Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Preferred Frequency of Communication about University Initiatives
		Preferred Frequency
		Immediately, as info is available (1)		Weekly (2)		Monthly (3)		Once a term (4)		Twice a year (5)		Once a year (6)
Employee Type	N	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Classified Staff	156	39	25.0%	44	28.2%	40	25.6%	22	14.1%	6	3.8%	5	3.2%
Part-time Faculty	35	6	17.1%	7	20.0%	10	28.6%	8	22.9%	2	5.7%	2	5.7%
Full-time Faculty	398	108	27.1%	76	19.1%	117	29.4%	69	17.3%	15	3.8%	13	3.3%
Administrators	30	10	33.3%	4	13.3%	9	30.0%	7	23.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
All Respondents	623	164	26.3%	131	21.0%	178	28.6%	107	17.2%	23	3.7%	20	3.2%
Preferred Frequency of Communication about Employment or Personnel Information
		Preferred Frequency
		Immediately, as info is available (1)		Weekly (2)		Monthly (3)		Once a term (4)		Twice a year (5)		Once a year (6)
Employee Type	N	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Classified Staff	155	82	52.9%	28	18.1%	29	18.7%	11	7.1%	3	1.9%	2	1.3%
Part-time Faculty	34	12	35.3%	7	20.6%	8	23.5%	4	11.8%	1	2.9%	2	5.9%
Full-time Faculty	399	159	39.8%	71	17.8%	107	26.8%	42	10.5%	11	2.8%	9	2.3%
Administrators	29	9	31.0%	5	17.2%	9	31.0%	6	20.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
All Respondents	621	262	42.2%	113	18.2%	153	24.6%	64	10.3%	15	2.4%	14	2.3%
Preferred Frequency of Communication about Current News and Events
		Preferred Frequency
		Immediately, as info is available (1)		Weekly (2)		Monthly (3)		Once a term (4)		Twice a year (5)		Once a year (6)
Employee Type	N	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Classified Staff	157	57	36.3%	75	47.8%	21	13.4%	2	1.3%	1	0.6%	1	0.6%
Part-time Faculty	34	3	8.8%	19	55.9%	9	26.5%	2	5.9%	0	0.0%	1	2.9%
Full-time Faculty	398	95	23.9%	208	52.3%	75	18.8%	13	3.3%	2	0.5%	5	1.3%
Administrators	30	11	36.7%	13	43.3%	5	16.7%	1	3.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
All Respondents	623	168	27.0%	315	50.6%	112	18.0%	18	2.9%	3	0.5%	7	1.1%