Company-Sociological Investigation of Employees in North Rhine-Westphalia

Situation of employees in the social and wage area, in the area of
human relations, in attitude to the company, to the workplace and to
the company environment as well as to economic questions of the
company.

Topics: 1. Common part of questionnaire: judgement on wage fairness in
the company; criteria used to establish wages and salaries; interest in
company shares and judgement on recommendations for capital
accumulation in the hands of the employees; time worked each week and
overtime; shift work; preference for reduction in working hours or
lengthing vacation; number of sick days; knowledge about the form of
enterprise and company owner; length of company employment; personal
position in the company; company size; leisure activity; party
preference; commuting times to work and means of transport used;
religiousness.

2. Questionnaire form A: judgement on company organization and one´s
own workplace; judgement on work efficiency in the company; contacts
with guest workers; assessment of personal job security and the order
situation of the company; job satisfaction.

3. Questionnaire form B: judgement on the team and colleagues at work;
judgement on superior; judgement on the atmosphere at work and most
important characteristics for good cooperation within the team;
assessment of personal weaknesses; frequency of tensions between
superiors and subordinates; person to confide in in the company; manner
of contact with boss; judgement on leadership style and authority
distribution; recommendations to improve management; company ties;
judgement on company image; significance of the works council;
opportunities of inner-company further education and promotion; desire
for more independence and responsibility; desire for occupation as
self-employed.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children;
religious denomination; school education; vocational training; further
education; occupation; professional position; employment; professional
career; income; household income; size of household; city size;
possession of durable economic goods; possession of assets;
memberships; health.