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General Survey FAQs

How many employees need to fill out surveys? Is it voluntary?

What are these surveys like? How will they be scored?

Who will see the results of these surveys? Will results be kept confidential?

Can we add customized questions or demographics to the survey?

When must we register by? When must we complete the surveys?

I still have more questions…who should I contact?




How many employees need to fill out surveys? Is it voluntary?

The level of participation is designed to ensure a high level of confidence in the results with a variance of less than 4%. This chart gives approximate participation levels, but when you register an exact calculation is made of your target participation rate.

Organization Size

Targeted Employee Participation

15-50

95%

51 – 250

80%

251 – 500

70%

501 – 1,000

60%

1,000 +

40%

Your organization will be responsible for encouraging employees to fill out the surveys.



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What are these surveys like? How will they be scored?

The survey for missionaries takes about 15-20 minutes to complete and is comprised of 80+ multiple-choice questions and three open-ended questions regarding opinions about their organization. The Organization Profile is a more comprehensive questionnaire regarding the organization’s people practices that should take 30 minutes to an hour to complete for the survey administrator.

Most survey questions are based on a 1-5 scale; scores for the employee surveys will be tabulated by taking an average of all responses received from the organization. The Organizational Profile will be evaluated on a stand-alone basis.



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Who will see the results of these surveys? Will results be kept confidential?

All of the results will only be viewed by BCWI, GMI and management of the organization taking the survey. We encourage management to share the results with all employees. Individual privacy will be protected so that no respondent can be identified. Any category with less than five respondents will not be displayed.

Best Christian Workplaces Institute reserves the right to publish positive scores and comments that reflect well on organizations. In addition, composite results of all organizations to provide benchmarking data will be provided to participating organizations.



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Can we add customized questions or demographics to the missionary survey?

Yes, we can add additional questions to the survey for any individual participating organization. These questions will not have any comparison data.

Our survey also includes a powerful reporting feature. Each participant will be able to receive missionary survey results by organizational unit/department and/or location. Of course, we will not provide information for any breakdown with less than 5 employees participating. This ensures employee confidentiality. This feature will allow each organization to pinpoint “best practice” departments and locations, and identify others with opportunities for improvement (additional fee).



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When must we register by? When must we complete the surveys?

Registration is now open through April 1 for the 2008 survey. The survey start date will be March 1, 2008, and it will run through April 30, 2008.



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I still have more questions…who should I contact?

Please address any additional questions to:

Kathy Lopus
Program Manager
Best Christian Workplaces Institute
ph: 877-730-8111



























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