Rather than trying to improve all dimensions at once, I encourage companies to focus only on one or two critical items with each survey cycle (another reason to ideally conduct them once or twice a year).

FORBES: Employee Survey Success: The 3 A's of Employee Satisfaction Surveys

About one-quarter of organizations have a written policy on political activities, according to a survey conducted during the last presidential election cycle by the Society for Human Resource Management, an Alexandria, Va.

WSJ: At Work, Keep Your Political Views to Yourself

This survey (which the Pew people have conducted in each presidential cycle since 1996) has provided the premise for a number of news stories raising concerns about the younger generation's information diet: by getting information directly from topical comics, the metaphorical argument goes, they are skipping their spinach and going straight for the pumpkin pie.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Strange Bedfellows'

Six percent of private colleges were need-blind in the regular admissions cycle but became need-aware once they started admitting students from the waitlist, a 2008 survey by the National Association for College Admission Counseling said.

WSJ: College Waitlists Offer Little Hope