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
• National Organizations Survey 2002
• National Organizations Survey 1996-1997
• National Organizations Survey 1991
• Occupational Information Network (O*NET)

National Surveys outside the United States

• Seminars on the Measurement of the Quality of Employment
  Expert Group on Measuring of the Quality of Employment
• Workplace Employee Relations Survey (UK)
• Workers Surveys and Exposure Databases Listed by Country
  European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• European Working Conditions Survey
  European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• Expert Forecast on Emerging Psychosocial Risks Related to Occupational Safety and Health
  European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

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.