2001 Iowa Department of Transportation Organizational Survey, Final report, 2001

In February 2001, all 3,595 employees of the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) were invited to participate in a survey related to job satisfaction and work practices. This survey partially replicated assessments made by random, stratified samples of IDOT employees in 1984, 1988, and 1993. The present survey was designed to allow for generalizations about all IDOT employees and various subgroups of employees (i.e., majority and minority employees, males and females, and employees less than 40 years of age and those 40 years of age or older).

Final Report: 1988 Iowa Department of Transportation Organizational Survey, 1988

In June 1988, 1341 employees of the Iowa State Department of Transportation (DOT) were surveyed via a mailed questionnaire. The sample was selected such that conclusions about all DOT employees, male employees, female employees, majority employees; minority employees, employees under age 40, and employees 40 years of age or older could be made. These sampling characteristics were chosen in order to facilitate comparisons between current DOT employee attitudes and employee attitudes evaluated in 1984. In addition, the sample size and response rates were sufficiently high that conclusions could be made about each of the six districts, the Ames Highway Division, and the Ames complex, excluding the Highway Division. Altogether fifty-five percent (or 739) questionnaires were· returned. Thirty additional employees voluntarily completed the survey, resulting in a final sample size of 769. The survey covered topics related to job satisfaction, work environment or climate, skill utilization, sexual harassment, communication and information adequacy, and morale. The first four topics were evaluated in 198- while the last two were unique to this survey.