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The Survey 2 - Client: The DGB and its affiliated trade unions - Design/Analysis: DGB-Index Gute Arbeit GmbH Internationales Institut für Empirische Sozialökonomie (INIFES) - Interviews: TNS Infratest-Sozialforschung - Building on: INQA Survey What is Good Work? (2004) Pilot interviews in 10 companies (2006) - Hierarchical index with 31 unchanging questions/items in 15 dimensions on the quality of work strictly from the employees point of view and in three partial indices: 1. resources (e.g. influence) = > weighting 1/3 2. load and stress (e.g. time pressure) = > weighting 1/3 3. income and security = > weighting 1/3 - Concept underlying is a requirements-and-burdens concept rooted in ergonomics - Component (a) Workers job expectations models: (b) Job satisfaction (c) Workplace emotions - Also: Changing modules on topical issues (approx. 1.5 of 6 pages) - Survey: Early each year (2007, 2008, 2009 etc.); always at least 6,000 interviews with employees aged 15 and over - Sample: Representative randomised sample based on access panel from TNS-Infratest - Also: Company interviews
The Survey 3
Construction of the DGB-Index 4
Quality of working conditions in Germany 5
Quality of working conditions in Germany 6
Partial Index Burdens /Load and Stress 7
DGB-Index Gute Arbeit - Schema 8
DGB-Index the Results of 2008 Quality of working conditions in Germany 9
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Bad Work Medium-grade Work Good Work 11
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Employees expectations and the reality (DGB-Index) 13
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What are the effects of Good Work? Correlations Question: If you had the chance, would you change your employer? 15
What are the effects of Good Work? Correlations 16
What are the effects of Good Work? Working ability Question: Please think of your work and your state of health: Do you think you will be able to maintain your occupation unter present requirements until your retirement age? 17
What are the effects of Good Work? Working ability 18 Sources: INIFES/Infratest INQA-survey What is good work? 2004 (n=5.388) and DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2007 (n=6.972) and 2008 (n= 6.835).
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Subjective expectations of ability to perform current employment until retirement and quality of work according to DGB Good Work Index, by occupational sector 70 % of those who believe they cannot keep going until retirement, 2008 60 50 40 30 20 10 Construction and related trades Arable/pastoral farming, fisheries Transport & storage Chemicals, plastics, paper, print Food trades Machine operators Metalworking Cleaners, janitors Health services Law enforcement, security Retail outlets Technicians Service outlets Social services, child care Electricians Administrative, office workers Engineers, natural scientists 0 45 50 55 60 65 70 DGB Good Work Index 2008 20 Source: INIFES, authors calculations based on DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2008.
Subjective expectations of ability to perform current employment until retirement and percentage of temporary disability benefits among all new pensions, by occupational sector, Germany 2006 40 Construction and related trades % of temporary disability benefits among all new pensions, 2006 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Administrative, office workers Electricians Law enforcement, security Service outlets Chemicals, plastics, paper, print Machine operators Cleaners, janitors Technicians Retail outlets Engineers, natural scientists Health services Transport, storage Metalworking Social services, child care Food trades Arable/pastoral farming, fisheries 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 % of those who believe they cannot keep going until retirement, 2008 21 Source: INIFES, authors calculations based on DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2007 and Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund.
DGB-Index Gute Arbeit GmbH The DGB and the unions IG BCE (mining, chemicals and energy union), IG Metall (metalworkers unions), NGG (food beverages and catering union) and ver.di (united services union) are partners in the limited company DGB-Index Gute Arbeit GmbH. Contact: www.dgb-index-gute-arbeit.de Contact: info@dgb-index-gute-arbeit.de DGB-Index Gute Arbeit GmbH, Keithstr. 1-3,10787 Berlin Ralf Stuth, Manager Phone: +49 (0) 30 6956 2093 mobile: +49 (0)175 2255004 Email: ralf.stuth@dgb-index-gute-arbeit.de Scientific advisory council DGB-Index Gute Arbeit c/o Dr. Frank Mussmann Liason Office for the Cooperation between Universities and Labour Unions Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Humboldtallee 15, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany Tel.: +49-551-39-7468 Fax: +49-551-39-14049 Email: kooperationsstelle@uni-goettingen.de URL: www.kooperationsstelle.uni-goettingen.de 22 Melanie Martin, Team Assistant Phone.: +49 (0) 30 6956 2092 Email: melanie.martin@dgb-index-gute-arbeit.de
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Austrian Employee Attitude Index (AKI) AKI Datenbank (www.arbeitsklima.at) 24