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Hi. I am a fourth year Management Student at the University of York. I am currently gathering emperical data as part of my disserataion which, explores graduate perceptions prior to a graduate scheme, and addresses the realities of meeting such expectations. It would be a huge help if you could patticipate in this questionnaire.

It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.


Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the questionnaire at any point. It is very important for me to gather your opinions.


Your questionnaire responses will be stricly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the questionnaire or the procedures, you may contact Kim Eadie by email at the email address specified below.


Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the questionnaire now by clicking on the Continue button below.


 
 
 
* What organisation do you/did you work for? (Your organistion will not be named or used to identify you. It is required solely for grouping data)
   
 
 
 
What function of the organsiation do you/did you work in? e.g - Finance, HR etc
   
 
 

What is your status for the purpose of this questionnaire?
 
Currently employed on my first graduate scheme.
 
Have left my first graduate scheme.
 
 

How long have you been/or had been(if already left)on your graduate scheme?
 
Less than 6 months
 
6 months - 1 year
 
1 year - 1 year and 6 months
 
1 year and 6 months - 2 years
 
2 years +
 
 

If currently on your 1st graduate scheme how much longer do you plan to stay with the organisation?
 
Less than 6 months
 
6 months - 1 year
 
1 - 2 years
 
2 - 3 years
 
3 years +
 
Not currently on a graduate scheme
 
 
Other
 
 
 

Is/was this your first experience of full time employment?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 

Which of the following factors attracted you to the organisation you work/worked for? (Select as many as relevant)
 
Career prospects
 
High salary
 
Excellent perks/benefits
 
Prospect of early responsibility
 
Good graduate training
 
Reputation
 
That they're well established
 
The fact that they are well known
 
Day-to-day work
 
Job security
 
Their size
 
Status as market leader
 
Their ethics
 
Prospect of international travel
 
Their brands
 
Current rate of growth
 
Their location
 
Would please family/parents
 
Impressing peers
 
Equal opportunities
 
Environmental record
 
Other
 

 
 

Out of the previous list of factors which was the single most appealing?
 
Career prospects
 
High salary
 
Excellent perks/benefits
 
Prospect of early responsibility
 
Good graduate training
 
Reputation
 
That they're well established
 
The fact that they are well known
 
Day-to-day work
 
Job security
 
Their size
 
Status as market leader
 
Their ethics
 
Prospect of international travel
 
Their brands
 
Current rate of growth
 
Their location
 
Would please family/parents
 
Impressing peers
 
Equal opportunities
 
Environmental record
 
Other
 
 
 

Out of this second list of attractive employer qualities, which factors would have appealed to you PRIOR to joining your graduate scheme? (Tick as many as relevant)
 
Competitive compensation
 
Flexible working hours
 
Good career refernce
 
Increasingly challenging tasks
 
Infrequent overtime
 
Inspiring colleagues
 
Internal education
 
International career opportunities
 
Managerial responsibility
 
Project-based work
 
Secure employment
 
Trainee program
 
Variety of assignments
 
Other
 

 
 

Out of this second list of attractive employer qualities, which one factor would have appealed most PRIOR to joining your graduate scheme?
 
Competitive compensation
 
Flexible working hours
 
Good career refernce
 
Increasingly challenging tasks
 
Infrequent overtime
 
Inspiring colleagues
 
Internal education
 
International career opportunities
 
Managerial responsibility
 
Project-based work
 
Secure employment
 
Trainee program
 
Variety of assignments
 
Other
 
 
 

Having worked on a graduate scheme which factors would appeal to you now? (Tick as many as relevant).
 
Competitive compensation
 
Flexible working hours
 
Good career refernce
 
Increasingly challenging tasks
 
Infrequent overtime
 
Inspiring colleagues
 
Internal education
 
International career opportunities
 
Managerial responsibility
 
Project-based work
 
Secure employment
 
Trainee program
 
Variety of assignments
 
Other
 

 
 

Having worked on a graduate scheme which one factor would appeal most to you now?
 
Competitive compensation
 
Flexible working hours
 
Good career refernce
 
Increasingly challenging tasks
 
Infrequent overtime
 
Inspiring colleagues
 
Internal education
 
International career opportunities
 
Managerial responsibility
 
Project-based work
 
Secure employment
 
Trainee program
 
Variety of assignments
 
Other
 
 
 

Before joining your graduate scheme what did you expect your working hours to be per week?
 
Less than 35
 
35 - 39
 
40 - 45
 
46 - 49
 
50 - 54
 
55 - 59
 
60 - 64
 
More than 64
 
 

In reality what are/were your working hours per week?
 
Less than 35
 
35 - 39
 
40 - 45
 
46 - 49
 
50 - 54
 
55 - 59
 
60 - 64
 
More than 64
 
 
Previous Expectations of Induction -
For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected the organisation to be expecting my arrival.
I expected to be introduced to the people I needed to know when first joining.
I expected to receive a useful introduction to the organisational structure/functions when first joining.
I expected to receive effective introduction to my own work in the early weeks.
I expected my manager would help settle me in within the early months.
 
 
Realities of Induction -
For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
When first joined, my arrival was expected by other people.
When first joined, I was introduced to the people I needed to know.
When first joined, I received a useful introduction to organisational structure/functioning.
In the early weeks I received effective introduction to my own work.
In the early months my manager helped me settle in.
 
 
Previous Expectations of Work Characteristics -
For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected to develop many new skills through work.
I expected work to test my skills to the limit.
I expected to be free to decide when to do which tasks.
I expected to be free to decide what I was trying to achieve.
I expected to frequently be asked to do routine tasks.
I expected my work to bring me into contact with senior management.
I expected my job to involve supervising other people.
I expected there would be times where I had nothing to do.
I expected my work to have significant effects on other people.
I expected my work to involve significant decision making.
I expected my work to invlove a lot of unpaid overtime.
I expected to work more than 50 hours per week.
 
 
Realities of Work Characteristics - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I have developed/did develop many new skills through work.
Work tests/tested my skills to the limit.
I am/was free to decide when to do which tasks.
I am/was free to decide what I was trying to achieve.
I am/was frequently expected to do routine tasks.
Work brings/brought me into contact with senior management.
My job involves/involved supervising other people.
There are/were times when I have/had nothing to do.
My work has/had significant effects on other people.
My work involves/involved significant decision making.
My work involves/involved a lot of unpaid overtime.
I regulary work/worked more than 50 hours per week.
 
 
Previous Expectations of Employing Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected bureaucracy to prevent me from achieving work objectives.
I expected to be kept fully informed of new developments.
I expected the culture of the organisation to change whilst I was there.
I expected that finding out how to get things done would be difficult.
I expected to be encouraged to do things the way they always had been done.
 
 
Realities of Employing Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
Bureaucracy prevents me/did prevent me from achieving work objectives.
I am/was kept fully informed about new developments.
The culture of the organisation has changed/did change since I began.
Finding out how to get things done is/was difficult.
I am/was encouraged to do things the way they have always been done.
 
 
Previous Expectations of Training and Development - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected to have a clearly defined list of training and development tasks.
I expected training and development to depart schedule for no good reason.
I expected the pressure of work to interfere with training.
I expected training courses be be useful in day to day work.
I expected to spend too long on training courses.
I expected to need more time off for professional studies (e.g - CIMA/CIPD etc).
I expected my work would require general/managerial skills without adequate prior training.
I expected my work to require specialist skills/knowledge without adequate prior training.
 
 
Realities of Training and Development - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I have/had a clearly defined list of training and development tasks.
Training and development has/did depart schedule for no good reason.
Pressure of work has interfered/did interfere with training.
Training courses have been useful/were useful in day to day work.
I spend/spent too long on training courses.
I need/needed more time off for professional studies (e.g - CIMA/CIPD etc).
Work requires/had required general/managerial skills without adequate prior training.
Work requires/had required specialist skills/knowledge without adequate prior training.
 
 
Previous Expectations of Career Prospects within the Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected career paths to be clearly defined.
I expected an attractive range of career paths to be available.
I expected career prospects to depend on being in the right place at the right time.
I expected career prospects to depend on being liked by the right people.
I expected career prospects to depend on work performance.
I expected to be clear about the achievments needed for promotion.
I expected to be able to identify a career path that reached high enough for my desires.
I expected to be able to identify of which long-term career paths were open.
 
 
Realities of Career Prospects within the Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
Career paths are/were clearly defined.
There are/were an attractive range of career paths available.
Career prospects depend/depended on being in the right place at the right time.
Career prospects depend/depended on being liked by the right people.
Career prospects depend/depended on work performance.
I am clear/was clear about the achievments needed for promotion.
I am able/was able to identify a career path that reaches/reached high enough for my desires.
I am able/was able to identify of which long-term career paths are/were open.
 
 
Previous Expectations of Pay and Benefits - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected pay and benefits to be adequate for the time and energy demanded.
I expected pay and benefits to compare well with competitors.
I expected pay to be determined by work performance.
 
 
Realities of Pay and Benefits - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
Pay and benefits are/were adequate for time and energy demanded.
Pay and benefits compare/compared well with competitors.
Pay is/was determined by work performance.
 
 
Previous Expectations of People in the Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I expected to be accepted by the people I work with.
I expected to experience some resentment from colleagues.
I expected my colleagues to be helpful in solving problems.
I expected my manager to be approachable when needed.
I expected to encounter many unproductive people.
I expected to feel able to be "oneself".
 
 
Realities of People in the Organisation - For each statement please tick the heading you feel is most relevant.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree
I have been/was accepted by the people I work with.
I have experienced/did experience resentment from colleagues.
Colleagues are/were helpful in solving problems.
My manager is/was approachable when needed.
I have encountered/did encounter many unproductive people.
I feel/felt able to "be oneself".
 
 

If you have already left your first graduate scheme, why did you want to leave that organisation? (tick as many as relevant)
 
Still on first graduate scheme
 
Poor career prospects
 
Unchallenging work
 
Not enough responsibility
 
Poor training
 
Lack of job security
 
Lack of international travel
 
Ethical reasons
 
Unsatisfactory pay/benefits
 
Inflexible working hours
 
No variety in work
 
Too much overtime
 
Didn't get on with fellow colleagues
 
Other
 

 
 

If you left your graduate scheme early, prior to leaving did you indicate to your manager or HR department that you were unhappy?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Other
 
 
 
 
If yes, what was the outcome?
   
 
 

If you left your graduate scheme early were you asked the reasons why by your manager or HR department?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Other
 
 
 

If yes, did you give an honest account?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Are there any other comments you'd like to make in relation to your current or past graduate scheme?
   
 
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