Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Full-time Unclassified Employees
Sorted by Means for Teaching/Research Faculty
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
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	197	3.14	0.81		190	3.40	0.72
Department or staff meetings	197	3.07	0.92		186	3.05	0.90
E-mail list-servs	191	2.99	0.91		183	3.14	0.88
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	193	2.88	1.05		186	2.97	0.92
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	196	2.85	0.96		191	2.76	1.00
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail*	192	2.74	1.16		179	2.93	1.08
PSU Web-site	197	2.61	0.93		191	2.85	0.91
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation*	191	2.50	0.93		176	2.80	0.94
Paper memos	186	2.44	1.01		177	2.24	0.96
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
Paper flyers	190	2.21	0.95		179	2.06	0.92
*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
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	177	3.01	0.94		174	3.22	0.86
E-mail list-servs*	179	2.90	0.94		173	3.19	0.90
Department or staff meetings*	179	2.66	1.03		170	2.92	0.89
PSU Web-site	187	2.55	0.93		190	2.68	1.02
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	185	2.52	0.98		182	2.65	0.97
Paper memos	188	2.52	1.04		169	2.34	1.03
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
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail*	164	2.32	1.18		156	2.59	1.14
Paper flyers	184	2.18	0.99		168	2.07	0.96
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
Broadcast announcements via e-mail*	187	3.05	0.89		183	3.27	0.79
E-mail list-servs*	191	3.01	0.90		178	3.24	0.86
Department or staff meetings	189	2.92	0.90		178	2.96	0.89
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	193	2.73	0.91		187	2.84	0.91
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	189	2.71	1.01		176	2.89	0.91
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
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation	168	2.42	1.01		157	2.52	0.94
Paper memos	189	2.32	0.99		175	2.16	0.96
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
Paper flyers	191	2.22	0.99		177	2.12	0.95
*T-tests indicate that teaching/research faculty differ significantly from non-teaching faculty; p<.05.