is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 national business research institute type corporation founded 1982 1982 founder jan g. west ph.d. headquarters plano texas united states key people jan g. west ph.d. ceo ken west ph.d. coo services survey research services organizational assessment customer surveys customer satisfaction surveys employee surveys employee engagement surveys employee satisfaction surveys market research political research number of employees 300 website nbrii.com the national business research institute abbreviated nbri is a global survey research and consulting organization founded in 1982 and headquartered in plano texas united states . the firm is known for scientific psychological research benchmarking data and root cause analyses specifically in the area of organizational assessment . the company conducts customer and employee surveys market research and political research related to organizational behavior . nbri provides survey instrument design and anlaysis services as well as survey administration and hosting . nbri has provided research services for the gaming 1 banking and diet 2 industries . history edit the company was founded by organizational psychologist dr. jan g. west . over the next few decades nbri developed standardized questions for specific surveys . in time the company amassed a large database of responses to these standardized questions . nbri s database includes responses from the customers and employees of approximately one third of all of the ultimate parent companies in the united states . the responses to these questions have been branded nbrinorms and are used as benchmarks . resident psychologists edit nbri employs resident ph.d. organizational psychologists with experience in the business application of psychological research . resident nbri psychologists have presented at the oxford round table 3 dr. west s writings have been referenced by the new york times 4 as well as other publications . references edit understanding gaming player development in winners and losers reuters new study reveals major disparities in costs of weight loss programs prweb dr. cynthia reed presents paper at oxford university ny times productivity tips at ny times retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national business research institute & oldid 726880724 categories companies based in plano texashidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 june 2016 at 01 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view