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

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.