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ECIN Replication Package for "Productivity Dynamics Among Union Locals in the United States" (ICPSR 237662)
Released/updated on: 2025-11-10
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2000-01-01--2022-12-31
The study is primarily based on the analysis of panel data for union locals in the United States. The data derive from the Labor Organization Reporting System (LORS) and are provided by the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). Using the LORS data, we examine the dynamics of the union sector in the US, investigating the impact of inter-union competition on locals’ productivity and survival. We find low entry rates, high exit rates and high levels of productivity dispersion in the sector. The entry of new locals is not associated with productivity improvements among incumbents but has a small negative impact on locals’ survival rates. These findings indicate that inter-union competition is not effective in raising productivity and the effects of creative destruction are weak, with these processes likely insufficient to stem the sector’s overall decline.
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Improve School Safety, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016-2020 (ICPSR 38505)
Released/updated on: 2025-07-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Time period: 2016-01-01--2020-12-31
The current project examined the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention for the installation of trauma-informed approaches in schools. The intervention was set within the installation stage of program implementation and focused on developing and evaluating tools, trainings, and systems of support necessary to build individual and organizational competencies and support infrastructure in K-8 schools to integrate trauma-informed approaches into their multitiered systems of student support. Specific installation strategies included foundational professional development in trauma-informed care, teacher skill-development and on-site coaching in the use of trauma-informed approaches, and technical assistance to school leaderships teams to support organizational change.
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21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review (SER) Project, United States, 2018-2021 (ICPSR 38428)
Released/updated on: 2022-08-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2018-01-01--2021-12-31
The 21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review (SER) Project, seeks to test and learn from the application of the Sentinel Event Review methodology in police departments in a cross-site evaluation over three years. The goal is to learn how SER's can be sustained by local law enforcement organizations when working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
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The Skills that help Employees Adapt (ICPSR 169801)
Released/updated on: 2022-05-05
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2021-02-10--2021-05-12
A critical resource for individuals to be adaptive are broad skills relevant to varied organizational conditions. These adaptive skills have been discussed in diverse venues but rarely in the organizational literature. Also, most, if not all, of extant conceptual frameworks related to adaptive skills remain unvalidated. The purpose of this research was to organize these skills, define and situate them in the relevant organizational and psychological literatures, and empirically test the proposed four-category framework.
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21st Century Corporate Financial Fraud, United States, 2005-2010 (ICPSR 37328)
Released/updated on: 2021-06-29
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1997-01-01--2010-12-31
The Corporate Financial Fraud project is a study of company and top-executive characteristics of firms that ultimately violated Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial accounting and securities fraud provisions compared to a sample of public companies that did not. The fraud firm sample was identified through systematic review of SEC accounting enforcement releases from 2005-2010, which included administrative and civil actions, and referrals for criminal prosecution that were identified through mentions in enforcement release, indictments, and news searches. The non-fraud firms were randomly selected from among nearly 10,000 US public companies censused and active during at least one year between 2005-2010 in Standard and Poor's Compustat data. The Company and Top-Executive (CEO) databases combine information from numerous publicly available sources, many in raw form that were hand-coded (e.g., for fraud firms: Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAER) enforcement releases, investigation summaries, SEC-filed complaints, litigation proceedings and case outcomes). Financial and structural information on companies for the year leading up to the financial fraud (or around year 2000 for non-fraud firms) was collected from Compustat financial statement data on Form 10-Ks, and supplemented by hand-collected data from original company 10-Ks, proxy statements, or other financial reports accessed via Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR), SEC's data-gathering search tool. For CEOs, data on personal background characteristics were collected from Execucomp and BoardEx databases, supplemented by hand-collection from proxy-statement biographies.
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Comprehensive Gang Model Evaluation: Integrating Research Into Practice, Massachusetts, 2014-2018 (ICPSR 37453)
Released/updated on: 2021-01-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Massachusetts
Time period: 2014-01-01--2018-12-31, 2016-03-01--2017-08-31
The effects of a deliberate strategy to bolster organizational change in order to achieve the goals of the Comprehensive Gang Model (CGM) were tested in this study. The CGM goals of increasing community capacity to address gang and youth violence and reducing gang and youth violence were examined. A quasi-experimental design was used wherein two Massachusetts cities received a relational coordination intervention to boost organizational change and two similar Massachusetts cities were used as comparisons. Surveys, observational notes, and crime data assessed outcomes of interest. The intervention was carried out from March 2016 through August 2017. Survey and observational data were gathered during that time. Crime data from January 2014 through December 2018 was utilized to examine outcomes.
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Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Implementation and Collaborative Process: What Works Best for the Criminal Justice System? 2010-2013 [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 34795)
Released/updated on: 2016-09-27
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2010-01-01--2013-12-31
Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) are interventions that were created to coordinate efforts of the legal, medical, mental health systems, and rape crisis centers, in order to improve victims' help seeking experiences and legal outcomes. This study examined the relationship between SART structure and effectiveness by conducting a national scale study of SARTs and a smaller detailed network analysis of four SARTs.
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Values, Institutional Quality, and Development in Portugal, 2012-2013 (ICPSR 36289)
Released/updated on: 2016-03-28
Geographic coverage: Portugal, Global
Time period: 2012-01-01--2013-12-31
The purpose of this study was to arrive at an authoritative and nuanced assessment of the functioning and quality of Portuguese institutions through an intensive analysis of organizations and agencies deemed emblematic of the nation's institutional framework. The study selected a sample of organizations of national scope, public and private, that are both intrinsically important and capable of casting light on the character on the broader national institutional universe. Investigators were asked not only to provide historical background and detailed analysis of the internal structure and modes of operation of each organization, but to rank them in a series of strategic dimensions of institutional quality drawn from previous theoretical literature in Economics and Sociology. These topics included meritocracy, proactivity, immunity to corruption, technological flexibility, and fairness. The organizations included in this study are: the Energy Corporation (Energias de Portugal - EDP), the Food and Economic Security Authority (Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica - ASAE), the Postal System (Correios de Portugal - CTT), the Public Health System (Serviço Nacional de Saúde - SNS; Hospital de Santa Maria), and the Stock Exchange (New York Stock Exchange - Euronext Lisbon - LSE), and the Tax Authority (Autoridade Tributária - AT). Surveys were conducted with personnel of the selected organizations to gauge their general value orientations as well as their attitudes toward the organization itself. Questionnaires were answered anonymously and with full guarantees of confidentiality. Surveys were completed with personnel of five of the six institutions selected for the project; the Tax Authority did not participate. Demographic variables include age, sex, gender, education, occupation, and length of employment.
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Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2: Medication-Assisted Therapy, 2010-2013 [United States] (ICPSR 34988)
Released/updated on: 2016-02-02
Geographic coverage: Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, United States, Texas, Connecticut, Kentucky, California, Delaware, Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania
Time period: 2010-01-01--2013-12-31
The Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (CJ-DATS 2) was launched in 2008 with a focus on conducting implementation research in criminal justice settings. NIDA's ultimate goal for CJ-DATS 2 was to identify implementation strategies that maximize the likelihood of sustained delivery of evidence-based practices to improve offender drug abuse and HIV outcomes, and to decrease their risk of incarceration.
The Medication-Assisted Therapy (MAT) study focuses on implementing linkages to medication assisted treatment in correctional settings. During the study period community corrections staff engaged in training about addiction pharmacotherapies, while leadership in the corrections and treatment facilities engage in a joint strategic planning process to identify and resolve barriers to efficient flow of clients across the two systems.
This study includes 28 datasets and over 1,400 variables. The first five datasets for this study contain data on the baseline characteristics of the treatment and corrections sites that participated in the study as well as the characteristics of the staff working at those facilities. Opinions about Medication Assisted Treatment surveys were administered to personnel at the participating corrections and treatment sites (D6). Data on Inter-organization Relations between Probation and Parole staff with Treatment Providers were also collected (DS7-DS18).
Information was extracted from the charts of clients about their alcohol and opioid dependence as well as the referrals and treatment the clients received (DS19). Probation and parole officers and treatment providers were surveyed about monthly counts of referrals (DS20-DS21).
During the study 10 staff members from the community corrections agency and local treatment providers where MAT services were available were nominated to participate in a Pharmacotherapy Exchange Council (PEC). PEC members were involved with strategic planning for implementing changes to improve the usage of Medication-Assisted Therapy. PEC members were surveyed several times throughout the study.
PEC members completed surveys on how well the sites were adhering to the Organizational Linkages Intervention (OLI) process (DS22). Community corrections staff, PEC members and Connections Coordinators in the experimental group were surveyed about their perceptions of organizational benefits and costs associated with the MATICCE intervention (DS23). The PEC rated the Connections Coordinators (DS24)and the Connections Coordinators rate the PEC (DS25). PEC researchers completed surveys on how much of the OLI was completed (DS26) as well as what the sustainability of the changes made through the MATTICE project (DS27). The final dataset provides a key for who took the KPI (Key Performance Indicators) training and who was a PEC member (DS28).
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Chicago Lawyers Survey, 1994-1995 (ICPSR 4100)
Released/updated on: 2012-08-22
Geographic coverage: United States, Chicago, Illinois
Time period: 1994-01-01--1995-12-31
Conducted as a partial replication of the CHICAGO LAWYERS SURVEY, 1975 (ICPSR 8218), this 1994-1995 survey sought to analyze the processes of change that transformed the practice of law and the market for legal services over the two decades between 1975 and 1995. Randomly selected Chicago, Illinois, lawyers were asked about, for example, the nature of their work, work settings, fields of practice, job satisfaction, career histories, professional commitment, client characteristics, and social and political values. Results revealed important changes in the legal profession between 1975 and 1995: women entered the profession in substantial numbers, new specialties were created, law firms and corporate legal departments grew dramatically, and in many organizations the practice of law became constrained by bureaucratic rules and procedures. Background information includes state of residence during high school, college or university attended, law school attended, law school class rank, political preference, degree of political party affiliation, religious preference, marital status, nationality, year of birth, income, race, zip code, number of children, work status of spouse, spouse's nationality, respondents' mother's occupation, respondents' mother's law school, respondents' father's occupation, and respondents' father's law school.
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Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration Program Outcome Study, FY 2003-2005, United States (ICPSR 29482)
Released/updated on: 2011-10-19
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2007-08-01--2008-02-29
The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) program conducted a study of the financial and technical assistance (TA) provided by intermediary organizations and the effects of those services in improving the organizational capacity of the Faith-based and Community Organizations (FBCOs) they assisted in 2006. Information obtained through this survey was used for research purposes in a study sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to learn about the effects of capacity building services supported through the CCF program. Approximately 15 months after participant organizations applied for financial or technical assistance, they were asked to complete an additional questionnaire to provide current and up-to-date information about the operations of the organization, and any changes associated with the received assistance. The study sample was the entire population of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that applied for assistance and were determined eligible by the 10 intermediary organizations awarded CCF Demonstration Program grants in the 2006 grant cycle. In total, 1,221 organizations completed the survey. Survey questions were categorized into topics including organization profile, financial management practices, previous funding sources, record keeping, organizational governance, technological equipment, and level of community engagement. Questions included the purpose for which the organization was applying for assistance, whether the organization was religious or faith-based, the organizations primary service areas, how the organization measures effectiveness and conducts self-evaluations, human resource practices, total expenditures for the year, whether the organization previously applied for funding, sources of revenue, whether the organization participated in grant writing workshops, methods used to spread awareness of the organization to various groups, the purpose of partnerships with other groups and how the organization used the Internet. Other questions included a head count of paid and volunteer staff, the number of organizational leaders, the level of involvement of organizational leaders in staff development, the level of staff participation in training and development opportunities, the activities of the Board of Directors, whether there was sufficient technological equipment to meet organizational needs, focus areas and goals of the organization, and questions measuring change, development and helpfulness of the received assistance in the above mentioned areas.
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Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration Program Impact Study, FY 2006-2008, United States (ICPSR 29481)
Released/updated on: 2011-10-14
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2006-01-01--2006-12-31
The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) program conducted a study of the financial and technical assistance (TA) provided by intermediary organizations and the effects of those services in improving the organizational capacity of the faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) they assist. The goal of the study was to assess whether the CCF program was meeting its primary objective of improving the organizational capacity of FBCOs. The study sample was the entire population of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that applied for assistance and were determined eligible by the ten intermediary organizations awarded CCF Demonstration Program grants in the 2006 grant cycle. In total, 455 organizations completed the baseline survey and 385 completed a version of the follow-up survey. Survey questions were categorized into topics including organization profile, financial management practices, funding sources, human resource practices, organizational governance, technological equipment, and level of community engagement. Questions included the purpose for which the organization was applying for assistance, whether the organization was religious or faith based, the organizations primary service areas, how the organization measures effectiveness, total expenditures for the year, whether the organization previously applied for funding, sources of revenue, and whether the organization participated in grant writing workshops. Other questions included a head count of paid and volunteer staff, the number of organizational leaders, the level of involvement of organizational leaders in staff development, the level of staff participation in training and development opportunities, the activities of the Board of Directors, whether or not there was sufficient technological equipment to meet organizational needs, and how the organization has reached out to the community.
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Global E-Commerce Ten Nation Survey Data: United States, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and Japan, 2001-2002 (ICPSR 29861)
Released/updated on: 2011-08-17
Geographic coverage: Singapore, United States, Japan, Taiwan, China (Peoples Republic), Brazil, Denmark, Mexico, France, Germany, Global
Time period: 2002-02-18--2002-04-05
This study examined the electronic commerce of establishments across ten nations. Topics included a respondent selection/filter section containing questions about which industry represents their site's primary business, whether their organization had one or more than one establishment, the number of employees at the establishment, and whether they used the Internet to buy, sell, or support products or services. A second topic was the globalization of the firm and the globalization of markets and sourcing. For this section, respondents were asked whether any of their establishments or their headquarters were located outside of their country. In addition, respondents identified the total number of employees in all branches of the organization, the percentage of total sales and total procurement spending from outside of their country, and how much they were affected by competitors in the local area, or inside or outside the country. A third topic was the use of E-commerce technologies. This section queried respondents about their use of computers and email, whether they had a publicly accessible Web site, and if they utilized an intra-net, extra-net, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic funds transfer (EFT), and a call center. A fourth topic was uses of the Internet, drivers for Internet use, barriers/difficulties to doing business on the Internet, and impacts of doing business online. For this section, respondents were asked about the purpose of using the Internet, whether they were familiar with an Internet marketplace, their participation as a buyer, a seller, or both in an Internet- based trading community, and whether they provide or plan to provide content and services for mobile customer access. Additionally, respondents were asked to rate the significance certain factors and obstacles had on doing business online, and the degree to which they experienced certain impacts since they began doing business online. A fifth topic was online sales, online services, and online procurement. In this section, respondents were asked if their online sales were to businesses, consumers, or both, to provide the percentage of total customer sales and total business to business that were conducted online. In addition, the survey inquired as to whether their Web site supported certain services, whether consumers, businesses, or both utilized these services, and what percentage of their total services were conducted online. Additionally, respondents were asked as to what percentage of the money they spent on certain items, such as direct goods for production, goods for resale, and supplies and equipment for doing business, are ordered online. The final topic was enterprise application strategy and spending. In this section, respondents were asked to identify the extent their Internet applications are electronically integrated with their internal databases and information systems, and their databases and information systems are electronically integrated with those of their suppliers and business customers. Lastly, respondents were asked to list their total revenue for both the calendar and fiscal year 2001, total IS operating budget in 2001, and the number of IT professionals working at their establishment.
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Personnel Managers Study: Chile, 1963 (ICPSR 7052)
Released/updated on: 2011-08-03
Geographic coverage: South America, Concepcion, Santiago, Valparaiso, Chile, Global
Time period: 1963-01-01--1963-12-31
This study was conducted in 1963 in three cities in Chile: Santiago, Concepcion, and Valparaiso. The questionnaire explored in detail the respondents' positions as personnel managers. Variables ascertained the industry or service in which respondents worked, the number of people they managed, a full definition of their position and the responsibilities it entailed, and their past experience in personnel work. Respondents' positions within the company were also examined, as were their interactions with various other positions and departments within the company. A major part of the study investigated company relations with the workers' union. Variables probed the personnel managers' interactions with the unions, the degree of union participation in certain aspects of company management, and the help that the union provided its members. In addition to specific questions about workers in the respondents' companies, the study asked the respondents to rate the average Chilean worker on a variety of scales.
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New States and Functional International Organizations: Delegate Survey, 1965 (ICPSR 5514)
Released/updated on: 2011-03-31
Geographic coverage: Global
Time period: 1965-01-01--1965-12-31
This data collection contains information on the opinions of 171 delegates attending three international organizations' conferences in 1965 on the functioning, significance, and effectiveness of the three international organizations: the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the International Labor Organization (ILO). Data are provided for the geographical location and political history of the delegates' nations, the delegates' opinions of the importance of the activities and functioning of these three organizations to their nations, changes within the organizations, and the organizations' structures. Other variables focus on the geographical and ideological blocs within the organizations, the delegates' feelings about special group influence, their assessments of the degree of maintenance of world peace by the three organizations, the organizations' relationships with the United Nations, regional diversity, and the effect of membership in the three organizations on their nations' internal and/or external policies. More specifically, the World Health Assembly File (Part 1) includes information on the delegates' assessments of the WHO's programs, its operational services to newly independent nations, and its role in the development of regional organizations. The International Telecommunications Union Conference File (Part 2) includes the delegates' perceptions of the effectiveness of the ITU's secretariat and conflict resolution within the ITU. The Labor Conference File (Part 3) provides data on the delegates' opinions of the possible political effect on their nations of the ILO's technical cooperation activities, the ILO and regional integration, the usefulness of the ILO's research activities to their nations, the significance for their nations in relative terms of the International Labor Conventions, the creation of regional instead of universal standards by the ILO, political biases within the ILO, and the relative significance of belligerent forces and negative world developments that threatened world peace.
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Future Leaders' of North American Research Libraries Perceptions and Preferences Regarding Organizational Culture, 2008 (ICPSR 30101)
Released/updated on: 2011-03-22
Geographic coverage: Canada, United States, North America
Time period: 2008-08-01--2008-10-31
This study was undertaken to better understand future library leaders' perceptions of the current and preferred organizational cultures, and to assess whether there was a relationship between these individuals' satisfaction with their organizational cultures and their perception of their own effectiveness. The survey covered three general topics: (1) the future and the role of libraries, (2) the current culture and management of libraries, and (3) the interviewee's current role and future goals. For the first topic, the future and the role of libraries, the participants were asked to provide their thoughts about future forms of information discovery, data consolidation, and shared curation services. Regarding the role of libraries, they were asked about libraries' effectiveness and response to change. For the second topic, the current culture and management of libraries, the interviewees were asked to answer questions about their current and their preferred organizational culture in a library, and to do the same for their current and their preferred management style. In addition, individuals were asked to what extent they felt their library's organizational structures and processes limited their impact or effectiveness. The third topic, the interviewee's current role and future goals, queried participants on what they perceived to be their future in library science, and asked about the details of their current employment. They were also asked about their age, their gender, and whether they had occupied any leadership positions or had received any accolades.
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Rival Unionism and Membership Growth in the United States, 1897-2005 (ICPSR 27281)
Released/updated on: 2010-05-20
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1897-01-01--2005-12-31
This study utilizes time-series data from 1897-2005 to explore the positive and negative effects of rivalry between labor unions. Utilizing econometric factors, it also investigates how competition from rival union federations and independent unions affects union density. Variables include counts of pro-labor and pro-management unfair labor practice cases adjudicated by the National Labor Relations Board, competitor union membership ratio and number ratio, the annual percentage change in union density, and the percentage change in the density of AFL/AFL-CIO membership. Other variables include the percentage of United States House members who belong to the Democratic Party, the percentage of popular votes in presidential elections that favored Socialist or Communist parties, core employment and unemployment, the consumer price index (CPI), and the labor union historical periods: Western Labor Union (WLU), Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Trade Union Unity League (TUUL), Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and Change to Win (CTW).
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Alienation: An Organizational Societal Comparison, 1972 (ICPSR 7343)
Released/updated on: 2009-05-12
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1972-01-01--1972-12-31
This study collected data from samples of workers drawn in a textile mill, a newspaper, and two commercial printing firms in North Carolina. Three slightly different questionnaires were administered in each organization, questionnaires A (135 respondents) and B (132 respondents) being subsets of the full questionnaire C (122 respondents). The resulting data were organized into one master file from which subsamples according to questionnaire form can be obtained. Variables focused on the respondents' participation in governmental and company decisions and assessed their interest in these areas and feelings of efficacy. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, income, and education.
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Understanding Court Culture and Improving Court Performance in 12 Courts in California, Florida, and Minnesota, 2002 (ICPSR 20366)
Released/updated on: 2008-08-25
Geographic coverage: United States, Minnesota, California, Florida
Time period: 2002-04-01--2002-08-31
The purpose of this study was to examine the organizational culture in 12 felony criminal trial courts selected in 3 states and to gauge prosecuting and public defender attorneys' views on how well the courts in which they practice achieve the goals of access, fairness, and managerial effectiveness. Data on organizational culture in each of the 12 courts (Part 1) were obtained by administering the Court Culture Assessment Instrument (CCAI) to all judges with a felony criminal court docket and to all senior court administrators. A total of 224 respondents completed the questionnaire. Additionally, surveys were conducted of prosecuting attorneys (Part 2) and public defender attorneys (Part 3) to gauge their views on how well the courts in which they practice achieve the goals of access, fairness, and managerial effectiveness. A total of 334 prosecuting attorneys and 260 public defense attorneys completed the 46-item trial court process survey. Part 1 contains 40 variables pertaining to 5 dimensions of current and preferred court culture. Variables in Part 2 and Part 3 each include seven items from a jurisdictional practice scale, eight items from a procedural fairness scale, seven items from a resource scale, nine items from a management scale, nine items from a practitioner competence scale, and six items from a court access scale.
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National Business Associations, United States, 2003 (ICPSR 4333)
Released/updated on: 2006-02-17
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2003-01-01--2003-12-31
The aim of this study was to create a comprehensive dataset of contemporary, national American business associations. The dataset was collected and coded by reviewing public directories of associations in the United States. The study generated 4,465 cases. A case was defined as a mutual-benefit, nonprofit association (IRS 501c.3 organization) composed of members primarily engaged in for-profit activity drawn from more than one locality or state who share a common orientation to some sector of trade, business, or commercial activities. The dataset encompasses the universe of national American business associations as of 2002-2003, including information on basic organizational features, activities and goals, and industry sector.
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National Assessment of Criminal Justice Needs, 1983: [United States] (ICPSR 8362)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-18
Time period: 1983-01-01--1983-12-31
In 1983, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a program evaluation survey by Abt Associates that was designed to identify the highest priority needs for management and operational improvements in the criminal justice system. Six groups were surveyed: judges and trial court administrators, corrections officials, public defenders, police, prosecutors, and probation/parole officials. Variables in this study include background information on the respondents' agencies, such as operating budget and number of employees, financial resources available to the agency, and technical assistance, research, and initiative programs used by the agency. The codebook includes the mailed questionnaire sent to each of the six groups in the study as well as a copy of the telephone interview guide.
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Employment Security Study, 1966 (ICPSR 7082)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-12
Time period: 1966-01-01--1966-12-31
This study provides organizational information about 53 employment security agencies in the United States responsible for administering unemployment insurance and providing public employment services in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Data regarding the agencies' central offices, divisions, and local branches were collected at the central headquarters in each state. The variables cover the major characteristics of the agencies: the division of labor, levels of structure, routinization of roles, decentralization of authority, and the administrative practices in each agency.
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National Data Base on Aging [United States], 1981 (ICPSR 9036)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-12
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1981-01-01--1981-12-31
The National Data Base on Aging is a demonstration project designed to test the feasibility of a voluntary system for collecting information at the national level about the network of State and Area Agency on Aging programs. The effort is a joint undertaking of the National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA) and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A), funded by the Administration on Aging. Questionnaires were mailed to all 57 State Units and 666 Area Agencies in September 1981. Topics included the staffing of the agencies, the types of funding used, and the types of services provided by the agencies. Part 1, Survey Data from State Units on Aging and State-Level Data from 1980 Census, contains survey data from the State Units on Aging and state-level data from the 1980 United States Census and Social Security Administration. Part 2, Survey of Area Agencies on Aging and Planning and Service Area-Level Data, contains data from the survey of Area Agencies on Aging along with Planning and Service Area (PSA)-level data from the census and Social Security. Part 3, Characteristics of Service Providers, contains information on service providers, including service delivery locations and grant or contract funding sources. Part 4, Characteristics of Services Provided, includes data for each of the distinct services provided directly or indirectly by Area Agencies on Aging.
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Activities and Maintenance Strategies of Interest Groups in the United States, 1980 and 1985 (ICPSR 9601)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-12
Geographic coverage: Washington, DC
This data collection was designed to study the organization and maintenance strategies of voluntary membership organizations with offices in Washington, D.C. Major areas of investigation include how groups overcome funding hurdles when first created, benefits provided to entice members to join a group, types of lobbying efforts engaged in, and characteristics of the organization's membership and structure.
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Chicago Lawyers Survey, 1975 (ICPSR 8218)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-06
Geographic coverage: United States, Chicago, Illinois
Time period: 1975-01-01--1975-12-31
This data collection contains information gathered in 1975 on attorneys in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this data collection was to describe and analyze the social organization of the legal profession in Chicago. Several major aspects of the legal profession were investigated: the organization of lawyers' work, the social stratification within the Chicago Bar Association, prestige within the profession, lawyers' personal values, career patterns and mobility, networks of association, and the "elites" within the profession. Specific questions elicited information on areas of law in which the respondents spent most of their time practicing, and the ethnicities, educational background, religion, political affiliation, bar association memberships, and sex of respondents' friends and colleagues. Other variables probe respondents' backgrounds, such as father's occupation, home town, law school from which the respondent graduated, religious and political affiliations, ethnicity, sex, and income.
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Workplace Ethnography (WE) Project, 1944-2002 (ICPSR 3979)
Released/updated on: 2005-12-15
Geographic coverage: Colombia, Hungary, United States, Japan, Philippines, China (Peoples Republic), Scotland, Zambia, Global, India, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, Norway, Taiwan, South Africa, Israel, Australia, France
Time period: 1944-01-01--2002-12-31
This Workplace Ethnography project generated content-coded data from the full population of book-length English language organizational ethnographies. Drawn from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Norway, the Philippines, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, United States, and Zambia, these ethnographies provided deep descriptions on a wide range of topics, such as worker behavior, management behavior, coworker relations, labor process, conflict and resistance, citizenship behavior, emotional labor, and sexual harassment. Coding of these characteristics yielded variables based on descriptions of worklife in specific organizational settings. The study data was collected in mainly two periods: the early 1990s and the early 2000s. The study generated 204 ethnographic cases. These cases were derived from 156 separate books since the observations reported in some books allowed the coding of multiple cases. The general scope of questions included organizational factors such as occupation, workplace organization, pay scheme, employment size, the situation of the company, the nature of company ownership, staff turnover, layoff frequency, how well the organization operated in terms of communications, recruitment and retention of personnel, and maintenance of equipment, as well as substantive facts concerning labor market opportunity, and labor force composition. On the topic of management, questions addressed leadership, organization of production, sexual harassment, and control strategies. Community factors were assessed through questions regarding unemployment and if the area was rural or urban. A series of questions addressed job satisfaction, pay, benefit package, job security, effort bargain, conflict with management/supervisors, training, worker strategies, conditions of consent/compliance, and nature of consent/compliance. The nature of work was queried through questions regarding autonomy, creativity, meaningful work, freedom of movement, comfort of work, injuries, employment status, and frequency of conflict with customers. Additional questions included size and nature of the focal group, group dynamics, conflict between the focal group and management, basis of alternative social groups at work, and if work friendships carried over to the outside. Questions about methodology covered ethnographer's theoretical orientation, focus of ethnography, ethnographer's gender, data collection method, supplemental data used, main type of supplemental data used, and position of key informant. Additional items gathered basic information about book title, author's last name, modal occupation, industry, country/region, and observer's role.
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Comparative Study of Intergovernmental Organizations, l970-1971 (ICPSR 7385)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Global
Time period: 1970-01-01--1971-12-31
This study includes data on the identity, environmental attributes, and substantive concerns of 240 intergovernmental organizations active in 1970-1971. Variables provide information on the year these organizations were founded, their relations with other intergovernmental and non-governmental international organizations, the number of their state and non-state members, and the geographic region to which the members belonged. Data were also collected regarding the specific issues that the organizations dealt with.
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Comparative Study on the Organization and Performance of Research Units, 1974 (ICPSR 7547)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Europe, Finland, Poland, Global
Time period: 1974-01-01--1974-12-31
This data collection is the result of a cooperative six nation project that was coordinated by the UNESCO secretariat. It contains data collected in six European countries during the first round of an international comparative study of the organization and performance of scientific research units. Drawing from the growing tradition of survey research approaches to the study of management practices in science, in research, and in experimental development, this study provided for a multi-faceted evaluation of scientific productivity and effectiveness at the levels of both the individual scientist and the research unit. The survey was conducted by six participating national research teams that administered five standardized questionnaires, translated into the national languages of the participating countries, to a sample of scientists drawn from nine major fields of science and technology and representing approximately 200 research institutions in each of six countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Poland, and Sweden. The questionnaires were administered respectively to the head of the research unit, to the administrative officer, to staff scientists, to technical support staff, and to external evaluators. This data collection is an aggregated file of the five respondent levels, using the research unit as the case for analysis. In all, there are 1,222 research units in the sample. The questionnaires incorporated a wide variety of indicators for socio-psychological and sociological factors such as satisfaction with the work environment, ratings of supervisory qualities, perceptions of influence patterns, and the latitude in the choice of research themes. Additionally, the collection includes actual research output of the scientists individually and of the research units as a whole, as well as information on the professional experience of the research workers, the availability and quality of resources, and the extent of communication within and between research units.
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Industrial Location Decisions, 1972 (ICPSR 7615)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Chicago, Atlanta, Illinois, Georgia, Michigan
Time period: 1972-01-01--1972-12-31
This data collection contains survey data gathered in June and July of 1972 from decision-makers at 173 industrial plants in three United States cities: Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia. The survey was carried out by members of the Economic Behavior Program at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center who personally administered questionnaires to high-level staff members at each company (e.g., president, vice president, general manager, office manager, or public relations director). Respondents were asked to give reasons for the present location of the plant and to outline the advantages and disadvantages of its location. The duration of plant operations, level of production, sales, geographical area served, future expansion, and production problems were all examined as well.
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Union Representation Elections and the Role of the National Labor Relations Board (ICPSR 7625)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1972-02-01--1973-09-30
This data collection contains survey results based on personal interviews conducted with 1,239 workers who participated in union representation elections in the United States in 1972-1973. The purpose of the study was to test the validity of the assumptions made by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that employees are likely to attend to and be significantly influenced by the pre-election campaign in deciding whether or not to vote for union representation. These assumptions were the basis of many NLRB rules and regulations surrounding such elections. This study attempted to measure the actual effect of the pre-election campaign, particularly unlawful campaigning, on the employees' predisposition to vote for or against union representation. To that end, employees were interviewed in two waves, first to determine how employees intended to vote before the campaign began and then to measure how they ultimately voted. In Wave 1, workers were questioned about their pre-campaign sentiments about union representation. Employees were asked how they felt about their working conditions and about unions in general. They also were asked whether or not they had signed a union authorization card and how they would vote if the election were to be held the next day. In Wave 2, employees were asked to recall the content of the campaign and to disclose how they had voted and why, including any observations of pressures exerted by companies/employers or unions before and after the representation elections. Data collected about the respondents' demographic characteristics and job experience include age, sex, race, education level, political preferences, marital status, tenure, hours working (per week), wage rate (per hour), if previous union member, if voted in previous NLRB election, and if spouse, father, or mother were union members. The study and its objectives are laid out in Getman, Julius G., Stephen B. Goldberg, and Jeanne B. Herman. UNION REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS: LAW AND REALITY. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1976.
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United Nations Interactions, 1962 (ICPSR 5501)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Global
Time period: 1962-01-01--1962-12-31
This study contains data on 6,976 cases of interaction among delegates of the 110 member nations of the United Nations during the 17th Session of the Administrative and Budgetary (Fifth) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in 1962, and the Fourth Special Session in May-June 1963. Based on Garland Routt's theoretical premise that high interactions play important legislative roles, the data were collected and analyzed as part of a study of the effect that political and social processes in intergovernmental organizations have on the development of intergovernmental conflicts and consensus. Data on interactions are analyzed in terms of the relation of interaction to the legislative process, interactions of individual nations, regional group interactions, relation between group interactions and voting, relation between noncommittee roles of individuals and interaction, and relation between individual reputation for being capable and informed and interaction. Variables that describe interactions among member nations' delegates include the type of initiatives, place of interaction, time interaction began and ended, agenda, number of persons participating in interaction, presence of humor and laughter, number of resolutions and amendments, total interactions, questions asked, positive and negative citations, roll call votes on Resolutions, successes, and failures. Additional variables provide information on nation names, post of delegates, membership status of delegates on the committee, diplomats sent and received, and exports and imports.
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United Nations General Assembly Elective Office Holding, 1946-1971 (ICPSR 5511)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Global
Time period: 1946-01-01--1971-12-31
This data collection contains a record of elective office holding experience of 127 nations in the United Nations General Assembly, as well as their occupancy of non-permanent, elective seats on the Security, Economic and Social, and Trusteeship Councils, in the period 1946-1971. For each of the first 26 sessions of the General Assembly, data are provided for country name, type of seat held by each national representative for the regular sessions, committee sessions, and the Trusteeship Council sessions, the number of committee chairpersons, rapporteurs, and vice-chairpersons from each nation, and the beginning and ending dates of the 26 sessions. The council membership variables were coded for periods comparable to the General Assembly sessions.
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Politics of Public Utility Regulation in the United States, 1980 (ICPSR 8080)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1980-01-01--1980-12-31
For this data collection, interviews were conducted in 1979-1980 with managers associated with the public utility regulation process in 12 states. Respondents were public utility commissioners, public utility commission staff members, utility company executives, assistant attorneys general, and representatives of citizens' groups (both governmental and nongovernmental advocates). Variables include attitudinal measures regarding issues in the public utility regulation process, as well as perceptions of organizational accountability, decision-making processes, allocation of resources, and diffusion of innovations within the various organizations associated with the regulatory process. Background information on each respondent was also collected, but many of these variables were recoded as missing data to protect the anonymity of the respondents.
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Technology and Structure of Industrial Firms: United States, 1967 (ICPSR 7013)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1967-01-01--1967-12-31
The data for this study were obtained from the salaried personnel of 14 manufacturing firms located in two different industrial areas of the country. With two exceptions, the number of employees in these companies ranged between roughly 1,000 and 2,000, while the size of the management groups ranged from lows of 57-73 to highs of 242-366. Questions were asked about the distribution of power among divisions of the company, the discretion allowed employees, the individual influence of employees, and the coordination of individuals and groups within the firm. The dataset is structured with the individual employee as the unit of analysis, but the data can be aggregated on the basis of functional group and/or level within the organization, as well as by organization and by plant.
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Turkish Managers of Modernization Study, 1956-1965 (ICPSR 7077)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Turkey, Global
Time period: 1956-01-01--1965-12-31
This panel study of graduates from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara, Turkey, was conducted in two waves, in 1956 and 1965. Of the 380 respondents surveyed in the first wave, 241 also answered the 1965 questionnaire. In addition, a new sample of more recent graduates from the Faculty of Political Sciences (69 respondents) was surveyed in the second wave, bringing the total number of 1965 respondents to 310. Faculty graduates constitute a critical part of the core of the Turkish administrative elite. The 1956 and 1965 questionnaires focused on graduates' career histories since leaving the university, their performance of administrative functions, aspects of their work that contributed to job satisfaction, and the relevance of their undergraduate studies to their professional lives. Demographic variables include sex and income.
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Teaching Hospitals Study, 1959-1960 (ICPSR 7080)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Canada, United States, Global
Time period: 1951-01-01--1960-12-31
This study combined information from mail questionnaires returned by a sample of teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada during 1959-1960 and data on these hospitals from published reference sources. The variables deal with the environmental setting of the hospitals, their administrative structure and size, the diffusion of innovation, and the stratification within these organizations.
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Public Personnel Agencies Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7081)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1958-01-01--1958-12-31
This study analyzed public personnel agencies -- executive agencies of the Civil Service Commission that administer the personnel policies of state and local governments. Some special agencies, such as port authorities and some Canadian agencies, were also included. The data cover the structure of the agency, professionalism, specialization, and the agency's performance of its duties.
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Department Stores Study, 1968 (ICPSR 7083)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1968-01-01--1968-12-31
The data for this study were collected from 124 retail business organizations known as department stores and located in the northeastern United States. For the 90 stores in the sample that had branches, data were collected both for the main store and a typical branch store. The other 34 businesses included in the study were single-location stores. Interviews were conducted by the National Opinion Research Center and the Comparative Organization Research Program with a senior executive and personnel officer in each store. Variables measured the centralization of power, the efficiency, complexity, and dispersion of the organization, and the structural differentiation within the organization.
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County Chairmen Study, 1965 (ICPSR 7200)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1965-01-01--1965-12-31
This study of Republican and Democratic county chairmen was originally intended as a supplement to the AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1964 (ICPSR 7235), enabling researchers to test relationships between campaign activities in certain counties and reported political attitudes and behavior of cross-section respondents living in those counties. These data can be merged with the AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1964, as the county codes used in the two studies are identical. This study dealt with county-level campaigns before the 1964 election. Much of the data consist of rankings by county party chairmen of the importance of various campaign activities carried out in their counties in 1964 and evaluations of their effectiveness, with special emphasis on fundraising methods. In addition, the county chairmen were questioned about their perceptions of the other major party's operations in the county. Other data include estimates of the percentage of contributions of different sizes each party received, the structure and extent of county political organization, a total assessment of all activities, and responses given to open-ended questions on the campaign in general, again with emphasis on financial and solicitation problems, organization, and techniques.
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Taxonomy of Organizations, 1960-1962 (ICPSR 7313)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States, Ohio
Time period: 1960-01-01--1962-12-31
This study collected data from 75 organizations in Ohio covering a broad range of organizational types such as schools, universities, hospitals, religious and military organizations, retail, services and manufacturing organizations, penal institutions, farms, and the press. Information was obtained from organization heads, other knowledgeable informants, and organization records. Variables offer basic factual information about the organizations and about the bases, complexity, formalization, and centralization of authority within each organization. Measures of routinization of roles and the structure of the administrative hierarchy were also obtained.
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Professionalism and Bureaucracy, 1966 (ICPSR 7314)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1966-01-01--1966-12-31
The data for this study were gathered in 1966 from professionals in 23 organizations of various types, such as schools, hospitals, law firms, manufacturing firms, advertising firms, brokerage firms, public and private agencies, accounting firms, and a public library. The study focused on the structural and attitudinal aspects of professionalization, and on the organizational settings in which many professional occupations exist. The questionnaire measured the hierarchy of authority, the division of labor, the extent of organizational control and organizationally-defined procedures, the impersonality of interactions, and the technical competence required by the respondents' specific jobs. Demographic data include age group, graduate degrees if any, and membership in professional organizations.
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Organizational Behavior of the John Birch Society and Americans for Democratic Action, 1965 (ICPSR 7346)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Time period: 1965-01-01--1965-12-31
This study, conducted in 1965, collected data from 650 members of the John Birch Society, and 769 members of Americans for Democratic Action. Respondents were asked to name the magazines, news columnists, and television news programs that they were most familiar with, and to list all groups they belonged to, specifying their position in those groups. In addition, the respondents were queried on needs for improvements in the government. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, income, occupation, and religion. The data were received from the Social Science Data Center at the University of Connecticut.