Pitfalls

The following pitfalls, if not avoided, can make your employee opinion survey less than effective and useful:

Lack of a clear objective for the survey

No management support

No communication to employees

No confidentiality protection

No credibility

Nonobjective administration

Results not delivered as promised

Attempting to affect results

Using a survey as a voting device

Each of these pitfalls has been used to create a guideline that, if followed, will avoid the negative results of the pitfall and contribute to a successful employee opinion survey.

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