Questionnaire
Q1. What is your current position?
1. Unqualified worker
2. Qualified worker
3. Administrative worker (including sales and marketing)
4. Engineer
5. Supervisor (Lower manager)
6. Middle-Higher manager
7. Other_____________________________________________
Q2. How long have you been working in the present company?
__________ years
Q3. Are you satisfied with following working conditions?

a. Self-actualization of your ability at work*b. Range of your competence at work*c. Labor conditions (e.g. light, heating, noise)d. Trust between workers and management
e. Work load
f. Length of working timeg. Payments and bonuses
h. Competence of managementi. Promotion possibilities
j. Training and retrainingk. Security of employment
l. Equal opportunities for men and womenm. Welfare provisions in the firmn. Interaction with your bosso. Interaction with your colleagues
p. Access to information about organization

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555555Q4. What do you think about the meaning of work?

a. Work gives you status and prestige
b. Work provides you with income that is neededc. Work keeps you absorbed in and excited
d. Work provides you with social contact with other people
e. Work is a way for you to serve for society
f. Work is in itself interesting

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Q5. Choosing ideal job, how do you think important the following factors are?

a. Free time enough for family and personal life
b. Having good relations with managementc. Without the fear of losing a job
d. Having good workmate to cooperate
e. Have a boss who listens your opinion
properlyf. Have good career possibilities

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Q6. What is the most important for an ideal job? Please choose one from a. to f. above and circle it.
abcdefQ7. If you would have an opportunity to change your job, what would you like to do? Please choose one fromthe below.
1. Not to work any more.
2. To keep the current job
3. To get promoted to a position with more responsibility
4. To get to the position of a manager
5. To start to run own businessQ8. How about your usual time budget in a working day?*o'clock(For example) Getting upGetting up
Leaving home
Ariving at officeLeaving the office
Arriving at home
Going to bedminutes
0630

Q9. How often do you spend your free time for the following activities?*

a. Company with people working inthe same firmb. Company with people not working
in the same firmc. Working at home what arenecessary for the firmd. Exchange of information andinstruction by e-mail or computer forthe jobe. Self-education for job

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Almosteveryday1

Once or twice ina week
2

Once or twice ina month3

Very seldomor not at all412

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Q10. If you would have more free time due to education of working time, what would you prefer to do?
(choose TWO)
1. Spend time with family, household chores
2. Healthcare
3. Company with friends
4. Self education
5. Participation in social actions
6. Participation in charity activities
7. Side job
8. Hobby
Q11. How does the trade union tackle with following issues inside the firm?*

a. Job and employment security
b. Reduction of working timec. Quantity and methods of work
d. Paid holidays
e. Salaries risef. Welfare provisiong. Training and educationh. Labor accident and diseasei. Transference and rotation of personnel
j. Increase in workers’ influence at managerial
decisionsk. Liquidation of discrimination for irregular
employees
l. Balancing between working and private life
m. Improvement of mental healthn. Gender equalizationo. Unionization of unorganized workers
p. Social and political actions

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Q12. What do you think is the most important for the trade union to do? Please choose three from the above a.
– p. and write below.*
The most important:
The second:
The third:
Q13. How do you think you are estimated properly at your work?
1. Not at all

2. Less estimated

3. Unsure

4.rather estimated

5. greatly estimatedQ14. What do you feel toward the firm you are working for?
1. I don’t care for the firm
2. I feel almost nothing towards the firm
3. Unsure
4. I would apply as much effort, as much will be rewarded by the firm
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Q15. These five years have you attended trainings or seminars organized by the firm inside or outside?
1. Yes, I have

2. No, I haven't

3. It doesn’t happen in our firm

Q16. How much do you think your firm is powerful in competition against rivals concerning different aspects
below raised?*Unsure
PowerfulPowerless atenoughalla. Image of the firm
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h. Aftercare service
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Q17. In your opinion, what is the manger’s leadership in your plant (establishment) based on? Please choose
three from the below.
1. Politics in the organization.
2. Traditions in the organization.
3. Strong aspiration.
4. Entrepreneurship
5. Personal charisma
Q18. As for the behavior of your firm and management, do you agree the following views?

a. If management promised something, than it will dowhat promisedb. Management is sure that it controls activity of all
departmentsc. Leaders of organization have long term goals
d. Management puts clear goals for workers
e. Leaders & managers follow principles they set forthe organization
f. There is a clear set of principles that are followed byorganization in it’s activity

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Q19. How do you think of your attitudes toward the firm?

a. I always have ideas that can be approved bymanagementb. I would like to take part in company’s decision
making, because I think my opinion is importantc. I could take managerial position is situation
demanded itd. I am ready to take risk if it is approved
e. It is normal to sacrifice something for organization’s
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Q20. How do you perceive the situations of your workplace?

a. Rules of the firm are occasionally disobeyed when anemployee thinks it would be in favor of the firmb. Workers of any division have equal perspectives
c. Customers’ interests are often ignored in decision
making of organizationd. Our organization relies more on horizontal control
and coordination, rather than strict hierarchye. We constantly improve our methods of work to gain
advantages over rivals
f. Agreement is easily achieved even concerning hard
problems in organization
g. During conflict everybody tries to solve it quickly
and mutually profitableh. Competition between colleagues usually brings more
harm than use
i. Information is available for everyone. One can get
any needed information
j. It is not accepted to talk about people behind theirback
k. Most capable persons don't commit in decisions tosolve an urgent problem
l. We have informal norms and rules which are to befollowed by everyone
m. Projects are coordinated easily through allfunctional units

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Q21. How do you perceive the situations of management and policy of your firm?

a. Fresh creative ideas are not actualize on time andbecome old and obsoleteb. Management is apt to be behind the time for reacting
to changing market
c. We always try to overcome our rivals
d. If market demands it, our organization can quickly
restructure
e. Current vision creates stimuli for workers
f. Goals of organization are clearly set on allorganization’s levels
g. In some situations instructions and regulations are
obstacles to effective workh. It is possible to be a good manager even not knowing
answers to all questions of subordinates
i. In some cases one worker is under two managers
j. Every process of work is governed in detail by
instructions and rules
k. Company realizes clear mission that gives meaningand sense to workl. The order of organization is not hierarchicallystructured rigidly
m. Employees qualification is considered to be a very
important source of competitive domination
n. Resources including human resources are notallocated properly nor integrated totallyo. If department is short on hands, department’s leader
may hire temporary workers by himself

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p. Reward for success does not go to the department
although everyone put an effort
q. Our organization cares even about temporarily hired
workers
r. We all clearly imagine future of our organizations. Failure is considered as a stimulus to learning anddevelopmentt. We realize our input into society and feel ourimportance

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34agree512345123451234512345123451122334455123451234512345Q22. How do you think about the following opinions?

a. Rules of the company must not be disobeyed even if
employee thinks that he acts in favor of company
b. In group everyone must put maximum effort toachieve common goalc. New ideas must be applied immediately otherwise
they become old and obsolete
d. It is very important to feel market changes to react
contemporarilye. It must not happen, that one worker had twomanagers
f. Instructions and regulations are needed to govern
every process of workg. Organization must have strict hierarchyh. One needs to control spending of resources strictly,
or total disorder will happen
i. Reward for success must go to department, because
everyone put an effort
j. Most competent representative of group must makedecisions even if formally he is not a leader of thegroupk. All the employees should be aware of the importantrole of the their firm in society

Q23. To which extent does your firm pay effort to perform for the following issues?
Not at alla. Compliance with the laws forbusiness activities
b. Compliance with the laws forworker protection
c. Care and service for consumers
d. Environmental protection
e. Trustful relations with customers
f. Safety and Security of products andservices
g. Realization of the best quality ofproducts and services
h. Aftercare for users
i. Publicity of company information
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Q24. How much do you your firm respects the interests of the following agents?*
Not at all
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a. Customers
b. Subsidery, subcontract firmsc. Consumers
d. Stock holders
e. Employees
f. Trade uniong. Public administrationh. Local community

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55555555F1. The amount of your average salary for month (including tax and the like:__________Euro (or else)
F2. Your education level:
1. Obligatory level (primary or elementary school with 8-9 years)
2. Middle level (secondary or high school)
3. Upper level (two-three years college or similar professional school)
4. High level (university or the higher school as the level of university)
5. Scientific degree (graduate or post-graduate school with diploma)
F3. Age: ___________________years old
F4. Sex:

1. MaleF5. Marital status:

2. Female

1. Married

2. Unmarried

F6. Employment status:*
1. Regular employee
2. Irregular employee (contract, dispatched, casual, part-time and the like)F7. Working pattern:* 1. Daytime 2. Shift 3. Other (specify_ _ __ _ __ )F8. Union membership:*
1. I have never been a member
2. I used to be a member, but not now
3. I am a member at present. Thank you for your answer!

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