Towards convergence?

Abstract

"This report summerises the relevant analytical steps and results at the end of STILE Workpackage 4 and tries to draw conclusions and suggestions for further activities in the field. The second section presents a summary of the results of benchmarking methods, concepts and blank spots of already existing establishment-level ICT and labour market research. Then, the third section provides a contribution to overcome these problems by the development of a new digital instrument: The Digital Toolkit and Interactive Survey Website. Thus, researches and poling makers are able to see what kind of indicators are measured in which existing surveys and even gain insight into the available publications. Section four offers a practical strategy to contribute to various aspects of research at organisation level. The objective is to construct questionnaire items, which can be used in postal organisation surveys as well in face-to-face interviews. The working method for designing the module was to take the organisation as a starting point. Subsequently, the approach was to identify those labour market aspects of an organisation, which are most likely to change because of the implementation of information and communication technology. In section five the results of an investigation of stakeholders' needs are shown, concerning the labour market and ICT problems. This is, because STILE regards the stakeholders on the labour market to hold key positions for further improvement of establishment-based labour statistics. Section six draws conclusions and tries to point out obstacles, chances and possible developments for a future integration of European establishment surveying on information and communication technologies and other items of interest, which then leads to suggestions for practical action towards this goal." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ester, P., Maenen, S., Román, A., Bellmann, L. & Promberger, M., Bellmann, L. & Promberger, M. (eds.) Europäische Kommission. Information Society Technologies Programme Ester, P., Maenen, S., Román, A., Bellmann, L. & Promberger, M. (sonst. bet. Pers.) (2003): Towards convergence? Current state and future ways of establishment based ICT and labour market monitoring in Europe. (STILE project), Brüssel, 34 p.