Organization of Work
Measurement Tools for Research and Practice

This links page is a work in progress. It will be updated as we learn of additional Web sites about national surveys of working conditions. Please send us an e-mail with the Web address of other national surveys not listed.

Please note: The presence of these links does not mean that these national surveys, and the methodological approaches they represent, are endorsed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). These hyperlinked pages are provided with the goal of sharing information on measurement tools in use at the national level.

National Surveys in the United States

• NIOSH Quality of Work Life Survey
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/stress/qwlquest.html
• National Organizations Survey 2002
  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04074.xml
• National Organizations Survey 1996-1997
  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03190.xml
• National Organizations Survey 1991
  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06240.xml
• Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
  External Link: http://www.onetcenter.org/questionnaires.html

National Surveys outside the United States

• Seminars on the Measurement of the Quality of Employment
  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  External Link: http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2002.05.labour.htm
• Workplace Employee Relations Survey (UK), UK Data Archive
  External Link: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/werAbstract.asp
  
• 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (259 KB PDF, 35 pages)
  External Link: http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file11678.pdf
• Workers Surveys and Exposure Databases Listed by Country
  European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  External Link: http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/74
• European Survey for Working Conditions
  European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
  External Link: http://www.eurofound.eu.int/working/surveys/
• Expert Forecast on Emerging Psychosocial Risks Related to Occupational Safety and Health
  European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  External link: http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/74

Journal Articles

• Dollard M, Skinner N, Tuckey MR, Bailey T (2007). National Surveillance of Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Workplace: An International Overview. Work & Stress, 21(1):1-29.
  Content areas: psychosocial risks, surveillance, monitoring, work-related stress, occupational health, risk assessment.
• Sauter SL and Murphy LR (2003). Monitoring the Changing Organization of Work: International Practices and New Developments in the United States. Social and Preventive Medicine, 48(6):341-348.
  Content areas: work organization, work practices, surveillance programs, monitoring, questionnaires, occupational safety and health.