Measuring Unit Workplace Climate for Faculty, Staff, and Ph.D. Students

Session Abstract: At higher education institutions, faculty, staff, and graduate students contribute to and uniquely experience the workplace climate of their units. Our department climate assessments involve a survey of each of these groups to measure their perceptions of climate and to better understand how each group experiences climate as well as what changes should be implemented by leadership to support a positive workplace climate for all. To assess workplace climate, we use a set of fifteen Key Experience Indicators (KEIs) that measure sense of belonging, supervisor support, and psychological safety, which are expanded upon later in the survey. The purpose of this poster is to present our survey items as a concise method for measuring overall workplace climate across distinct groups, as well as sharing average results documenting perceptions from faculty, staff, and graduate students from 2023 to 2025.

Keywords: Climate Assessment, Well-being, Belonging, Survey Design, Organizational Psychology