Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-8-2012

Keywords

Staff, employees, employee survey, staff climate survey, climate survey, staff engagement, staff diversity, diversity, minorities, equal opportunity, diversity climate, gender equity, discrimination, professional staff, race, ethnicity, employees of color, sexual orientation, LGBT, LGBO, multiculturalism

Abstract

BACKGROUND In order to continue to improve Western’s campus climate and employee engagement and to enhance the University’s commitment to diversity, President Shepard facilitated the distribution of a Staff Engagement and Diversity Climate Survey (Staff Survey) on October 31, 2012. Western had conducted similar studies for faculty and students, and it was critical that the views and opinions of classified and professional staff also be collected in order to identify areas in need of improvement, work on those areas, and ascertain progress. The Human Resources Office developed a 49 item survey instrument addressing issues of staff engagement. The Equal Opportunity Office, modeling a number of important questions asked in the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Faculty Survey, added an additional 33 questions on diversity climate. The total survey instrument contained 82 items. This survey reflects Western’s commitment to supporting diverse staff, and its desire to be responsive to the priorities of campus groups, including the Professional Staff Organization (PSO), the Minority Employee Council (MEC), and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advocacy Council (LGBTAC). The Staff Survey asked about wide-ranging subjects including many possible areas of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, areas of possible stress, Western’s priorities, campus climate, discrimination and the values placed by both staff and Western as an institution on issues of diversity.

Identifier

461

Publisher

Digital object produced by Office of Survey Research, Western Washington University, and made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Universities and colleges--Employees--Minorities--Washington (State)--Statitics; Universities and colleges--Employees--Minorities--Washington (State)--Atittudes;

Genre/Form

Reports

Type

Text

Rights

This resource is provided for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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