How to Design, Implement, and Interpret an Employee Survey

Participation Control

Although you generally do not want to identify surveys by individual, you do need some type of control to ensure each employee has an opportunity to complete a survey (and only one survey). That means some type of record is required. How to maintain that control varies by type of survey format.

Group- and Individually Administered Written Surveys

Group-administered surveys can be controlled by ensuring who attends each group session. You can require some identification (personal recognition in a small organization or identification badges in a large one). As someone participates, her name is either recorded or crossed off a list of employees eligible to participate in the survey. No surveys are allowed to be removed from ...