April 16, 2006

Unique Books Help You Create Your Own Employee Surveys

Employee Survey Book Set Revised and Updated for 2006
E-books Now Available

The second editions of the “Employee Survey Question Guidebook” and its companion volume, “Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples, Examples” have been published by Performance Programs, Inc. Used together, these books provide everything an organization needs to create, administer, and interpret an employee survey. For the first time, both volumes are available as e-books as well as hardcopy book format.

These books are a unique resource in the human resources field, as far as we know. They give employers a robust set of field-tested questionnaire items, along with complete instructions for their selection and use.


The Guidebook is based on our 20-plus years of experience in organizational assessment. All of the questionnaire items have been field-tested in real organizations. Norms are available for 85 of the items, including industry norms for 11 industries.

The “Employee Survey Question Guidebook” is organized into 18 dimensions that reflect key aspects of organizational effectiveness, such as organization culture and climate, organization structure, co-workers and teams, commitment, performance management, and more. The eighteen dimensions have 82 themes. For instance, themes such as ethical conduct, workplace diversity, fairness, innovation and creativity, and many more, are located within organization culture and climate. The Guidebook also features an easy-to-use index to symptoms of organizational dysfunction and references appropriate diagnostic questions.

“Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples, Examples” is a how-to resource that aims to increase the survey project manager’s effectiveness and sense of confidence. From initial concept to final reports, the book includes myriad real-world situations that employers may not expect or know how to handle. Topics include planning, forming a survey project team, identifying respondents, designing reports, use of norms, questionnaire creation, data gathering and processing, awareness campaigns, administration, feedback, and action plans. At each step,
the human side of survey work is addressed.

The second edition adds even more real-world experience and 35 new questionnaire items. Reviews of the first editions are available online.

Prices and availability for both books and e-books:

Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples,

Employee Survey Question Guidebook.