Strategic outcome
Student Affairs staff feel a sense of connection with the larger Student Affairs organization.
Measures
(knowledge about SA, collaboration, and sense of community)
- How much do you know about Student Affairs as an organization (such as its structure, department function and program/service offered, etc.)? (scale: not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, a great deal)
- In the past academic year, how often did you collaborate with SA colleagues outside of your own department/unit? (scale: never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often)
- How comfortable do you feel reaching out to SA colleagues outside of your own department/unit for support? (scale: not at all, a little, somewhat, very, extremely)
- [Display if collaboration takes place] Thinking about your experience working with SA colleagues outside of your own department/unit in the past academic year, how often did you feel … (scale: never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often)
- … respected?
- … you are treated as a valued member of your work group?
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- … people in your work group listen to you even when your views are dissimilar?
- … comfortable expressing opinions that diverge from your work group?
- Sense of community ([SOC] Peterson et al., 2008 1): An individual’s sense that their community serves as a resource for meeting key physiological and psychological needs such as the need for affiliation, influence, and connection.
- How much do you feel that… (scale: not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, a great deal)
- … Student Affairs helps me meet my goals
- … I can get what I need from Student Affairs
- … I feel like a member of Student Affairs
- … I belong in Student Affairs
- … I have a say about what goes on in Student Affairs
- … People in Student Affairs are good at influencing each other
- … I feel connected to Student Affairs
- … I have a good bond with others in Student Affairs
- … I feel that my Student Affairs colleagues really care about me
- How much do you feel that… (scale: not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, a great deal)
Footnote
[1] Peterson, N. A., Speer, P. W., & McMillan, D. W. (2008). Validation of a brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(1), 61–73.