Mannheim Elite Study 1968
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1138 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1138
Abstract: The professional career of West German elites and their attitudes to
political questions of principle as well as to current and long-term
political and economic problems.
Topics: characterization of particular burdens of the professional
position; occupational satisfaction; competition pressure on one´s own
position; most important factors of personal occupational career;
judgement on the chances for talented young newcomers in one´s area of
occupation; attitude to transfer of executives between areas of
science, industry, politics and the economy; preferred areas for a
personal change; sign ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1968 - 12.1968
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: No specific information
Number of Units: 808
Sampling Procedure: Sample of leaders according to the positional
approach from different areas: Ministerial bureaucracy,
political parties, parliaments, media, commercial enterprises,
organizations and the municipal administration.
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: INFRATEST, Munich
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Number of Variables: 1026
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Schleth, Ulrich - Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Mannheim | Wildenmann, Rudolf - Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Mannheim
Publication year: 1968
DOI: 10.4232/1.1138
Study number: ZA1138
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1138
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Schleth, Uwe:
Once Again: Does it Pay to Study Social Background in Elite Analysis?
In: Rudolf Wildenmann (Hrsg.): Sozialwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch für Politik, Band 2, S. 99 - 118.
München: Olzog 1971.
| Wildenmann, Rudolf:
Germany 1930-1970: The Empirical Findings.
In: Rudolf Wildenmann (Hrsg.): Sozialwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch für Polit ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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