Employee attitude surveys: Examining the attitudes of noncompliant employees

Employees (N = 194) from a wide variety of organizations participated in th is study aimed at describing the attitudes of individuals who refuse to res pond to an employee survey request (noncompliants). Noncompliants, in compa rison with those individuals who would comply with the survey request, poss essed greater intentions to quit, less organizational commitment, and less satisfaction toward supervisors and their own jobs. Noncompliants also poss essed more negative beliefs regarding how their organization handles employ ee survey data (e.g., does not act on survey data). No significant differen ces were found for work-related demographic variables, satisfaction with pa y, and satisfaction with promotion opportunities. Implications for sun ey r esearch are discussed along with methods to address nonresponse and noncomp liance.