2006 Employee Satisfaction Survey

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University of Louisville
University of Louisville
2006 Employee Satisfaction Survey
www.deyta.com Norwood Office Park 7400 New
LaGrange Rd Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40222 502
896 8438 ph 502 896 0718 fax
Prepared by
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The University of Louisville periodically
measures satisfaction among Faculty and Staff,
with the following goals
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Participants express their opinions by marking
the level of agreement held for each survey
question. The top two survey responses (45)
combine for the percent satisfied with an issue.
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Combined University 42.3
ELIGIBLE
RESPONSES
Faculty Rate 33.0
Staff Rate 47.9
ELIGIBLE
ELIGIBLE
RESPONSES
RESPONSES
Faculty participation has fallen considerably
from 2003 (44) and 2000 (41)
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Faculty Survey
Staff Survey
Academic Unit Sent Ret. Percent
Unit Sent Ret. Percent
Libraries School of Public Health School of
Law College of Ed. Human Dev. College of Arts
Sciences Speed Scientific School School of
Medicine School of Nursing School of
Dentistry College of Bus. Pub. Admin. School of
Music Kent School of Social Work
42 31 40 183 498 106 751 50 139 120 73 70
27 15 15 68 176 37 237 15 40 33 20 11
64 48 38 37 35 35 32 30 29 28 27 16
School of Nursing School of Law College of Ed.
Human Dev. Student Affairs School of Public
Health Provost Kent School of Social
Work University Advancement College of Bus.
Pub. Admin College of Arts Sciences Information
Technology Libraries School of Dentistry Speed
Scientific School School of Medicine President Res
earch Administration OPB a.k.a.
VPF Intercollegiate Athletics School of
Music Graduate School VPFA a.k.a. VPA (Owsley)
17 27 69 143 33 128 31 99 70 167 184 77 174 97 1,2
55 13 65 74 165 15 14 603
13 19 43 87 20 76 18 56 39 91 100 41 85 47 594 6 2
8 31 69 6 5 210
76 70 62 61 61 59 58 57 56 54 54 53 49
48 47 46 43 42 42 40 36 35
For departments returning at least five surveys.
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96.0 CORRELATION
By Administrative Code (Faculty, Professional
Non-Faculty, Skilled Crafts, etc.)
Percentage of records in survey file (responses)
Percentage of records in source file (download)
99.6 CORRELATION
By Departmental Code (Cardiology, Pathology, HCS
Grounds Maintenance, etc. grouped together
using the first two digits of each departments
ID number)
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Gender
Ethnicity
Length of Service
Long-Term Commitment
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Gender
Highest Education
Rank at University
Status at University
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Job Type
Gender
Highest Education
Length of Service
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Results OverviewUniversity Totals
Results OverviewUniversity Totals
Note that not all questions were asked of both
Faculty and Staff. On reports showing combined
Faculty and Staff results, only those questions
shared between both surveys will be considered.
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I like my job at U of L
This is a significant improvement over 2003 (3.97)
2000 Score
2000 Score
Individually, Faculty and Staff results for this
question do not show a significant improvement.
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• Each of the lowest rated survey results observed
  in 2006 receives an average score that is
  significantly higher this year than in 2003.
• Improvement opportunities are still evident in
  many areas however, these results suggest
  encouraging outcomes for efforts applied since
  the last survey period.

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In a comparison of African American survey
responses to results from Whites (the two largest
demographic groups among respondents), African
American results tend to be significantly below
Whites on select factors.
Significant differences between Whites and
African Americans are most noticeable within
Staff Survey responses. For Faculty and Staff,
questions involving affirmative action, fairness
in pay and advancement opportunities, and support
of diversity are rated more critically by African
American respondents. Nevertheless, survey
comments include observations from university
employees that they perceive reverse
discrimination on campus.
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Results OverviewFaculty Totals
Results OverviewFaculty Totals
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• Responding Faculty are most satisfied with their
  level of participation in department-level
  affairs and with the respect afforded by
  leadership and peers.
• Note that only 17 out of 71 Faculty survey
  questions exceed 4.00 out of 5.00 on most
  issues, only 75 or fewer respondents Agree or
  Strongly Agree.

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• Relatively few Faculty respondents agree that
  they have benefited from mentoring opportunities
  this finding is similar to the result observed in
  2003.
• Faculty remain critical of compensation, though
  some increase in score can be seen.
• More work is needed to improve Faculty confidence
  in leadership support.

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13 significant differences found 6 are higher
for Full-Time, 7 are higher for Part-Time.
13 significant differences found 6 are higher
for Full-Time, 7 are higher for Part-Time.
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Labs, class / work area, and building well
maintained
Challenge for Excellence will lead to
improvements
Working conditions have improved (last five years)
Dept. / school is staffed to cover regular
workloads
Significantly higher for All Others
I have benefited from a mentoring opportunity
Arrangement of labs, class / work area lets me do
job
Univ. practices affirmative action in hiring /
promotion
Significantly lower for All Others
University does not discriminate against employees
Co-workers in dept. / school respect emp.
diversity
Can exercise my academic freedom at this
university
Factors showing strongest statistically
significant differences in average score.
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On most issues, satisfaction tends to decrease as
length of service increases.
The trends for top Key Satisfaction Drivers are
shown here
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Faculty return numerous comments covering a
variety of topics.
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