HIRING We want to know what makes FAU attractive to job applicants, and how applicants experience the hiring process.

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1 Thank you for your interest in the Survey of Faculty Worklife at FAU This anonymous online survey is based on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Study of Faculty Worklife Survey and was adapted to FAU s context. The questions below are a sample of questions from each section of the survey. The survey takes approximately 25 minutes to complete and will close on March 24, 2017 at 11:59 pm. HIRING We want to know what makes FAU attractive to job applicants, and how applicants experience the hiring process. In what year were you last hired at FAU as a faculty member? Enter year (for example, 2010). Thinking about the hiring process in your department, how satisfied were you with... Not at all A little Somewhat Very Extremely NA a....the overall hiring process? b....the department s effort to obtain resources for you? c....the department faculty s efforts to meet you? d....your interactions with the search committee? e....your start-up package? 1

2 TENURE We are interested in how untenured and recently-tenured faculty experience the tenure process. Thinking about the tenure process in your department, how well do/did you understand Not at all A little Somewhat Very Extremely NA a. the criteria for achieving tenure? b. the research expectations for achieving tenure? c. the teaching expectations for achieving tenure? d. the service expectations for achieving tenure? e. the outreach and extension expectations for achieving tenure? f. the clinical expectations for achieving tenure? 2

3 PROMOTION We are interested in your experience as you move to the next promotion level. a. How satisfied are you with the promotion process overall? b. How well do you understand the criteria for your promotion process? Not at all A little Somewhat Very Extremely NA c. How reasonable do you find the requirements and standards for promotion such as the level of scholarship, teaching requirements, and service requirements? d. How supported do you feel in your advancement to promotion? g. How mixed are the messages you get from colleagues regarding the requirements for promotion? h. How close is the fit between the way you do research, teaching, and service and the way they are evaluated for promotion? i. How confident are you that promotion decisions are based primarily on performance rather than on politics, relationships, or demographics? While at FAU, do you feel as though you have received adequate mentoring? Yes No 3

4 COLLABORATION We would like to know more about patterns of collaboration among FAU faculty. Thinking about your research collaborations with FAU faculty, currently a. how many colleagues in your department do you collaborate with on research? Number of colleagues b. how many additional colleagues in your department are potential research collaborators? c. how many colleagues outside your department do you collaborate with on research? d. how many additional colleagues outside your department are potential research collaborators? What could FAU do to better support faculty engaged in interdisciplinary research? WORKLOAD Please answer the following questions about your workload using Fall 2015 and Spring If you were hired this year, please answer these questions referencing Fall 2016 and Spring 2017.If you were on leave last year, please answer these questions referencing Fall 2014 and Spring Thinking about your current workload, how many hours is your typical work week? Thinking about your current workload, how would you rate the reasonableness of your overall workload? Much too light Too light Just right Too heavy Much too heavy 4

5 CLIMATE We would like to know more about how you experience interactions with others in your work environment. The next questions are about your interactions with others in your work environment and your participation in the decision-making process in your department. Thinking about your participation in the decision-making process in your department, how often... Never Rarely Sometimes Often Almost always NA a....do you have a voice in the decisionmaking that affects the direction of your department? b....do you have a voice in how resources are allocated? c....do meetings allow all participants to share their views? d....do committee assignments rotate fairly? e....does your department chair involve you in decision-making? 5

6 FAU has implemented a number of programs designed to improve the working environments of faculty on the FAU campuses. In the questions below, please help us to evaluate some of these campus-wide initiatives. For each program, please rate your perception of the value of the program and indicate whether you have used the program. Perception of the value of the program... Not familiar with program Not at all valuable Somewhat valuable Quite valuable Very valuable Have you ever used or participated in this program? a. Tenure clock extension b. Paid parental leave c. Association for Women in Sciences (AWIS) d. Orientation for dean search committees e. Faculty Ombuds position Yes No f. Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance anti-sexual harassment workshops g. Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance Title IX task force h. Workshops for new faculty i. Workshops on promotion and tenure j. Jeff Bullers' Leadership and Development workshop series k. Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies l. Strategic Plan Goals m. Strategic Plan Pillars and Platforms n. Institutional Performance Metrics (Board of Governors Metrics) 6

7 DIVERSITY Thinking of diversity broadly as race, ethnicity, gender, ability/disability, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics that make us different from one another... Please choose the response that best completes the following statements about climate in your department. Very negative Negative Mediocre Positive Very Positive Don't Know a. In my department, the overall climate is... b. In my department, the climate for women is... c. In my department, the climate for faculty of color is... d. In my department, the climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender (GLBT) faculty is... In the last 6 months, have you intentionally engaged in an action to increase the diversity of faculty, staff, and/or students at FAU? Yes No 7

8 SEXUAL HARASSMENT- The next questions are about sexual harassment. At FAU, sexual harassment, which includes acts of sexual violence and may include gender based harassment, is a form of unlawful discrimination prohibited by Title VII, Title IX, and other applicable laws. Sexual harassment can take the form of hostile environment harassment, or quid pro quo harassment.please use this definition as you answer the next two questions. Within the last three years, how often, if at all, have you experienced sexual harassment on the FAU campus? Never 1-2 times 3-5 times More than 5 times Thinking about sexual harassment at FAU... Not at all A little Somewhat Very Extremely Don t know a....how seriously is sexual harassment treated on campus? b....how common is sexual harassment on campus? c....how well do you know the steps to take if a person comes to you with a problem with sexual harassment? d....how effective is the process for resolving complaints about sexual harassment at FAU? 8

9 HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT-The next questions are about hostile and intimidating work environments. FAU defines a hostile environment as harassment that has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a person s work or educational performance or participation in a university program or activity, or is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or educational environment. Given this definition, within the last three years, how often have you... Never 1-2 times 3-5 times More than 5 times a....personally experienced hostile or intimidating behavior on the FAU campus? b....personally witnessed hostile or intimidating behavior directed at someone else on the FAU campus? 9

10 SATISFACTION We want to know more about your satisfaction with FAU as an employer. In general, how satisfied are you... Very dissatisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied a....being a faculty member at FAU? b....with your career progression at the FAU? c.... with your salary? What factors contribute most to your satisfaction at FAU? Please share any other thoughts about your reasons for staying at FAU. What factors detract most from your satisfaction at FAU? Please share any other thoughts about why you would consider leaving FAU. 10

11 PERSONAL DEMOGRAPHICS- The next questions are about you. As with the entire survey, responses to the following questions will be kept confidential. Information from this survey will always be presented in aggregated form so that individual respondents cannot be identified. Check all of the following that describe your race and ethnicity: American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian or Asian American Black or African American Hispanic or Latino Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White Other Please tell us: Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation? Straight Gay or lesbian Bisexual Other. Please tell us: Which of the following best describes your gender identity? Male Female Other. Please tell us: Do you identify as a person with a disability? Yes No Do you have a chronic physical or mental health condition? Yes No If you answered yes" to identifying as a person with a disability, chronic physical condition, and mental health condition, do you need or use any accommodations? Yes No 11