Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Full-time Unclassified Employees
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand University Initiatives
	Teaching / Research				Non-Teaching
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Electronic newsletters	193	3.16	0.73		181	3.34	0.81
E-mail list-servs	191	2.99	0.91		183	3.14	0.88
Paper memos	186	2.44	1.01		177	2.24	0.96
Paper flyers	190	2.21	0.95		179	2.06	0.92
PSU Web-site	197	2.61	0.93		191	2.85	0.91
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail*	192	2.74	1.16		179	2.93	1.08
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	197	3.14	0.81		190	3.40	0.72
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	196	2.85	0.96		191	2.76	1.00
Department or staff meetings	197	3.07	0.92		186	3.05	0.90
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	193	2.88	1.05		186	2.97	0.92
Administrative briefings*	132	2.43	0.95		155	2.95	0.90
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables*	161	2.37	0.93		149	2.61	0.94
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation*	191	2.50	0.93		176	2.80	0.94
*T-tests indicate that teaching/research faculty differ significantly from non-teaching faculty; p<.05.
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Employment or Personnel Information
	Teaching / Research				Non-Teaching
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Electronic newsletters	179	3.02	0.86		166	3.22	0.87
E-mail list-servs*	179	2.90	0.94		173	3.19	0.90
Paper memos	188	2.52	1.04		169	2.34	1.03
Paper flyers	184	2.18	0.99		168	2.07	0.96
PSU Web-site	187	2.55	0.93		190	2.68	1.02
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail*	164	2.32	1.18		156	2.59	1.14
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	177	3.01	0.94		174	3.22	0.86
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	185	2.52	0.98		182	2.65	0.97
Department or staff meetings*	179	2.66	1.03		170	2.92	0.89
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair*	177	2.51	1.02		177	2.86	0.94
Administrative briefings*	128	2.38	0.98		148	3.01	0.94
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables*	152	2.16	0.95		142	2.53	0.97
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation*	158	2.09	0.98		152	2.41	1.00
*T-tests indicate that teaching/research faculty differ significantly from non-teaching faculty; p<.05.
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Current News and Events
	Teaching / Research				Non-Teaching
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Electronic newsletters	197	3.15	0.79		182	3.34	0.80
E-mail list-servs*	191	3.01	0.90		178	3.24	0.86
Paper memos	189	2.32	0.99		175	2.16	0.96
Paper flyers	191	2.22	0.99		177	2.12	0.95
PSU Web-site*	197	2.68	0.96		188	2.96	0.94
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail*	184	2.53	1.17		170	2.84	1.09
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	187	3.05	0.89		183	3.27	0.79
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	193	2.73	0.91		187	2.84	0.91
Department or staff meetings	189	2.92	0.90		178	2.96	0.89
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	189	2.71	1.01		176	2.89	0.91
Administrative briefings*	131	2.31	0.96		142	2.75	0.95
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables	148	2.22	0.95		137	2.35	0.93
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation	168	2.42	1.01		157	2.52	0.94
*T-tests indicate that teaching/research faculty differ significantly from non-teaching faculty; p<.05.