Academy
of Management Almost 10,000 members. Also publishes three scholarly
journals.
American
Management Association Founded in 1923, with 70,000 members, the AMA
provides educational forums worldwide for members and their colleagues
learning.
American
Psychological Society Professionals dedicated to advancing the best
of scientific psychology in research, application and the improvement of
the human condition.
American
Psychological Association The largest scientific and professional
organization
representing psychology in the United States and the world's largest
association
of psychologists.
Organizational
Development Institute The Organization Development Institute is a
non-profit
educational association organized in 1968 to promote an understanding of
O.D.
ICPSR (Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research)
website...a clearinghouse for a variety of databases. Searchable.
Roper Center for Public
Opinion Research. Many data sets available but only for members, or
for a fee. Take note of the National Organization Study of 2002:
"The National Organization Study (NOS) II is a survey of business
organizations across the United States in which the unit of analysis is
the actual workplace. The study was conducted for the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), and the Commonwealth Fund to learn about the employment policies,
benefits, and structures of organizations throughout the country,
particularly the effects on business performance and worker productivity
of rising workplace stress levels, rising health insurance costs or not
having health insurance, and the extent of mental health benefit and
service offerings within organizations. NOS II is a follow up to the 2002
General Social Survey (GSS) and the sample is therefore constructed from
this dataset. "
Information about it can be found here: NOS.
General Social
Survey In this first link, you choose the tab-delimited data file,
which means you have to read it into spss, and set it up. There are set-up
programs available, too. Also, click
here for variable lists relevant to organizations.
Survey
Documentation and Analysis - datasets and documentation. A potpourri
of datasets, but completely downloadable!! Mainly US focused, individual
surveys, but also some on race issues in America, political opinions, etc.
National Survey of
Families and Households (NSFH) I used the 1987 (1st) round for my
dissertation. I understand there is now a 3rd wave. Extensive data on
famlies and households, including attitudes, health behavior, some
employment.
US Dept of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Public Release Data Sets.
Numerous studies. These data sets are available usually in some sort
of ASCII or SAS format. Focused on individual and household experience in
homes - whether rented or owned, kind of home, type of neighborhood, moves
to/from neighborhoods, race and ethnicity, etc. Can be used to understand
communities as a type of organization.
Panel Study of Income
Dynamics". The Data and Documentation Center. Description: "The Data
Center is a user friendly interface for creating customized subsets and
companion documentation from the PSID/CDS data. Select from the choices
below to begin creating your customized dataset." Link to
.pdf document of 2005 questionnaire. The PSID is generally a
sociodemographic study about income sources, residential mobility, family
structure and health, but you could conduct a study to understand
the relationships that certain kinds of organizations and institutions,
e.g., charitable organizations, have with donors and volunteers.
National Longitudinal
Surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It includes the
Survey of Youth, Children and Young Adults, Surveys of Young Women and
Mature Women, and the Surveys of Young Men and Older Men. Includes
extensive employment history, very suitable for event-history analysis
studies, but also cross sectional. Includes attitudinal variables, health
behavior, education and more.
