Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Full-time Unclassified Employees
Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Current News and Events
    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 8 4.1% 25 12.7% 93 47.2% 71 36.0%
Non-Teaching 6 3.3% 20 11.0% 63 34.6% 93 51.1%
E-mail list-servs 
Teaching / Research 16 8.4% 28 14.7% 86 45.0% 61 31.9%
Non-Teaching 10 5.6% 19 10.7% 68 38.2% 81 45.5%
Paper memos 
Teaching / Research 50 26.5% 51 27.0% 66 34.9% 22 11.6%
Non-Teaching 51 29.1% 62 35.4% 45 25.7% 17 9.7%
Paper flyers 
Teaching / Research 58 30.4% 52 27.2% 62 32.5% 19 9.9%
Non-Teaching 53 29.9% 68 38.4% 38 21.5% 18 10.2%
PSU Web-site 
Teaching / Research 27 13.7% 51 25.9% 78 39.6% 41 20.8%
Non-Teaching 18 9.6% 33 17.6% 76 40.4% 61 32.4%
Broadcast announcements 
via voice-mail  Teaching / Research 50 27.2% 39 21.2% 42 22.8% 53 28.8%
Non-Teaching 30 17.6% 27 15.9% 54 31.8% 59 34.7%
Broadcast announcements 
via e-mail  Teaching / Research 15 8.0% 25 13.4% 83 44.4% 64 34.2%
Non-Teaching 5 2.7% 23 12.6% 72 39.3% 83 45.4%
Informal conversations with 
colleagues or co-workers  Teaching / Research 23 11.9% 44 22.8% 88 45.6% 38 19.7%
Non-Teaching 18 9.6% 40 21.4% 82 43.9% 47 25.1%
Department or staff meetings 
Teaching / Research 15 7.9% 40 21.2% 79 41.8% 55 29.1%
Non-Teaching 13 7.3% 35 19.7% 76 42.7% 54 30.3%
Informal conversation with your 
 supervisor or department chair  Teaching / Research 30 15.9% 42 22.2% 70 37.0% 47 24.9%
Non-Teaching 17 9.7% 33 18.8% 79 44.9% 47 26.7%
Administrative briefings 
Teaching / Research 30 22.9% 47 35.9% 38 29.0% 16 12.2%
Non-Teaching 17 12.0% 35 24.6% 57 40.1% 33 23.2%
Brown bag lunches or discussion  
roundtables Teaching / Research 39 26.4% 52 35.1% 42 28.4% 15 10.1%
Non-Teaching 26 19.0% 54 39.4% 40 29.2% 17 12.4%
Campus-wide events such as the 
symposium or convocation  Teaching / Research 39 23.2% 46 27.4% 57 33.9% 26 15.5%
  Non-Teaching 24 15.3% 53 33.8% 55 35.0% 25 15.9%