Summary information

Study title

Jobs in the 1980s: Bridging the Gap Between People and Work (International Survey)

Creator

Shanks, Michael (London)
Strümpel, Burkhard (Forschungsstelle Sozialökonomik der Arbeit, Freie Universität Berlin)
Yankelovich, Daniel (Public Agenda Foundation, New York)
Zetterberg, Hans (SIFO, Swedish Institute for Opinion Research, Vällingby)

Study number / PID

ZA1346, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1346 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

The attitude of workers to work. Topics: by means of the same 32-item scale detailed characterizations of: a) one´s own activity and personal workplace, b) the ideal image of employment, c) the possibility of relief and more pleasant structuring of one´s own job and d) possibilities of more efficient job performance; description of change and the opportunities to learn in the occupation; responsibility in the company; degree of co-determination possibilities; adequate use of personal capabilities in current occupation; comparison of ´passage of time´ at work and in leisure time (scale); work satisfaction; work orientation; personal freedom in structuring work (scale); judgement on current situation in the job market in comparison with the situation 10 years ago; changes at one´s place of work in the last 5 years; occupational changes due to technological developments; judgement on the employment and personnel situation of the company; readiness to work more in bottleneck situations; exercising side jobs; plan of professional life; frequency of change of occupation; most important political demands; personal work ethics and assumed attitude of parents; attitude to economic growth as well as connection between economic growth and unemployment; judgement on wage equity in company; attitude to change of daily working hours for the benefit of more vacation or longer weekends; identification with company; ties to company and solidarity of company with employees; atmosphere at work; bad treatment experienced at current job and personal reactions to this; achievement motivation; reaction to criticism at one´s place of work; judgement on cooperative and achievement-oriented leadership style, measured on personal preferences; judgement on leadership practices of superiors in company; satisfaction with income.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

04/1982 - 01/1983

Country

United States of America, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Israel

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Various samples

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

1984

Terms of data access

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

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