Initiative
on the Status of
Women in the UW System
Initiative
on the Status of
Women at UW-Green Bay
Status
of Women on the
UW-Green Bay Campus
Identified
Needs and
Proposed Action Steps
Committee
Recommendations
Appendix
I
Appendix
II
Appendix
IIa
Appendix
III
Appendix
IIIa
Appendix
IIIb
Appendix
IV
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Appendix IIIA ... Survey - Questions 1 - 3
Climate Survey Content Analysis
Question 1and 2:
How would you describe the working climate at UW-Green Bay?
| Female Academic Staff |
| Rank (cd)* |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1 (10) |
Supportive, friendly, pleasant |
40% |
Stimulating academic, good benefits, warm,
welcoming |
| 2 (6) |
Isolated |
24% |
Can feel lonely, feel unaware |
| 3 (5) |
Other |
20% |
|
| 4 (4) |
Tense, hostile |
16% |
Tension in dept., minority issues |
| N = 19 |
Total Coding Decisions = 25 |
| Male Academic Staff |
| 1 (9) |
Comfortable, supportive, helpful |
90% |
Welcoming, helpful, relaxed |
| 2 (1) |
Stressful |
10% |
Understaffed and stressful |
| N = 10 |
Total Coding Decisions = 10 |
| Female Faculty |
| Rank (cd)* |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1 (4) |
Collegial |
24% |
Overall friendly, warm |
| 1 (4) |
Degrading |
24% |
Negative atmosphere regarding
childcare responsibilities |
| 1 (4) |
Supportive |
24% |
Good communication |
| 4 (3) |
Overworked |
18% |
Exhausted from so much teaching |
| 5 (2) |
Good Climate |
12% |
Younger colleagues especially
contribute to good climate |
| N = 14 |
Total Coding Decisions = 17 |
| Male Faculty |
| 1 (6) |
Supportive |
32% |
It's very warm and supportive |
| 1 (6) |
Good/Positive |
32% |
Good professional attitude |
| 3 (4) |
Busy |
21% |
We all feel a bit overworked |
| 4 (2) |
Interdepartmental Communication |
10% |
Don't connect with other departments |
| 5 (1) |
Unsupportive |
5% |
Not helpful |
| N = 15 |
Total Coding Decisions = 21 |
| Female Classified Staff |
| Rank (cd)* |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1 (13) |
Supportive/friendly |
62% |
Friendly co-workers, lots of cooperation |
| 2 (6) |
Office politics |
29% |
Who you know and how long you've been here |
| 3 (2) |
Other |
10% |
|
| N = 18 |
Total Coding Decisions = 21 |
| Male Classified Staff |
| 1 (9) |
Supportive |
69% |
Professional, caring environment |
| 2 (2) |
Not valued |
15% |
Looked down on by campus |
| 2 (2) |
Underpaid |
15% |
Wages aren't great |
| N = 11 |
Total Coding Decisions = 13 |
Question 3: What were the primary reasons for your rating the supportiveness
of the climate as you did?
| Female Academic Staff |
| 1 (12) |
Supportive |
60% |
Many people willing to answer
questions, good adancement |
| 2 (6) |
Unsupportive |
30% |
Advancement difficult, not connected,
lack of flexibility for women with childcare responsibilities |
| 3 (2) |
Other |
10% |
|
| N = 19 |
Total Coding Decisions = 20 |
| Male Academic Staff |
| Rank (cd) |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1(7) |
Supportive |
63% |
Challenged, but given assistance |
| 2(4) |
Assorted problems |
36% |
Money, lack of information |
| N = 10 |
Total Coding Decisions =11 |
| Female Faculty |
| Rank (cd) |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1(9) |
Supportive |
41% |
Accommodating, supportive chair |
| 2(8) |
Unsupportive |
36% |
Hard to get to know people,
especially hard for minority women |
| 3(3) |
Money issues |
14% |
Lack of funds for supplies,
research |
| 4(2) |
Family issues, +&- |
9% |
Lack of acceptance of childcare
issues, chair accommodating toward family issues |
| N = 14 |
Total Coding Decisions =22 |
| Male Faculty |
| Rank (cd) |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1(10) |
Supportive |
53% |
Colleagues encouraging, people
are efficient |
| 2(5) |
Unsupportive |
26% |
Need more help with teaching,
lack of unity |
| 3(4) |
Money issues |
21% |
Need more funds for travel and
research |
| N = 15 |
Total Coding Decisions =19 |
| Female Classified Staff |
| Rank (cd) |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1(11) |
Supportive |
58% |
Great supervisors |
| 2(8) |
Unsupportive |
42% |
Lack of support from bosses,
discrimination by women against women |
| N = 18 |
Total Coding Decisions = 19 |
| Male Classified Staff |
| Rank (cd) |
Category |
% |
Sample Comments |
| 1(6) |
Supportive |
50% |
Don't get blown off when ask
for help, good equipment |
| 2(4) |
Unsupportive |
33% |
Need less politics |
| 3(2) |
Needs improvement |
17% |
Could do better with communication |
| N = 11 |
Total Coding Decisions =12 |
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