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To collect a wide range of classification and attitudinal data about people in relation to their jobs and careers. The sample is drawn from the readership of <i>The Guardian</i> and is therefore heavily biased towards people in managerial, professional, administrative and clerical occupations. The sample is self-selected, but this disadvantage is counter-balanced by its size (11,389 respondents) and the anonymity it confers on respondents.

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Changing jobs: method, reason for leaving, time spent looking, mobility, recruitment advertising. Attitudes: job satisfaction, immediate superior, the organisation, career, attributes of success. Background Variables Classification: sex, age, marital status, number of children, county, educational qualifications. The job: type of industry, area of work, size of establishment, responsibiltity for staff, salary and benefits, brief career history.

Self-selection

Self-completion