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Technology and Work Organization in Mechanical Engineering (NIFA Panel: 5th Wave 1995)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2967 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2967
Abstract: Company profile, product structure, use of technology in the company, qualification, personnel structure, production structure, work organization in production among small and medium-sized companies in the area of mechanical engineering. Topics: company profile: individual business; areas of cooperation with other companies; proportion of tensile processing in product manufacture; company production and out-sourced processes in product manufacture; turnover development up to now and expected, personnel development, profit development and demand development; judgement on the distinctness of dep ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.1995 - 12.1995
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Sample of mechanical engineering companies with at least 20 employees and their own production
Number of Units: 1673
Sampling Procedure: Re-interview of the companies written to in the previous surveys
Mode of Data Collection: Mail survey
Data Collector: ICON-Wirtschaftsforschung, Nuernberg
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: 262
Notes: The study is part of a panel survey (NIFA Panel) archived under ZA Study Nos. 2442 to 2445, 2968, 3177 and 3178. A survey of works councils in companies in this area of business is archived under ZA Study No. 3101.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Widmaier, Ulrich - Sonderforschungsbereich 187, Teilprojekt Z-2, Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Ehlich, Hartmut - Sonderforschungsbereich 187, Teilprojekt Z-2, Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Treinen, Heiner - Sonderforschungsbereich 187, Teilprojekt Z-2, Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Lehner, Franz - Institut Arbeit und Technik, Gelsenkirchen
Publication year: 1997
DOI: 10.4232/1.2967
Study number: ZA2967
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Reference publications

Publications: Widmaier, Ulrich; Hauptmanns, Peter: Das NIFA-Panel im deutschen Maschinenbau - ein Überblick. In: Hujer, Reinhard; Rendtel, Ulrich; Wagner, Gert (Hrsg.): Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenchaftliche Panel-Studien: Datenstrukturen und Analyseverfahren. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1997, S. 229-241. | Widmaier, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Der deutsche M ... more
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Company profile, use of computer-aided technologies, personnel structure and qualification in mechanical engineering production.

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Widmaier, Ulrich, Ehlich, Hartmut, Treinen, Heiner, & Lehner, Franz (1997). Technology and Work Organization in Mechanical Engineering (NIFA Panel: 5th Wave 1995). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2967 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2967.

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