Wednesday, May 02, 2012
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: Quality Assurance Framework for the 3rd European Company Survey (ECS) [2 May 2012]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Quality Assurance Framework for the 3rd European Company Survey (ECS) [2 May 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1236.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2012/36/en/1/EF1236EN.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Author: Mohler, Peter
Summary:
This report is concerned with the development of a quality assurance plan for the 3rd European Company Survey (ECS) detailing the necessary steps both in terms of survey design and quality control of the fieldwork, based on the general framework for quality assurance for Eurofound surveys. Eurofound was advised on the development of tender specifications for the fieldwork of the 2012 wave of the ECS, including the identification of priorities with regard to the actions to be included in the tender specifications for fieldwork, based on an assessment of expected costs and expected quality impact.
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