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Summary information

Study title

Employers' Manpower and Skills Practices Survey (EMSPS), 1990-1991

Creator

Dench, S., Employment Department, Social Science Research Branch
Hales, J. M., Social and Community Planning Research

Study number / PID

3223 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3223-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


This dataset explores employers' skill formation practices, including their skill needs, recruitment practices, training and other employee related activities.
Users requiring the WIRS data to accompany this dataset should order SN:2858 <i>Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1990</i>.
Main Topics:

Characteristics of different occupational groups; training and recruitment activities; skill shortages and recruitment difficulties; labour turnover; types of employee sought; characteristics of the workplace.

Topics

Labour and employmentVocational education and training

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES (ELSST)ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATIONSAGE (ELSST)APPRENTICESHIPATTITUDES (ELSST)BUDGETARY CONTROL (ELSST)BUSINESS ECONOMICS (ELSST)BUSINESS FORMATION (ELSST)BUSINESSES (ELSST)CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATIONCHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (ELSST)COMPANIES (ELSST)
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/11/1990 - 01/10/1991

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Institutions/organisations
National
Employees
Establishments
Managers

Universe

Workplaces with more than 25 employees (excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing, and coalmining) in Great Britain South of the Caledonian Canal.

Sampling procedure

Sample of workplaces were drawn from Census of Employment for Third Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS 3) to be representative of employers across all size bands.
All WIRS 3 respondents (c96%) who said they did not mind being recontacted were asked to participate in EMSPS.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1994

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.

Related publications

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