Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Full-time Unclassified Employees
Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Employment or Personnel Information 
    Effectiveness
Very ineffective (1) Somewhat ineffective (2) Somewhat effective (3) Very effective (4)
Communication Method Employee Type n % n % n % n %
Electronic newsletters 
Teaching / Research 13 7.3% 26 14.5% 85 47.5% 55 30.7%
Non-Teaching 9 5.4% 21 12.7% 60 36.1% 76 45.8%
E-mail list-servs 
Teaching / Research 16 8.9% 40 22.3% 69 38.5% 54 30.2%
Non-Teaching 10 5.8% 26 15.0% 59 34.1% 78 45.1%
Paper memos 
Teaching / Research 45 23.9% 33 17.6% 78 41.5% 32 17.0%
Non-Teaching 44 26.0% 49 29.0% 50 29.6% 26 15.4%
Paper flyers 
Teaching / Research 60 32.6% 46 25.0% 62 33.7% 16 8.7%
Non-Teaching 56 33.3% 60 35.7% 36 21.4% 16 9.5%
PSU Web-site 
Teaching / Research 28 15.0% 58 31.0% 71 38.0% 30 16.0%
Non-Teaching 31 16.3% 45 23.7% 67 35.3% 47 24.7%
Broadcast announcements 
via voice-mail  Teaching / Research 59 36.0% 30 18.3% 39 23.8% 36 22.0%
Non-Teaching 39 25.0% 29 18.6% 45 28.8% 43 27.6%
Broadcast announcements 
via e-mail  Teaching / Research 18 10.2% 23 13.0% 75 42.4% 61 34.5%
Non-Teaching 10 5.7% 19 10.9% 68 39.1% 77 44.3%
Informal conversations with 
colleagues or co-workers  Teaching / Research 36 19.5% 47 25.4% 72 38.9% 30 16.2%
Non-Teaching 28 15.4% 43 23.6% 75 41.2% 36 19.8%
Department or staff meetings 
Teaching / Research 30 16.8% 44 24.6% 61 34.1% 44 24.6%
Non-Teaching 14 8.2% 33 19.4% 76 44.7% 47 27.6%
Informal conversation with your 
 supervisor or department chair  Teaching / Research 36 20.3% 48 27.1% 60 33.9% 33 18.6%
Non-Teaching 19 10.7% 35 19.8% 75 42.4% 48 27.1%
Administrative briefings 
Teaching / Research 27 21.1% 44 34.4% 38 29.7% 19 14.8%
Non-Teaching 13 8.8% 26 17.6% 56 37.8% 53 35.8%
Brown bag lunches or discussion  
roundtables Teaching / Research 46 30.3% 47 30.9% 47 30.9% 12 7.9%
Non-Teaching 25 17.6% 41 28.9% 52 36.6% 24 16.9%
Campus-wide events such as the 
symposium or convocation  Teaching / Research 53 33.5% 52 32.9% 38 24.1% 15 9.5%
  Non-Teaching 33 21.7% 48 31.6% 47 30.9% 24 15.8%