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User's guide for the
QPSNordic-ADW
Nordic Questionnaire for Monitoring the
Age Diverse Workforce
Krista Pahkin, Christina Bjorklund, Reidar J. Mykletun,
Trude Furunes, Gunvor Gard and Kari Lindstrom
TemaNord 2008:504
Contents
Foreword
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Summary
User's Guide for the QPSNordic-ADW - Nordic Questionnaire for monitoring the
Age Diverse Workforce
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1. Introduction
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2. The development of the QPS Nordic-ADW
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3. The content of the QPSNordic-ADW
3.1. Content areas and scales
3.2. Criterion validity
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4. Use of the QPSNordic-ADW
4.1. When to use the QPSNordic-ADW
4.2. Why to use QPSNordic-ADW as an organizational survey instrument
4.3. Who can use QPSNordic-ADW
4.4. What to take into consideration when using the QPSNordic-ADW
4.5. How to carry out a QPSNordic- ADW survey-feedback procedure
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5. Presenting and implementing the results
5.1. Statistical analysis of the data and result presentation
5.2. Organizing feedback meetings
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6. Ethical considerations
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7. Check list to the use of QPSNordic-ADW
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Further information
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Sammanfattning
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Yhteenveto
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Appendices
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Appendix 1: QPSNordic - ADW (In English)
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Appendix 2: QPSNordic - ADW (in Finnish)
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Appendix 3: QPSNordic - ADW (in Danish)
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Appendix 4: QPSNordic - ADW (in Norwegian)
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Appendix 5: QPSNordic - ADW (in Swedish)
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Appendix 6: Description of the scales with descriptive statistics (n=1001)
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Appendix 7: Means, standard deviations and percentiles for the QPSNordic - ADW
scales in different age groups (n=1001)
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Appendix 8: Means, standard deviations, and percentage distributions of all the
QPSNordic-ADW items (n= 1001)
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Appendix 9: Background of the questions
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