SURVEY OF FULL TIME UAS JUNEAU ACADEMIC STAFF ABOUT WORKSPACE

  1. In which UAS building is your primary workspace located?

    Valid Missing Mean
    5 0 NA
    Anderson Building : 0
    Egan Library : 0
    Egan Classroom Wing : 0
    Hendrickson Building : 1
     
    Hendrickson Annex : 0
    Hendrickson Annex Extension (education) : 0
    Mourant Building : 2
     
    Natural Sciences Research Lab : 0
    Novatney Building : 0
    Soboleff Building : 1
     
    Soboleff Annex : 0
    Student Recreation Center : 0
    Technical Education Center : 0
    Whitehead Building : 1
     
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  3.  Which UAS academic unit are you in?

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    5 0 NA
    School of Arts and Sciences : 2
     
    School of Career Education : 0
    School of Education : 2
     
    Egan Library : 1
     
    School of Management : 0
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  5.  How long have you been employed at UAS?  (choose one)

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    5 0 NA
    Less than one year : 1
     
    1-3 years : 3
     
    4-8 years : 1
     
    9-12 years : 0
    13 years or more : 0
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  7. In thinking about the location of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preference (1=highest)

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    5 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 2
     
    6 : 1
     
    7 : 1
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to space for group meetings (e.g. conference room)
    1 : 0
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 0
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 1
     
    unranked : 0

    Close to convenient parking
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    6 : 2
     
    7 : 2
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to other staff members in your department or program
    1 : 0
    2 : 3
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to school leadership (e.g. dean/director)
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 0
    7 : 1
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to areas frequented by students
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 0
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    6 : 1
     
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Access to shared resources (e.g. printer/copier, kitchenette)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 3
     
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 0
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x1576a0c)
    Co-location important among faculty & staff
    Selected: ARRAY(0x157b304)
    Private and quiet
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  9. In thinking about the design of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preferences (1=highest)

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    5 0 NA
    Ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard
    1 : 3
     
    2 : 2
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Quiet space for focused work
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 3
     
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Sufficient space for materials or equipment associated with your duties
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 5
     
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Space for personal file cabinets
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 4
     
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x15769ec)
    Private offices important for staff who rank above admin asst
    Selected: ARRAY(0x157b3c4)
    Space to meet with a couple collaborators without scheduling a large room
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  11. In thinking about the environment of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preferences (1=highest)

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    5 0 NA
    Availability of natural light
    1 : 3
     
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Desirable view
    1 : 0
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 3
     
    4 : 1
     
    unranked : 0

    Ability to control temperature
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 3
     
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x157b254)
    Ideally, all are 1s but less ideally, you can't be productive if you are too cold or too hot and have no recourse.
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  13.  What type of workspace do you currently have? (choose one)

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    5 0 NA
    Private office : 3
     
    Shared office : 0
    Cubicle with a door : 0
    Cubicle without a door : 1
     
    Desk in an open office : 1
     
    Other (please specify) : 0
    Comments:
    Selected: Cubicle without a door
    Next to the entry door, across from another cubicle without a door, next to the "kitchen" for the entire floor and by 2 faculty who hold student meetings.
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  15.  Which of the following qualities does your current workspace have? (check as many as apply)

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    5 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices : 3
     
    Proximity to space for group meetings (e.g. conference room) : 2
     
    Close to convenient parking : 3
     
    Proximity to other staff members in your department or program : 3
     
    Proximity to school leadership (e.g. dean/director) : 4
     
    Proximity to areas frequented by students : 3
     
    Access to shared resources (e.g. printer/copier, kitchenette) : 4
     
    Ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard : 3
     
    Quiet space for focused work : 2
     
    Sufficient space for materials or equipment associated with your duties : 4
     
    Space for personal file cabinets : 5
     
    Availibility of natural light : 2
     
    Desirable view : 1
     
    Ability to control temperature : 1
     
    Other (please specify) : 0
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  17.  How satisfied are you with your current workspace? (choose one)

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    5 0 NA
    Very satisfied : 2
     
    Somewhat satisfied : 1
     
    Neutral : 0
    Somewhat dissatisfied : 1
     
    Very dissatisfied : 1
     
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  19.  How much of the time you are in your office do you spend meeting face to face with students and/or faculty? (choose one)

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    5 0 NA
    Less than 20% : 2
     
    20-40% : 1
     
    40-60% : 1
     
    60-80% : 0
    80-100% : 1
     
    Comments:
    Selected: Less than 20%
    Spend more time with staff than faculty / students.
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  21.  The quality that I like MOST about my current workspace is:

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    5 0 NA
    Comments:
    It is private, yet very close to a highly trafficked student center.
    Private office
    The other cubi dwellers are wonderful and interesting people from a variety of programs. There is nothing about this space that says "quality".
    The ability to have a confidential space where students develop comfort to share more information with me. This is invaluable to the advising process.
    It's near the best parking lot on campus.
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  23.  The quality that I like LEAST about my current workspace is:

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    5 0 NA
    Comments:
    The lack of natural light & poor cell reception.
    Lack of proximity to all my staff / general lack of co-location among all staff & faculty.  Lack of common space.
    Heating system was designed for a classroom and despite repeated (and appreciated) attempts by facilities people, it is always either too cold, too hot AND too windy.
    The air intake for the building pumps smells directly through the vent in my office. Specifically, when people are smoking outside it smells like it is happening IN my office. Also it always smells like whatever is in the cafeteria (bacon, etc.)
    It's cold in the winter, and I have no door--I deal with the most confidential issues in the office, aside from Mike... :O
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  25.  What ONE THING would make your current workspace more inviting and appealing?

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    4 1 NA
    Comments:
    Access to windows.
    A complete redesign of all offices & work spaces so the layout makes more sense. Soboleff is awkward and feels uninviting.
    doors
    Floor lamps. For sure.
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  27.  What ONE THING would make the overall campus workplace setting more inviting--a place that you'd like to spend more time with colleagues and students?

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    5 0 NA
    Comments:
    In and outdoor spaces for meeting with colleagues and students.
    More common areas for staff - as in, a real room and not the hallway.
    A place with healthy and delicious food to eat, to have coffee and pastries and to hang out during breaks. The cafeteria is not any of these and the new brick courtyard will not fulfill the need for a dry, comfortable gathering spot.
    More purposeful use of space. There is a mish-mash of cubicles, old furniture, storage cabinets in hallways, etc. ALL THE TIME. It looks like we are constantly in a state of moving, or trying to shove someone into a closet/nook in the wall, cubicle, because we have nowhere else to put them.
    There are huge discrepencies in space. Some faculty/staff have no office space, yet there is an entire room dedicated to power tools for the art department that only ONE person has key card access to. More thought should go into how our disorganization and lack of space reflects on us as a professional institution.
    More food options and pillows.
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  29.  What other comments do you have about improving uas work spaces and the overall UAS work place environment?

    Valid Missing Mean
    4 1 NA
    Comments:
    Private office for staff who rank above admin asst, and all faculty.  Conference room for Arts & Sciences.  Kitchenette for Arts & Sciences.  Co-location among staff & faculty (instead of being spread out in 6 buildings).
    What with converting classrooms to offices, access to staff centers for preparing lunches, doing dishes, getting water have been centralized in rooms with sinks causing noise, traffic, smells and generally disrupting work. There needs ti be a staff/faculty lounge at regular intervals throughout the campus so that someone's work spaces don't turn into another person's kitchen.
    A careful look at how staff/faculty are actually using their space is a great idea. Looking at how each employee spends their time, and if they need private space or not, proportionately is important. Space seems to operate on a basis of either seniority, or how much of a pain in the ass you are, currently.
    Please remember that we can always back up files online--we don't really need to use all this paper!! I have a stack of 20 phone books that no one wants. They're brand new!
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