European Company Survey 2013

This report studies practices in EU establishments for direct and indirect employee participation in decision-making. Indirect employee participation is the involvement of employee representatives in decision-making processes, while direct employee participation describes direct interaction between employers and employees.

Workplace innovation (WPI) refers to practices that enable employees to participate in organisational change in such a way as to improve the quality of their working life and organisational performance. This report examines the motives behind the adoption of WPI and describes its implementation across companies in Europe. It analyses the impacts of WPI from the perspective of the different players – organisation, management, employees and employee representatives – in 51 companies across 10 EU Member States.

The third wave of Eurofound’s European Company Survey was carried out in 2013. It surveyed management representatives in over 24,000 establishments; where available, employee representatives were also interviewed – in 6,800 of these establishments.

Al treilea sondaj european în rândul întreprinderilor (ECS - European Company Survey) cartografiază practicile din unitățile cu cel puțin zece salariați din cele 28 de state membre UE și din fosta Republică iugoslavă a Macedoniei, Islanda, Muntenegru și Turcia. În total, peste 30 000 de unități au fost studiate de Gallup Europe, mărimea eșantionului țintă pe țară variind între 300 și 1 650. Printre subiectele abordate se numără organizarea muncii, practicile de resurse umane (RU), participarea salariaților și dialogul social, precum și modul în care aceste practici sprijină „creșterea inteligentă”.