Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.75
Liaison Josh Lasky
Submission Date Feb. 23, 2018
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STARS v2.1

George Washington University
PA-12: Assessing Employee Satisfaction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.28 / 1.00 Kim Carusone
Manager, Human Resources Communications
Human Resources
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Has the institution conducted a survey or other evaluation that allows for anonymous feedback to measure employee satisfaction and engagement during the previous three years?:
Yes

Percentage of employees (staff and faculty) assessed, directly or by representative sample (0-100):
27.50

A brief description of the institution’s methodology for evaluating employee satisfaction and engagement:
GW regularly participates in The Chronicle of Higher Education's Great Colleges to Work For Survey. The Great Colleges to Work For Program - sponsored by The Chronicle of Higher Education and ModernThink LLC, a leader in assessing workplace quality, provides senior-level administrators and academic leaders with insights on the quality of the workplace experience and the competitiveness of their workplace policies. In 2017, GW surveyed 600 employees using this instrument. In addition, GW participated in the Washington Post's Top Workplaces engagement survey of 1000 employees to gather data on our employee engagement.

A brief description of the mechanism(s) by which the institution addresses issues raised by the evaluation (including examples from the previous three years):
The data was used to recommend to leadership that the entire employee population be surveyed next year, and that detailed results be purchased in order to understand the drivers behind engagement at GW.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In fall 2015 GW received the Washington Business Journal's Healthiest Employers award. More details at: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2015/08/here-are-the-regions-healthiest-employers.html GW recently received the AWLP Seal of Distinction for 2016, for the fourth year in a row. Details can be found at https://hr.gwu.edu/work-life-and-wellness-awards We also received the American Heart Association Fit Friendly Platinum designation in 2016. GW participated in the Partnership for a Healthier America Healthy Campus Initiative. More details at: https://www.ahealthieramerica.org/articles/healthier-campus-initiative-146

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