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 IV - Part 2
General Feelings about Working at UW-Green Bay
Two survey questions assess respondents' general feelings about working
here (see Table 3). Differences between the sexes
are insignificant overall, and are only notable in the classified staff
category, where women rate both items more positively than men. The
overall ratings for these items of 3.3 and 3.4 are slightly over the
midpoint on the scale. On the academic scale of A-F, the working environment
at UW-Green Bay could be considered about a C+.
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Table 3. General Feelings
about Working at UW-Green Bay
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Mean
scores range from
1=disagree to 5=agree
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Academic Staff
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Classified Staff
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Faculty
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All Employees
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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UW-Green Bay has an outstanding working environment.
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3.6
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3.5
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3.6
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3.3
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3.0
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3.2
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3.3
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3.4
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3.3
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3.4
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3.3
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3.3
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| If I were starting my career over, I
would still come to work at UW-Green Bay. |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
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Table 4. Balancing
Work and Personal Life
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Mean
scores range from
1=disagree to 5=agree
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Academic Staff
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Classified Staff
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Faculty
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All Employees
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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F
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M
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All
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If I had a problem balancing my work with my
personal life, I know where I could go on campus to get help.
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3.7
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3.5
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3.6
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3.5
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3.2
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3.4
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3.0
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3.5
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3.3
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3.4
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3.4
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3.4
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I would like more opportunities to work at/from
home during normal working hours.
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3.9
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3.1
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3.5
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3.3
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3.2
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3.3
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2.9
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2.7
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2.8
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3.4
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2.9
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3.2
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I wish I could work part time or job share and
retain my medical benefits and/or job security.
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3.6
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2.7
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3.2
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3.4
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2.9
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3.2
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2.8
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2.3
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2.5
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3.3
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2.6
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3.0
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Specific Issues Important to Balancing Work and Personal
Life
Three items deal with specific issues important to balancing work and
personal life - knowing where to go when conflicts arise, working from
home, and job sharing (see Table 4). Female academic
and classified staff are more likely to know where to go on campus to
get help than their male counterparts. Within the faculty, the relation
is reversed, with female faculty feeling less knowledgeable about where
to go to resolve conflicts.
Figure 2. "Agree"
or "Strongly Agree" with Wanting Alternative Work Relationships
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Men and women in all categories differ tremendously
in their desires to do more work from home and to explore possibilities
associated with job sharing. For example, 38% of the men "strongly
agreed" or "agreed" with the statement "I would
like more opportunities to work from home..." compared to 53%
of the women, a gap of 15%. Similarly, 25% of the men "strongly
agreed" or "agreed" with the statement "I wish
I could work part time or job share..." compared to half of
the women, a gap of 25% (see Figure 2). Academic staff are most
interested in these types of flexible arrangements, and the faculty
are least interested. That may suggest that some faculty members
already experience more flexibility in determining when and where
they work. |
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