Employee Communication Preferences Survey
Spring 2007
Sorted by Means for All Respondants
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand University Initiatives
	Classified Staff				Part-time Faculty				Full-time Faculty				Administrators				All Respondents
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Broadcast announcements via e-mail	155	3.25	0.78		31	3.29	0.64		387	3.27	0.78		30	3.27	0.91		605	3.26	0.78
Electronic newsletters	154	3.26	0.81		29	3.34	0.81		374	3.25	0.77		28	2.96	0.92		588	3.24	0.80
E-mail list-servs	143	3.22	0.83		27	2.93	0.92		374	3.06	0.90		30	3.10	0.96		577	3.10	0.89
Department or staff meetings	146	2.85	0.97		21	2.86	1.01		383	3.06	0.91		30	3.20	0.71		583	3.01	0.93
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	149	2.80	1.01		27	2.56	1.09		379	2.92	0.99		29	2.86	0.83		587	2.87	0.99
PSU Web-site	156	2.88	0.89		34	3.03	0.94		388	2.73	0.93		29	2.69	0.85		610	2.78	0.92
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail¹	147	2.70	1.17		23	2.13	1.18		371	2.83	1.12		28	3.07	1.15		571	2.78	1.14
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	149	2.65	1.01		29	2.69	1.07		387	2.81	0.98		29	2.76	0.95		597	2.76	0.99
Administrative briefings	117	2.68	0.94		16	2.38	1.02		287	2.71	0.96		30	2.83	1.09		451	2.70	0.96
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation	114	2.48	0.89		22	2.86	0.83		367	2.65	0.95		27	2.74	0.76		532	2.62	0.92
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables	105	2.41	0.98		17	2.59	1.12		310	2.48	0.94		25	2.36	0.76		458	2.46	0.95
Paper memos	146	2.21	0.95		29	2.48	0.91		363	2.34	0.99		30	2.47	0.97		571	2.32	0.97
Paper flyers	145	2.08	0.94		31	2.42	0.89		369	2.14	0.93		29	2.28	0.80		577	2.15	0.93
¹ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc tests indicate that part-time faculty differ significantly from administrators and full-time faculty; p<.05.
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Employment or Personnel Information
	Classified Staff				Part-time Faculty				Full-time Faculty				Administrators				All Respondents
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Broadcast announcements via e-mail	144	3.23	0.88		25	2.84	1.07		351	3.11	0.91		28	3.14	0.93		550	3.13	0.91
Electronic newsletters	142	3.07	0.96		29	3.10	0.90		345	3.12	0.87		27	2.93	0.83		545	3.09	0.89
E-mail list-servs	141	3.15	0.95		27	2.96	0.85		352	3.04	0.93		29	3.14	0.95		551	3.07	0.93
Department or staff meetings	141	2.73	0.95		17	2.53	1.23		349	2.79	0.97		28	2.79	0.83		537	2.77	0.97
PSU Web-site	152	2.83	0.97		30	2.90	0.80		377	2.62	0.98		28	2.71	1.01		590	2.69	0.98
Administrative briefings	110	2.59	0.97		12	2.42	1.00		276	2.72	1.01		28	2.75	1.08		427	2.68	1.00
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	138	2.63	1.00		26	2.46	1.14		354	2.68	0.99		28	2.57	0.88		548	2.66	1.00
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	149	2.53	1.00		26	2.54	1.03		367	2.59	0.98		28	2.39	0.83		572	2.56	0.98
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail²	124	2.53	1.19		23	1.74	0.92		320	2.45	1.17		25	2.84	0.99		494	2.46	1.16
Paper memos	142	2.32	1.03		29	2.66	1.04		357	2.43	1.04		28	2.71	0.90		558	2.43	1.03
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables	100	2.41	1.10		14	2.50	1.02		294	2.34	0.98		23	1.96	0.82		432	2.34	1.00
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation	103	2.35	1.04		16	2.44	1.03		310	2.25	1.00		25	2.52	1.08		455	2.29	1.01
Paper flyers	139	2.09	0.98		28	2.04	1.00		352	2.13	0.98		27	2.37	0.74		548	2.13	0.97
²ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc tests indicate that part-time faculty differ significantly from all other employee types; p<.05.
Mean Effectiveness of Various Communication Methods in Helping to Understand Current News and Events
	Classified Staff				Part-time Faculty				Full-time Faculty				Administrators				All Respondents
Communication Method	N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD		N	M	SD
Electronic newsletters	150	3.29	0.78		30	3.47	0.68		379	3.24	0.80		27	3.19	0.73		588	3.26	0.79
Broadcast announcements via e-mail	145	3.19	0.91		25	3.28	0.84		370	3.16	0.85		27	3.26	0.66		570	3.18	0.86
E-mail list-servs	142	3.27	0.82		27	3.19	0.88		369	3.12	0.88		28	3.07	0.72		569	3.15	0.86
Department or staff meetings	143	2.78	1.02		18	2.61	1.09		367	2.94	0.90		28	2.96	0.88		559	2.89	0.94
PSU Web-site	152	3.04	0.86		30	3.10	0.84		385	2.81	0.96		28	2.86	0.85		598	2.88	0.93
Informal conversation with your supervisor or department chair	139	2.71	0.98		26	2.54	1.03		365	2.79	0.97		26	2.69	0.93		559	2.76	0.97
Informal conversations with colleagues or co-workers	144	2.63	0.95		28	2.50	0.84		380	2.79	0.91		27	2.67	0.88		582	2.73	0.92
Broadcast announcements via voice-mail³	133	2.61	1.17		21	1.81	1.03		354	2.68	1.14		26	3.00	1.10		537	2.64	1.15
Administrative briefings	103	2.49	0.99		13	2.08	1.12		273	2.53	0.98		27	2.63	1.04		417	2.52	0.99
Campus-wide events such as the symposium or convocation	100	2.33	0.93		19	2.58	1.12		325	2.46	0.98		25	2.60	0.87		471	2.44	0.97
Brown bag lunches or discussion roundtables	102	2.32	0.99		17	2.18	1.01		285	2.28	0.94		22	2.05	0.79		427	2.28	0.95
Paper memos	141	2.13	1.01		28	2.32	1.06		364	2.24	0.98		28	2.43	0.88		564	2.23	0.98
Paper flyers	142	2.18	0.96		30	2.43	1.07		368	2.17	0.97		27	2.30	0.72		570	2.19	0.96
³ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc tests indicate that part-time faculty differ significantly from all other employee types; p<.05.