Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.84
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
PA-13: Assessing Employee Satisfaction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Morgan Hartman
Recycling Coordinator
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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 assessed, directly or by representative sample:
100

A brief description of the institution’s methodology for evaluating employee satisfaction and engagement:

The University of Nebraska engaged with Gallup to distribute a survey across the Nebraska system to student, faculty, and staff to create a baseline assessment of the campus climate in the Fall of 2021. The University of Nebraska system consists of 4 campuses, of which UNL is one of. 6,250 Faculty, Staff, and Administrators across the system responded to the survey. The total population of faculty and staff for the NU System is 16,000 - a 39% response rate. The number of responses by campus was not provided, but the responses to each question were broken out by each campus.

UNL also conducted a Future of Work study in Spring 2022. Through the survey, UNL’s Future of Work committee is sought input from staff regarding their work experiences and satisfaction through an anonymous survey. Data collected is intended to help campus leadership better understand lessons learned about working through the COVID-19 pandemic and how to apply those lessons to future work settings and policies.


A brief description of the mechanism(s) by which the institution addresses issues raised by the evaluation:

Administrators at each campus are responsible for reviewing data and providing an action plan to address any immediate areas of concern. This survey was meant to serve as a baseline measurement against future surveys, meant to be distributed on a regular basis.


Website URL where information about the employee satisfaction and engagement evaluation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Additional surveys have been conducted in 2021 and 2022 related to faculty and staff wellness and the future of work. The results of those surveys have not been publicly released.

Mental Health and Wellness Survey completed Fall 2021: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/mental-health-wellness-survey-launched-for-faculty-staff/
The Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women distributed a survey to faculty and staff to gather data on faculty/staff mental health and well-being. The results have not been shared publicly to date, but are being reviewed by the administration to determine appropriate action steps.

Future of Work survey completed Spring 2022: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/staff-input-sought-for-future-of-work-survey/
The intention of the Future of Work survey is to provide data to administrators in crafting work policies for hybrid and remote work.


Additional surveys have been conducted in 2021 and 2022 related to faculty and staff wellness and the future of work. The results of those surveys have not been publicly released.

Mental Health and Wellness Survey completed Fall 2021: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/mental-health-wellness-survey-launched-for-faculty-staff/
The Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women distributed a survey to faculty and staff to gather data on faculty/staff mental health and well-being. The results have not been shared publicly to date, but are being reviewed by the administration to determine appropriate action steps.

Future of Work survey completed Spring 2022: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/staff-input-sought-for-future-of-work-survey/
The intention of the Future of Work survey is to provide data to administrators in crafting work policies for hybrid and remote work.

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