Summary information
Study title
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1980
Creator
Economic and Social Research Council
Policy Studies Institute
Department of Employment
Study number / PID
1575 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1575-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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 employment practices across almost every sector of the economy.
Main Topics:
The main areas covered in the survey include: basic establishment data for industrial relations; union organisation; bargaining structure; procedures; payment methods; industrial action; the introduction of technical and organisational change and a variety of other factors.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/04/1980 - 01/09/1980
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
National
Employees
Establishments
Managers
Trade union officers
Individuals
Institutions/organisations
Universe
All working establishments in England, Scotland and Wales, listed in the 1981 Census of Employment and stated to have employed 25 or more employees at the time of the census.
Sampling procedure
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1982
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
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- Pouliakas, K. and Theodoropoulos, N. (2011) 'The effect of variable pay schemes on workplace absenteeism', IZA DP No.5941
- Ekinci, E. and Theodoropoulos, N. (2021) 'Determinants of delegation: evidence from British establishment data', Bogazici Journal, 35. doi:10.21773/boun.35.1.3.