidate Countries, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
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...
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...
Scottish Employer Skills Survey, 2008-2010: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Employer Skills Survey (SESS) is a series of large scale surveys undertaken to obtain perspectives of employers on a wide range of workforce skills-related issues. The 2010 survey is the sixth in the series, previous surveys being undertaken in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008. A separate,...
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...
Employment in Britain, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employment in Britain Survey, 1992 (EIB) aimed to survey the British labour market. It sampled employed, unemployed and self-employed people aged between 20 and 60 years. The aim of the study was to contribute to the assessment of changes over time in employment in Britain, and to provide data for...
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...
European Working Conditions Telephone Survey, 2021
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...