Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.83
Liaison Leslie North
Submission Date Jan. 9, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Western Kentucky University
PA-10: Assessing Employee Satisfaction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.21 / 1.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Has the institution conducted an employee satisfaction and engagement survey or other evaluation that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

The percentage of employees (staff and faculty) assessed, directly or by representative sample:
21

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

The WKU Staff Council administers a Staff Satisfaction Survey. The Staff Satisfaction Survey is distributed periodically to WKU Part-Time and Full-Time Staff Members to measure feelings regarding specific facets of the job as well as overall job satisfaction. In 2011 a survey was administered to all campus staff. In 2012, a survey was administered specifically to Facilities Management staff. The 2012 survey was administered at Facilities staff meetings. The response rate was 74.8%.


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 Staff Council participated in the development of the Strategic Plan, representing staff desires and needs. As a result of the Facilities survey, they have conducted meetings with Facilities groups to learn how they can help improve working conditions and address specific issues (health care, wages, other benefits).


The year the employee satisfaction and engagement evaluation was last administered:
2,012

The website URL where information about the institution’s employee satisfaction and engagement assessment is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This has been for STAFF ONLY. The 74.8% response rate above is for the 2012 survey, administered to Facilities Management staff. The 2011 survey, available for response by all campus full and part time STAFF, had a 21% response rate.


This has been for STAFF ONLY. The 74.8% response rate above is for the 2012 survey, administered to Facilities Management staff. The 2011 survey, available for response by all campus full and part time STAFF, had a 21% response rate.

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