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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:28:43 EST
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- From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
- Subject: Telecommuting Survey (from PACS-L)
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- ---------- Text of forwarded message ----------
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:42:08 CDT
- From: Mary Bauer <C077LTRL@ubvm.bitnet>
- To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@uhupvm1.bitnet>
- Subject: Telecommuting Survey
-
- Remember to reply to Mary, not PACS-L. Thank you -Jill
-
- ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
-
- TELECOMMUTING SURVEY
-
- I am collecting data on perceptions of telecommuting as appropriate for
- libraries. Your response to the ten questions on this brief survey
- would be greatly appreciated! (It should take less than ten minutes of
- your time.) Please send your completed survey to me (not to the list)
- through e-mail at C077LTRL@UBVM.BITNET or C077LTRL@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU,
- answering the following questions. (Please remember not to use your
- "Reply" function but to "Forward" this survey form.) Feel free to
- pass copies of this survey form to interested parties in your
- institution. PLEASE RETURN YOUR COMPLETED SURVEY BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER
- 16, 1992.
-
-
- DEFINITION: For the purposes of this survey, telecommuting is defined
- as the library allowing its employees to spend up to 25% of their time
- at home or at another off-site location performing usual work duties via
- e-mail, FAX, telephone, and through microcomputer connections to
- bibliographic utilities, databases, and relevant networks.
-
- This survey is posted to LIBADMIN and PACS-L. Apologies for any duplication.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- TELECOMMUTING SURVEY FORM
-
- Demographic Data
-
- Gender: ___ Female
- ___ Male
-
- Present position: ___ Adminstrative
- ___ Non-administrative
-
- Present employment: ___ Professional (MLS)
- ___ Nonprofessional
- ___ Library School Student
- ___ Other
-
- Type of institution:___ Academic Library
- ___ Public Library
- ___ Corporate or Special Library
- ___ Other
-
- Is telecommuting presently available to employees in your institution?
- ___ Yes
- ___ No
-
-
- WHETHER OR NOT YOUR INSTITUTION OFFERS TELECOMMUTING AS AN OPTION TO ITS
- EMPLOYEES, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. Please note that this
- survey if focusing on your PERCEPTIONS about telecommuniting, whether or
- not you have direct experience with it.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SURVEY QUESTIONS
-
- PLEASE RESPOND BY PLACING AN "X" NEXT TO THE NUMBER THAT MOST CLOSELY
- REGISTERS YOUR AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
- STATEMENTS. (SCALE: 5=Agree strongly, 4=Agree, 3=Not sure, 2=Disagree,
- 1=Disagree strongly.)
-
- 1. Telecommuting increases the quantity and quality of the worker's
- productivity.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 2. Telecommuting increases a worker's job satisfaction (increased prestige,
- relaxed dress standards, more comfortable environment, time and money
- saved from commuting).
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 3. Telecommuting decreases absenteeism because it allows flexible scheduling
- of work.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 4. Telecommuting makes it easier to combine family (child care, etc.) and
- work responsibilities.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 5. Feelings of isolation (being left out of informal discussions, spontaneous
- meetings, personal conversations with colleagues) are not inherent in
- telecommuting.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 6. Library managers must institue telecommuting in order to be effective
- in responding to today's diverse demands for information.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 7. The institution should pay for the telecommuter's equipment and related
- costs (added telephone expenses, insurance, maintenance of equipment,
- etc.)
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 8. The work performance of telecommuters can be effectively monitored.
-
- ___ 5 (Agree strongly)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Disagree strongly)
-
- 9. Physical absence from the workplace does NOT disadvantage the
- telecommuter's prospects for promotion.
-
- ___ 5 (Strongly agree)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Strongly disagree)
-
- 10. Telecommuting would be an asset to my institution.
-
- ___ 5 (Strongly agree)
- ___ 4 (Agree)
- ___ 3 (Not sure)
- ___ 2 (Disagree)
- ___ 1 (Strongly disagree)
-
- ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT TELECOMMUTING OR THIS SURVEY WOULD BE GREATLY
- APPRECIATED.
-
-
- Thank you very much for your time in completing this survey. Results will be
- gladly shared with interested parties. Please request survey results at
- C077LTRL@UBVM.BITNET.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Gleason Sackman BBS: sackman@sendit.nodak.edu
- Coordinator Internet: sackman@plains.nodak.edu
- SENDIT - NoDak's K-12 Telcom Network Bitnet: sackman@plains.bitnet
- BOX 5164, NDSU Computer Center Voice: (701)237-8109
- Fargo, ND 58105 Fax: (701)237-8541
-