Summary information

Study title

Achievement Motivation in the Industrial Company

Creator

Diekershoff, Karl-Heinz (Institut für Selbsthilfe und Sozialforschung, Köln )

Study number / PID

ZA0394, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0394 (DOI)

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Series

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Abstract

Job situation, work motivation and attitude to co-determination among workers of selected branches of the economy. Topics: Degree of consensus with the company system of norms; determinants of achievement orientation; work motivation; work satisfaction (scale); integration in the company; status satisfaction; job judgement; judgement on the wage-performance relationship; relationship with superior and colleagues; attitude to co-determination; frequency and judgement on company meetings; function of the works council meetings; judgement on interactions between the works council and management; existence of company committees; conflicts with the works council; membership in the trade union and in clubs; judgement on the job of the works council; evaluation of the industrial relations law; participation in works council elections; judgement on measures to increase performance in the company; increase in performance through more co-determination; communication process within the company and recommendation system within the company; atmosphere at work; problems of upward social mobility; satisfaction with position in the company; safety at work and job security; perceived achievement pressure; time keepers in the company; wage system; judgement on the effects of rationalization and automation; size of team; attitude to further education; time worked each week and overtime; length of company employment; frequency of change of job; assessment of fluctuation in the company; frequency of times reported sick; presence and utilization of social facilities; leisure activities; party preference. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional position; income; household income; size of household; head of household; housing situation; social origins; state.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

10/1965

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Two-stage, stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1965

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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