SURVEY OF FULL TIME UAS JUNEAU ACADEMIC STAFF ABOUT WORKSPACE

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

    Valid Missing Mean
    6 0 NA
    Anderson Building : 0
    Egan Library : 1
     
    Egan Classroom Wing : 0
    Hendrickson Building : 1
     
    Hendrickson Annex : 0
    Hendrickson Annex Extension (education) : 0
    Mourant Building : 1
     
    Natural Sciences Research Lab : 1
     
    Novatney Building : 0
    Soboleff Building : 0
    Soboleff Annex : 0
    Student Recreation Center : 0
    Technical Education Center : 0
    Whitehead Building : 2
     
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  3.  Which UAS academic unit are you in?

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    3 3 NA
    School of Arts and Sciences : 2
     
    School of Career Education : 0
    School of Education : 0
    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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    6 0 NA
    Less than one year : 3
     
    1-3 years : 1
     
    4-8 years : 0
    9-12 years : 0
    13 years or more : 2
     
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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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    6 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 2
     
    6 : 0
    7 : 1
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 0

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

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

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

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

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

    Access to shared resources (e.g. printer/copier, kitchenette)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 2
     
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 0
    7 : 1
     
    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(0x15c987c)
    On Campus
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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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    6 0 NA
    Ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 4
     
    3 : 1
     
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

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

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

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

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

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x15d6bd4)
    Ability to easily collaborate with others in my unit.
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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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    6 0 NA
    Availability of natural light
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 2
     
    3 : 2
     
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

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

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

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

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x15d4cfc)
    Ability to collaborate with others.  If the temperature of the building works appropriately, I would not have to control it.
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  13.  What type of workspace do you currently have? (choose one)

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    6 0 NA
    Private office : 2
     
    Shared office : 1
     
    Cubicle with a door : 1
     
    Cubicle without a door : 1
     
    Desk in an open office : 1
     
    Other (please specify) : 0
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  15.  Which of the following qualities does your current workspace have? (check as many as apply)

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    6 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices : 2
     
    Proximity to space for group meetings (e.g. conference room) : 2
     
    Close to convenient parking : 4
     
    Proximity to other staff members in your department or program : 3
     
    Proximity to school leadership (e.g. dean/director) : 3
     
    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 : 2
     
    Quiet space for focused work : 4
     
    Sufficient space for materials or equipment associated with your duties : 4
     
    Space for personal file cabinets : 4
     
    Availibility of natural light : 4
     
    Desirable view : 2
     
    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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    6 0 NA
    Very satisfied : 1
     
    Somewhat satisfied : 3
     
    Neutral : 0
    Somewhat dissatisfied : 1
     
    Very dissatisfied : 1
     
    Comments:
    Selected: Somewhat dissatisfied
    My glassed-in office space looks out over the Writing Center where I spend most of my time. I have no complaints about my office per se, but the Writing Center is busy and should be assigned a bigger and better space in any major reconfiguration.
    Selected: Somewhat satisfied
    My work group is fragmented.  Would love to be more co-located.
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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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    6 0 NA
    Less than 20% : 2
     
    20-40% : 1
     
    40-60% : 1
     
    60-80% : 0
    80-100% : 2
     
    Comments:
    Selected: Less than 20%
    Not the focus of my job.
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  21.  The quality that I like MOST about my current workspace is:

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    6 0 NA
    Comments:
    Space
    windows that open
    It's attached to the Writing Center.
    The ability to have a confidential space where students develop comfort to share more information with me. This is invaluable to the advising process.
    Easy to collaborate.  Nice view with lots of light.  I've been in it forever.
    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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    6 0 NA
    Comments:
    far from campus, students, and faculty.
    noise
    The Writing Center it looks out on is too small, windowless, and under-staffed.
    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.)
    Not well laid out in terms of use of the space.  Not near certain key members of my team.
    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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    5 1 NA
    Comments:
    on campus
    privacy
    If I looked out over an aesthetic, well-equipped, fully-staffed Writing Center.
    A sink. (shared, of course)
    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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    6 0 NA
    Comments:
    NA
    meeting spaces
    The only thing I desire is a better-resourced Writing Center.
    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 collaborative spaces.
    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?

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    5 1 NA
    Comments:
    NA
    If cubicle environments are unavoidable, it would be helpful if the spaces were shared by those having similar functions, such as administrative staff with other administrative staff, and adjuncts with other adjuncts.
    I only relate to my own corner of the campus most of the time. Overall, I love the direction the outside space is taking and am thrilled about the new dorm. To provide students who live in that building with on-site math and writing consultants would, in my humble opinion, be a brilliant move. I hope you don't mind my taking this opportunity to lobby for a better-resourced Writing Center. I really have no complaints or suggestions regarding my cubicle.
    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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