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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWJPERF08
LabelDoes management set any of the following targets for this establishment?
Question text Does management set any of the following targets for this establishment? Sales/Fees/Budget, Costs, Profits, Labour Costs, Productivity, Quality of Product or Service, Labour turnover, Absenteeism, Workforce training. IF YES: ' which?' 8th Response
Responses
1 Sales/Fees/Budget 0
2 Costs 2
3 Profits 0
4 Labour costs 0
5 Productivity 0
6 Quality of product or service 0
7 Labour turnover 0
8 Absenteeism 117
9 Workforce training 61
10 No, none 0
98 Not answered 0
99 Dont know 0
Sysmiss 738
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998
UniverseThe survey population consisted of all workplaces of firms in Great Britain with at least 10 employees, except for those in the following Standard Industrial Classification 1992 (SIC92) divisions: A (Agriculture, hunting and forestry); B (Fishing); C (Mining and quarrying); P (Private households with employed persons); and, Q (Extra-territorial organisations).;Employees;Establishments;Managers;Trade union officers;National
SamplingSimple random sample; One-stage stratified or systematic random sample;A simple random sample was used for the Survey of Employees Questionnaire (SEQ). A one-stage stratified sample was used for the cross-section sample for the Management Questionnaire (MQ).
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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