SURVEY FORM

SURVEY TO ASSESS JOB CHARACTERISTICS PREFERRED BY PAKISTANI SERVING AND WOULD-BE MANAGERS

Please put Y (for yes) or N (for no) in the last column, of each row

RESPONDENT’S PROFILE

Name (optional)

Yes/ No

Age

1 Under 21

2 Between 21.1 and 25

3 Between 25.1 and 35

4 Over 35

Gender 5 Male

6 Female

Marital Status

7 Married

8 Unmarried

9 Separated / Divorced

Province of Origin

10 Islamabad Capital Territory

11 Punjab

12 Sindh

13 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

14 Baluchistan

15 Gilgit Baltistan

16 Azad Jammu & Kashmir

17 Outside Pakistan

18 Are you currently residing in the province of your origin?

Employment Status

19 Employed

20 Self Employed, involved in own/family business

21 Unemployed

If employed with a company

22 For less than one year

23 For more than 1 but less than 3 years

24 For more than 3 years

If not employed 25 Currently looking for a job

26 Studying

Current Education Level

27 Professionally qualified

28 Less than graduate

29 Graduate

30 Post Graduate or over

If currently studying, what are you studying for?

31 Professional qualification 32 First degree (e.g. BA, BBA, BSc, etc) 33 Masters degree (e.g. MA, MS, MSc, etc) 34 Doctoral degree

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SURVEY TO ASSESS JOB CHARACTERISTICS PREFERRED BY YOUNG PAKISTANI SERVING AND WOULD-BE MANAGERS

16 of the common characteristics of an ideal job have been listed below in alphabetical order.

Please rank them in the order of your personal preference. Please put 1 in the last column for the most preferred characteristic, followed by 2 for the next preferred

characteristic and so on, till you reach 16 for the least preferred characteristic.

Characteristic Explanation Ranked by

Respondent

Access to Leadership

I should have free access to the managers who make decisions about me, my work content, my remuneration and work environment, etc.

Appreciation My seniors should express their appreciation for jobs done well by me, or for good suggestions offered by me.

Benefits other than pay

The job should offer decent perks like leave, performance bonus, travel allowance, conveyance, phone, etc appropriate to my position.

Career Advancement

Fair opportunities for learning, growth and advancement, training and development and personal enlightenment.

Creative Freedom

I should be encouraged and allowed to put forward new and innovative ideas and where appropriate to work on them.

Designation Nomenclature of my position should give me a sense of achievement and importance.

Job Content My job should be interesting and offer adequate challenges for me to show/prove my abilities and potentials.

Job Equity Company has fair and procedurally just human resource policies; there is no discrimination, favouritism or nepotism.

Job Security I should have assurance that I will not lose my job without a truly compelling reason.

Organizational Brand

The reputation, public image and stability of the company and its products.

Pay and Allowances

My pay and allowances, that are paid regularly (e.g. monthly), should commensurate with the job requirements.

Personal/Firm Value Fit

The firm’s core social values should match with my own concepts of social justice and give me inner satisfaction.

Physical Work Environment

My working environment should be safe, comfortable and conducive to good performance.

Recognition My performance should be formally acknowledged by my seniors and company management (e.g. by way of certificates, rewards, etc.)

Social Work Environment

Inter-action among colleagues and seniors should be friendly and supportive, while the company should have strong core social values.

Work/Life Balance

Flexible work schedules/settings that help me maintain a healthy work/life balance.

THANK YOU