European Company Survey, 2013

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Company Surveys (ECS) are conducted by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), an autonomous agency of the European Union, funded from the general budget of the European Commission. The aims of the ECS are to map, assess and quantify information on workplace policies and practices across Europe in a harmonised way and – to a lesser extent – to monitor developments over time. The ECS has been carried out every four years since 2004. It is a questionnaire-based representative sample survey carried out by telephone in the language(s) of the country. Interviews take place with the manager responsible for human resources in the establishment and when possible with an employee representative. The first ECS (known as the Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005, held under SN 5655) covered workplace practices with regard to working time arrangements and work-life balance. The second ECS, carried out in 2009 (SN 6568), looked at different forms of flexibility as well as accompanying human resource management practices and the nature and quality of workplace social dialogue. The third ECS (SN 7735), carried out in spring 2013, looked at practices with regard to work organisation, human resources management, employee participation and social dialogue in European workplaces. Further information about the ECS can be found on the Eurofound European Company Surveys webpages.

The third ECS: The main focus of the third ECS was on work organisation, Human Resources (HR) practices, employee participation and social dialogue. The survey, carried out in the spring of 2013 across 32 countries (27 EU Member States and Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey), mapped a number of practices used in European workplaces, as well as how they are discussed and negotiated at workplace level as well as some of their outcomes.

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The survey covered work organisation, HR management, employee participation and social dialogue. In addition to mapping the prevalence of workplace practices, the survey contained questions about the attitudes of management and the employee representation with regard to some of these practices, as well as perspectives on the work climate and trust relations at the workplace. Finally, the survey contained questions asking for the assessment of the economic performance of the establishment and of a range of possible problems faced in terms of human resources.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

The sample used in the 3rd ECS aims at a full representation of businesses and other organisations

Telephone interview

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23335-8
Source https://www.funcas.es/documentos_trabajo/digitalizacion-y-organizacion-del-trabajo-en-las-empresas-europeas-descripcion-y-analisis-comparado-para-espana-a-partir-de-la-european-company-survey-2019/
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=0924403f182da6a9ebb710661f42839c8a6f8adaa4fed379565545705d510d74
Provenance
Creator European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2015
Funding Reference European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Rights Copyright European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p>
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Language English
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Economics; History; Humanities; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany (October 1990-); Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Turkey; United Kingdom