General
information
Survey
purpose
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The
purpose of the Postdocs@UCSD Survey is to collect data to help us understand
how postdocs feel about their training and work environment, as well as other
issues that impact the climate at UC San Diego. It measures department and
mentor effectiveness from the postdoc’s perspective and provides valuable data
that will help us identify issues that needs addressing.
·
The
plan is to conduct this survey annually (August/September).
·
This
year, the survey includes additional questions related to postdoc access to
career development workshops, and wellness, which helps assess the additional
impacts to postdocs.
Information
use
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The
results of the survey will initially be analyzed by the Office of Postdoctoral
Scholar Affairs. Then the information will be made available to
departments/units providing at least 5 respondents. In reviewing results, we
will see what we do well and what needs extra attention. See the latest results below.
· In 1994, UC San Diego started
using the Balanced Scorecard model of performance measurement to better
evaluate how work is being performed. This model is based on the premise that
work most accurately evaluated from four perspectives: 1) The financial
perspective (how much does it cost?) 2) the business perspective (how fast and
how well is it performed?) 3) the customer perspective (how well does it meet
customers’ needs?) and 4) the employee perspective (how well are employees able
to perform their work?). The Staff@Work Survey measures the employees’
perspective.
· With the success of the
Staff@Work survey, in 2018 the Office of Postdoctoral Scholar Affairs decided
to expand this model to include postdocs and measure UC San Diego’s climate
from the postdoc’s perspective.
Survey
results
·
Survey
results will be posted on https://tritonlytics.ucsd.edu/uc-san-diego-surveys/postdocs-at-ucsd-survey/index.html
Survey
help
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For
help, contact your survey administrator: Jennifer Bourque, jbourque@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-6632 or
email Postdoc@ucsd.edu
Taking
the survey
Eligibility
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Postdoctoral
Scholars with active appointments in official postdoc title codes (3252, 3253,
3254, 3255, 3256) as of August 1, 2021 were invited to
take the survey.
Anonymity
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Responses
will be summarized into one report. Individuals will not be identified and only
aggregated data will be reported.
·
Further,
to do our best to ensure that survey responses are anonymous, we have done the
following:
1.
Pre-established
"blind lists" of email addresses, grouped by reporting area that are
never directly visible by administrators.
2.
Randomized
the distribution of ResponseIDs, eliminating the possibility that a specific
user's response could be identified based upon survey or alphabetical order.
3.
Ensured
that no respondent IP addresses, email addresses, or other identity-related
information is logged or stored (i.e., no cookies.)
4.
Ensured
that outside of the emailed invitation itself, no record exists correlating a
specific user with a specific response.
5.
Ensured
that a secure SSL certificate is utilized for all online survey activity,
preventing others from "listening in" on the survey responses.
6.
Ensured
that only invitation recipients can take the survey. By utilizing a uniquely
generated passphrase per ResponseID, the emailed link
to each respondent cannot be modified in an attempt to respond for others.
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If
you have any further questions regarding anonymity, please contact sawsurvey@ucsd.edu.
“Department”
in the survey
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Postdocs
are appointed into an academic, clinical or programmatic DEPARTMENTS, but
activities are focused within a research team, lab, or faculty mentor. In the
survey, if the reference is the single word “DEPARTMENT”, the survey is
referring to the DEPARTMENT where you have your academic appointment. If
the reference is “RESEARCH TEAM/DEPARTMENT”, the survey is referring to the
group, lab, or area within the academic department where you have your primary
and/or daily interactions. For some it may be the full DEPARTMENT but for most,
it will be your research lab.
Finishing
the survey
·
The
Postdocs@UCSD survey is important, and there is a strong expectation that all
postdocs will participate.
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Postdocs’
feelings about their work environment can be central to the performance of a
department’s research and training program and higher rates of participation help
to ensure that we are collecting the most valid data.
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If
you cannot finish the survey all at once, you can return to it at a later time.
Click the FINISH LATER button. Your responses will be saved from where you left
off. Be sure to keep your original email to re-enter your survey. If you delete
this email, you cannot be sent another one.
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Once
you hit SUBMIT SURVEY, your survey has been submitted and you cannot return to
make any changes.
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The
last day to participate in the online survey will be SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 (11:59
PM).
Survey
schedule
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Survey
opens on August 11, 2021.
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The
last day to participate in the survey is September 10, 2021.
Survey
rewards
Gift
As a token of our appreciation for your time, you can select your choice of one of the following UC San Diego logo gift items while supplies last: mug or lunch bag. Pick up your gift at the Campus Curbside Office located at the Osler Parking Structure. Visit the Tritonlytics website for more information.