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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWJFACTO2
LabelWhat factors taken into account when rating management/employees relationship?
Question text What factors did you take into account in making this rating? [relationship between management and employees] 2nd Response
Responses
1 Collective disputes / measures of conflict 5
2 Level of grievances 20
3 Quality of relationships between managers and employees / TU 90
4 Amount or quality of management / employee / TU communicatio 87
5 Workforce morale 39
6 Other measures of employee morale 23
7 Establishment output or performance 13
8 Success in introducing change 24
9 Other internal indicators 4
10 Other external indicators 2
11 Other specific answer, not codeable 1-10 5
97 Other vague answer, not codeable to 1-11 0
98 Dont know 0
99 Not answered 0
Sysmiss 606
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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