Beyond the Single Organization: Inside Insights From Gaining Access for Large Multiorganization Survey HRD Research

Gaining physical access to potential respondents is crucial to human resource development (HRD) survey research. Yet a review of the HRD, human resource management, and best‐selling business and management research methods texts in the United States, and United Kingdom reveals that, even where the process of gaining access is discussed and its cruciality stressed, inside accounts and insights regarding the daunting and problematic nature and its impact on data collected are rarely emphasized. More specialist methods literature, although outlining some potential issues, again offers few insights into the actual realities likely to be faced in the real world. Consideration of recent articles in HRD journals highlights also that, despite the widespread use of surveys, often via the Internet, such issues of physical access are rarely mentioned, reporting at best merely summarizing from whom and how data were obtained. We speak to this problem by offering two inside accounts of multiorganization research studies utilizing a survey strategy and Internet questionnaire, where gaining access to people across a large number of organizations threw up many challenges. These accounts offer clear insights into the issues and implications for rigor associated with gaining access when undertaking Internet surveys using both purchased lists (databases) and volunteer panels. In particular, they highlight the importance of recognizing that gaining access is often problematic, and provide a context for our recommendations for research practice, thereby assisting the mitigation of potential problems

Britain and the EU 'what people think'

Prepared for the European CommissionAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:6271.950(ORB-S--1702) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo

A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales 1998-2007 Main report for mid Wales

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A report addressing the future skills needs of Wales 1998-2007 Main report for south east Wales

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A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales 1998-2007 Main report for west Wales

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A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales 1998-2007 Main report for all Wales

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SIFO 1988: Om miljöpartiet kommer in i riksdagen

In this study carried out by the Swedish Institute of Public Opinion Research (SIFO) at the request of the business magazine Veckans Affärer, the respondent was asked questions about which political party had the best ideas for solving the environmental problems, and the importance of environmental issues when deciding which political party to vote for in the general election. The respondent also had to give an opinion on how much of their party program the Green Party would be able to accomplish if they entered the parliament, and if she/he ever considered voting on the Green Party in the 1988 election. Background variables include information on gender, place of living, age, Swedish citizenship, occupation, private or public sector, trade union, right to vote in general elections, voting habit, political party preference and party voted for in 1985.Studien har genomförts av SIFO (Svenska institutet för opinionsundersökningar) på uppdrag av tidningen Veckans Affärer 1988. Materialet består av information om vilket politiskt parti respondenterna ansåg hade de bästa idéerna för att lösa miljöproblemen och vikten av miljöfrågor vid val av parti att rösta på till riksdagsvalet. Innehåller även frågor om Miljöpartiets förmåga att förverkliga sitt partiprogram vid en eventuell plats i riksdagen, om respondenten tänkt rösta på Miljöpartiet i valet 1988 samt flertalet bakgrundsvariabler som exempelvis kön, ålder, partisympati, yrke och vana av att rösta

Public perception of river fish biodiversity in four European countries

Public support for biodiversity conservation is shaped by people's values and their knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes toward the environment. We conducted the first multinational representative survey of the general public's perceptions of river fish biodiversity in France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. For the online survey, 1000 respondents per country were randomly selected from large panels following country‐specific quotas set on age, gender, and educational level. Questions covered people's level of knowledge, beliefs, values, and attitudes toward river fish, environmental threats, and conservation measures. We found that the public had limited knowledge of freshwater fishes. Two non‐native species, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), were widely perceived as native, whereas native Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was mostly classified as native in Scandinavia and largely as non‐native in central Europe. These results suggest an extinction of experience paralleling the extirpation or decline of salmon stocks in countries such as Germany and France. Respondents thought pollution was the dominant threat to riverine fish biodiversity. In reality, habitat loss, dams, and the spread of non‐native fishes are equally important. Despite limited biological knowledge, respondents from all countries held an overwhelmingly proecological worldview, supported conservation stocking, and appreciated native fishes, although only a minority interacted with them directly. Differences among the 4 countries related to several conservation issues. For example, threats to biodiversity stemming from aquaculture were perceived as more prevalent in Norway compared with the other 3 countries. Promoting fish conservation based on charismatic species and use values of fishes may work well in countries with a strong economic and cultural link to the freshwater environment, such as Norway. In countries where people rather abstractly care for nature, focusing conservation messaging on broader ecosystem traits and non‐use values of fishes is likely to win more support