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Appendix A: Survey Descriptions
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... The surveys are nearly all proprietary; they are not based on scientific sampling methods and report no sampling frame, error rates, or confidence intervals. The American Compensation Association 1987 Report on the 1987 Survey of Salary Management Practices.
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... : 53% < 1,000; 47% > 1,000 Respondents: Top personnel officers Response rate: 65% (The Personnel Policies Forum surveys vary somewhat in their geographic coverage, but typically try to cover major geographic regions; in the latest survey we used, the responding 31 percent of the responding organizations were headquartered in the South, 27 percent in the North Central states, 23 percent in the West, and 19 percent in the Northeast.) The Conference Board 1976 Compensating employees: lessons of the 1970s.
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... : Median: 9,600 manufacturing; 2,130 services Respondents: Top compensation executives Response rate: Not reported The Conference Board 1990 Variable pay: new performance rewards. Conference Board Research Bulletin No.
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... : 33% < 1,000; 67% > 1,000 Respondents: Compensation managers Response rate: Not reported Committee on Performance Appraisal for Merit Pay, National Research Council 1990 The committee solicited additional information on performance appraisal from 28 Conference Board member firms. The respondents represented all major industrial sectors and are generally considered leading firms in human resource management.
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... : 65% < 1,000; 35% > 1,000 (25% > 10,000) Respondents: 93% senior and middle personnel managers Response rate: Not reported This survey has a broad geographic representation with 24 percent in the Northeast, 20 percent in the Southeast; 21 percent in the Great Lakes; and 15 percent in the Pacific states (north and south)
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... : 20% < 1,000; 33% 1,000-5,000; 20% > 5,000 Respondents: Personnel managers Response rate: Not reported


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