The top ranking survey offers "crucial intelligence for HR professionals about the business context and vision for the future...." The overall quality of surveys submitted for the awards remains high.

The Expatica HR Top 5 Industry Survey Awards recognise excellence in HR surveys which demonstrate continuing relevance to the HR profession, cutting edge findings, and rigorous survey methodologies.  The reviewed surveys were published between June 2010 and 30 June 2011.

   

The top five surveys are as follows:

1. pwc ((formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers) : 14th Annual Global CEO Survey: Growth reimagined
2. Brookfield Global Relocation Services: 2011 Global Relocation Trends Survey
3. pwc: Managing tomorrows people: Future of work
3. Brookfield Global Relocation Services: Flexible policy in Practice
5. Manpower Group: Migration for work Survey

The top ranking survey by pwc, 14th Annual Global CEO Survey: Growth reimagined, scored highly as a 'hot topic' for the HR profession as well as presenting information that was clearly articulated and easy to find.

According to panel reviewer Dr. Noeleen Doherty, Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield University, School of Management (UK) , pwc's 14th Annual Global CEO Survey contains "crucial intelligence for HR professionals about the business context and vision for the future held by organisational leaders."

"The qualitative comments add to the quantitative data.  An interesting survey, accessing the major organisations of the world. Interesting and relevant," says Dr. Kaye Thorn, Department of ManageSchool of Management and International Business, Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand.

Expatica HR Awards; a benchmark of Industry Excellence

"The Expatica HR Top 5 Industry Survey Awards strive to become an industry benchmark for achieving excellence in what is an increasingly challenging profession. This annual award provides an opportunity for organisations to come together to share their survey findings, and to recognise and celebrate industry surveys as a significant tool within the HR profession," says Natasha Gunn, Editor of Expatica HR.

More quotes from the reviewing panel on the award-winning surveys:

Dr. Kaye Thorn on pwc report Managing tomorrows people: Future of work, which scored highly as a hot topic and readability: "Really new, really different. This gets my vote to date!"
Dr. Kaye Thorn on Manpower's Migration for work survey, which scored highly in satisfying the "so what?" question in terms of investigating a topic of relevance to the HR profession: "This is particularly relevant in the context of the economic crisis.  Interesting and informative."

Dr. Noeleen Doherty on Brookfield's  2011 Global Relocation Trends Survey, which scored highly as a topic of interest and relevance to HR professionals:  "A regular survey that provides a very useful historical trend data set which paints a picture of the changing landscape of global relocation. Concise analysis of the key findings which are well contextualized within current economic and global business environments."

Dr. Yvonne McNulty on Brookfield's Flexible policy in Practice survey, which scored highly as a topic of interest for HR professionals and readability: "So well written - a very exceptional job done here. It is practical and relevant with a case study approach. Overall this report is appealing to its target audience (HR) with real life examples and an honest take on a difficult area of HR management. It deserves a top five spot!"

Highlights from the award-winning reports

Expatica HR currently features the highlights of the  top ranking surveys and will feature highlights of all the five award-winning surveys separately over the next few weeks.

Types of survey included in the awards
The awards recognise excellence across the entire HR spectrum including, but not limited to, international HRM, international management, compensation, policy and practices, technology, training, measurement, and talent management.

Selection process
Expatica applies a two-tier selection and judging process which requires entrants to meet a set of essential and desirable judging criteria in each award category.

The criteria are as follows: 

• Findings:  Does the survey contribute new findings on a topic of interest to HR professionals? Is the survey based on a current ‘hot topic' in HR? Are the survey findings novel or unique, cutting edge, and/or representative of findings that are under-researched or undeveloped?
• Methodology:  Does the survey use a rigorous methodology? Is the sample large enough to be representative of the general population? Is the method of data collection appropriate for the topic being investigated?  Is the sample appropriate for the topic being investigated?  Is methodological information easy to find and clearly articulated?
• Readability:  Is the survey easy to read and digest? Does the design and layout lend itself to a ‘quick read' or for use as a reference guide? Are page numbers, table of contents, and indexes available and accurate?
• Quality of the data: Does the survey provide data that is of value to HR professionals? Can qualitative data be verified with quantitative evidence? Does it satisfy the ‘so-what?' question in terms of investigating a topic of relevance to the profession?
• Willingness to have data scrutinised:  Is the submitting organisation willing to answer questions from the judging panel regarding verification of the survey data?

Panel of judges
Barbara Parry, Expatriate Consulting, Noeleen Doherty, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, United Kingdom. Stefan Mol, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Yvonne McNulty, School of Business at James Cook University, Singapore, Kaye Thorn, Department of Management and International Business, Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand and Natasha Gunn, Editor Expatica HR and Editor-in-Chief Expatica.com.

Any surveys published after 30 June 2011 up until June 2012, will be eligible for our 2011/ 2012 awards. We will send out a call for submissions in the first quarter of 2012.

About Expatica HR
Expatica HR provides advice and information to over 13,000 HR professionals worldwide. The channels keep you up to date with the latest news, trends and best practices in mobility management, and include features on tax and finance across borders, expatriate support, relocation and the international job marketplace.

Expatica also organises conferences to keep HR professionals in tune with the latest rules and regulations governing cross-border working and best practices in expatriate management.

For more information on the HR Awards, visit our dedicated website www.expatica.com/hr/awards/, or contact Natasha Gunn at natasha.gunn@expatica.com.