Citation  | ISSP Research Group (2013): International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientation III - ISSP 2005. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4350 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11648 |
| Study No. | ZA4350 |
| Title | International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientation III - ISSP 2005 |
| Current Version | 2.0.0, 2013-7-22, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11648 |
| Date of Collection | 02.2005 - 02.2007 |
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| Abstract | Attitude to work. Work orientation and description of work contents. Topics: Preferred time budget for selected activities such as work, leisure time etc.; work orientation; importance of selected demands of a job (scale); preference for being self-employed or being an employee and working in a small or in a large firm and working in private business or civil service; advantages of the employee status (greater job security and lower impairment of the family life); importance of unions for job security and working conditions of employee; preference for full-time employment or part-time employment; preference for more work (and money) or for reduction in working hours; characterization of the respondent´s work and work satisfaction (scale); physical exhaustion after work; frequency of dangerous and unhealthy job situations; possibility of flexible organisation of respondent´s working time; personal opportunity to influence the organization of the workday or work process; difficulties in handling personal matters during working hours; frequency of the impairment of the family life by the work requirements and vice versa; usefulness of the abilities learned from past work experience for the present job; helpfulness of the present work experiences for looking for a new job; job training in past year to improve job skills; judgement on the relationship between management and employees (working atmosphere); description of personal commitment to work; identification with firm or organization (scale); expected difficulties in finding a job as good as the current one; self-assessment of one´s own substitutability; likeliness of job search in the coming 12 months; worrying about one´s own job security; accepted concessions to avoid own unemployment (accepting a job with new demands, accepting of a lower paid position, temporary employment and longer travel to get to work); existence of a side job; self-assessment of psychological characteristics of personality. Those who are not currently employed were asked: work for more than one year and time last paid job ended; main reason for the end of employment; interest in finding a paid job; expected difficulties in finding a new job; currently looking for a job; activities in the search for work; training activities to improve job skills in past year; main income source. Demography: sex; age; marital status; living together with a partner; education and duration of education; current employment status; occupation (ISCO88); employment in private or public sector; self-employment or employee; personal employees; time worked each week; superior function and span of control; company size; income; religious denomination; religiousness; union member; self-assessment of social class; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; party preference; size of household and composition; city size; region; original country of origin or ethnic group affiliation. |
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| Universe | Age: 18 years old (exception: Finland: 15, Japan and South Africa: 16) and older |
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Multi-stage stratified random sample
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Mail, written or oral survey with standardized questionnaire
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| Data Collector | Australian Social Science Data Archive, Australia; Agency for Social Analyses (ASA), Sofia and PDP, Bulgaria; Carleton University Survey Centre, Ottawa, Canada; Center of Applied Research (CAR), Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus; SC&C, Institute of Market Investigation, Prague, Czech Republic; SFI Survey, Copenhagen, Denmark; Asisa Resarch Group (ARG), Dominikanische Republik; Statistics Finland, Helsinki, Finland; TNS Dimarso, Brüssel, Belgium; FRANCE-ISSP Association Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative, Malakoff, France; TNS Infratest, München, Germany; National Centre for Social Research, Great Britain; TARKI Social Research Centre, Hungary; Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland; B.I. and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research, Israel; Central Research Services, Tokyo, Japan; Insitute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; Instituto de Mercadotecnia y Opinión (IMO), Mexico; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Massey University, Department of Marketing, New Zealand; TNS Gallup, Oslo, Norway; Social Weather Stations, Quezon City, Philippines; TNS-Euroteste, Lisbon, Portugal; Levada-Center, Moscow, Russia; Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Análisis Sociológicos Económicos y Políticos (ASEP), Madrid, Spain; Human Sciences Research Council, South-Africa; Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South-Korea; SIFO Research & Consulting, Stockholm, Sweden; MIS Trend, Institut pour l`étude des marchés et les sondages d`opinion, Lausanne, Switzerland; Center of Survey Research, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; National Opinion Research Center NORC, University of Chicago, USA |
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International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)