Federal Employee Survey 2018 Data Set Final Report

i) Part 1: Descriptive Variables Frequency Tables for Demographic Variables

Table 1.

Variable 1: Agency where one Works

AGENCY

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

AF

33351

5.6

5.6

5.6

AG

43352

7.2

7.2

12.8

AM

1837

.3

.3

13.1

AR

70005

11.7

11.7

24.8

BG

526

.1

.1

24.9

BO

338

.1

.1

25.0

CM

20725

3.5

3.5

28.5

CT

476

.1

.1

28.5

CU

633

.1

.1

28.6

DD

30877

5.2

5.2

33.8

DJ

30978

5.2

5.2

39.0

DL

8075

1.4

1.4

40.3

DN

8624

1.4

1.4

41.8

DR

1115

.2

.2

42.0

ED

2592

.4

.4

42.4

EE

1379

.2

.2

42.6

EP

7972

1.3

1.3

44.0

FC

594

.1

.1

44.1

FQ

470

.1

.1

44.1

FT

638

.1

.1

44.2

GS

7157

1.2

1.2

45.4

HE

43029

7.2

7.2

52.6

HF

412

.1

.1

52.7

HS

73899

12.4

12.4

65.1

HU

4628

.8

.8

65.8

IB

829

.1

.1

66.0

IN

28290

4.7

4.7

70.7

KS

326

.1

.1

70.8

NF

940

.2

.2

70.9

NL

859

.1

.1

71.1

NN

11568

1.9

1.9

73.0

NQ

1743

.3

.3

73.3

NU

2308

.4

.4

73.7

NV

47882

8.0

8.0

81.7

OM

3069

.5

.5

82.2

RR

413

.1

.1

82.3

SB

1543

.3

.3

82.5

SE

3394

.6

.6

83.1

SK

355

.1

.1

83.1

SN

520

.1

.1

83.2

ST

7228

1.2

1.2

84.4

SZ

26318

4.4

4.4

88.8

TD

21552

3.6

3.6

92.4

TR

42027

7.0

7.0

99.5

XX

3157

.5

.5

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accounted for the greatest number of participants among the 85 participating agencies, at 12.4 percent, followed by the Department of Agriculture at 11.7 percent. The Department of Commerce accounted for 7 percent of participants in the survey.

Table 2.

Variable 2: Sex

DSEX

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

79100

13.2

13.2

13.2

Male

293014

49.0

49.0

62.2

Female

225889

37.8

37.8

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

49 percent of the survey participants were male, 37.8 percent were female, and 13.2 percent preferred did not indicate their gender.

Table 3.

Variable 3: Education Level

DEDUC

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

No degree

77380

12.9

12.9

12.9

Doctorate

149163

24.9

24.9

37.9

Bachelor’s

182979

30.6

30.6

68.5

Master’s

188481

31.5

31.5

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

24.9 percent of participants had a Doctorate degree, 31.5 percent had a master’s degree, 30 percent had a Bachelor’s degree, and 12.9 percent had some college education with no degree.

Table 4

Variable 4: Tenure in the Federal Agency

DFEDTEN

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

1-3 years

73076

12.2

12.2

12.2

6 -10years

221712

37.1

37.1

49.3

11-20 years

162634

27.2

27.2

76.5

4 -5 years

140581

23.5

23.5

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

37 percent of participants have been with the federal government for 6 to 10 years, 27 percent for 11 to 20 years, 23 percent for 4 to 5 years, and 12 percent for 1 to 3 years.

Table 5

Variable 5: Supervisory Status

DSUPER

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Team Leader

63962

10.7

10.7

10.7

Non-Supervisor

432781

72.4

72.4

83.1

Supervisor

101260

16.9

16.9

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

72 percent of the participating employees were of a non-supervisor status, 10. 7 percent were team leaders, while 16.9 percent identified themselves as being of supervisor status.

Table 6

Variable 6: Race

DMINORITY

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Hispanic

87317

14.6

14.6

14.6

Other

168099

28.1

28.1

42.7

White

342587

57.3

57.3

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

57.3 percent of participating employees identified as non-Hispanic white, 14.6 percent identified as Latino or Hispanic, and 28.1 percent identified as others.

Table 7

Variable 7: Intention to Leave over the Next Year

DLEAVING

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Yes-other

30165

5.0

5.0

5.0

No

382646

64.0

64.0

69.0

Yes -1

100354

16.8

16.8

85.8

Yes - 2

22298

3.7

3.7

89.5

Yes- retire

62540

10.5

10.5

100.0

Total

598003

100.0

100.0

64 percent of participating employees indicated that they were not planning to leave their current agency within the next year. 16.8 percent indicated that they were planning to leave to take up another job within the federal government, 3.7 percent to take up a job outside the federal government, 10.5 percent to retire, and 5 percent indicated that they were planning to leave for undisclosed reasons.

ii) Part 2: Frequency Analysis and Descriptive Statistics for Explanatory Variables

Table 1.

Q2 Frequency Analysis: Employees have enough information to do their job well

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree (1)

19991

3.3

3.4

3.4

Disagree (2)

63323

10.6

10.6

14.0

Neither Agree nor Disagree (3)

83470

14.0

14.0

28.0

Agree (4)

301786

50.5

50.8

78.8

Strongly Agree (5)

126048

21.1

21.2

100.0

Total

594618

99.4

100.0

Missing

System

3385

.6

Total

598003

100.0

Table 2

Q2 Descriptive Statistics: Employees have enough information to do their job well

N

Valid

594618

Missing

3385

Mean

3.76

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

1.011

Skewness

-.901

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

.363

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 1.

Bar chart for Q2: Employees have enough information to do their job well

Interpretation:

Approximately 72 percent of employees at least agree that they have enough information to do their job well. Most (over 50%) of employees agree, while 22 percent strongly agree, that they have sufficient information to do their jobs well. Only 3 percent believe that they face very severe information challenges that make them completely unable to carry out their jobs effectively.

Table 3.

Q7 Frequency Analysis: When needed, employees are willing to put in the extra effort to get a job done

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

4095

.7

.7

.7

Disagree

4134

.7

.7

1.4

Neither Agree nor Disagree

15333

2.6

2.6

4.0

Agree

188042

31.4

31.6

35.5

Strongly Agree

384185

64.2

64.5

100.0

Total

595789

99.6

100.0

Missing

System

2214

.4

Total

598003

100.0

Table 4.

Q7 Descriptive Statistics: When needed, employees are willing to put in the extra effort to get a job done

N

Valid

595789

Missing

2214

Mean

4.58

Median

5.00

Mode

5

Std. Deviation

.647

Skewness

-2.053

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

6.497

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 2.

Bar chart for Q7: When needed, employees are willing to put in the extra effort to get a job done

Interpretation:

A majority (64 percent) of employees strongly agree that they put in extra work whenever necessary to get a job done. Approximately 96 percent either agree or strongly agree that they are often willing to put in extra work to get a job done at the workplace. Only less than 1 percent report that they would not go the extra mile when needed to get a job done, while 2 percent are indifferent.

Table 5.

Q20 Frequency Analysis: The people I work with cooperate to get the job done

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

17519

2.9

2.9

2.9

Disagree

44398

7.4

7.4

10.4

Neither Agree nor Disagree

70392

11.8

11.8

22.2

Agree

271198

45.4

45.5

67.7

Strongly Agree

192503

32.2

32.3

100.0

Total

596010

99.7

100.0

Missing

System

1993

.3

Total

598003

100.0

Table 6.

Q20 Descriptive Statistics : The people I work with cooperate to get the job done

N

Valid

596010

Missing

1993

Mean

3.97

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

1.001

Skewness

-1.083

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

.847

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 3.

Bar chart for Q20: The people I work with cooperate to get the job done

Interpretation:

Approximately 78 percent of employees either agree or strongly agree that their colleagues at work cooperate to get the job done. 3 percent strongly agree that their colleagues are uncooperative, while 11 percent are indifferent.

Table 7.

Q26 Frequency Analysis: Employees in my work unit share job knowledge with each other.

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

25028

4.2

4.2

4.2

Disagree

38217

6.4

6.4

10.7

Neither Agree nor Disagree

71864

12.0

12.1

22.8

Agree

295718

49.5

49.9

72.7

Strongly Agree

162184

27.1

27.3

100.0

Total

593011

99.2

100.0

Missing

System

4992

.8

Total

598003

100.0

Table 8.

Q26 Descriptive Statistics: Employees in my work unit share job knowledge with each other.

N

Valid

593011

Missing

4992

Mean

3.90

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

1.011

Skewness

-1.148

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

1.110

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 4.

Bar Chart for Q26: Employees in my work unit share job knowledge with each other

Interpretation

77 percent of employees either agree or strongly agree that employees in their unit share job knowledge with each other for the benefit of the organization. Only 6 percent disagree and 4 percent strongly disagree with this statement. The skewness value of -1.148 indicates that the data is slightly negatively or left-skewed, implying that as shown in the graph, a greater number of values are concentrated on the right side of the graph, representing a non-normal distribution. At the same time, the positive kurtosis value of 1.11 points to a leptokurtic distribution, indicating that the distribution of responses is more peaked than that of a normal distribution.

Table 9.

Q28 Frequency Analysis: How would you rate the overall quality of work done by your work unit?

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Very Poor

4778

.8

.8

.8

Poor

11406

1.9

1.9

2.7

Fair

71467

12.0

12.0

14.7

Good

241339

40.4

40.6

55.3

Very Good

265880

44.5

44.7

100.0

Total

594870

99.5

100.0

Missing

System

3133

.5

Total

598003

100.0

Table 10.

Q28 Descriptive Statistics: How would you rate the overall quality of work done by your work unit?

N

Valid

594870

Missing

3133

Mean

4.26

Median

4.00

Mode

5

Std. Deviation

.804

Skewness

-1.106

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

1.445

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 5.

Bar Chart for Q28: How would you rate the overall quality of work done by your work unit?

Interpretation

40 percent of employees rate the quality of work done by their units as good, but the majority of employees (44.7 percent) rate it as very good. 12 percent rate the quality of their work as fair, and only 0.8 percent believe that the work output of their units is very poor. The skewness measure of -1.106 is less than the -1 standard for normality, indicating that the distribution of responses is slightly left-skewed and more responses lie on the right side of the graph (the good and very good options). At the same time, the kurtosis value of 1.445 points to a leptokurtic distribution, indicating that the distribution of responses is more peaked than that of a normal distribution.

Table 11.

Q29 Frequency Analysis: My work unit has the job-relevant knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish organizational goals.

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

11255

1.9

1.9

1.9

Disagree

31721

5.3

5.4

7.3

Neither Agree nor Disagree

67727

11.3

11.5

18.8

Agree

284381

47.6

48.2

66.9

Strongly Agree

195083

32.6

33.1

100.0

Total

590167

98.7

100.0

Missing

System

7836

1.3

Total

598003

100.0

Table 12.

Q29 Descriptive Statistics: My work unit has the job-relevant knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish organizational goals

N

Valid

590167

Missing

7836

Mean

4.05

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

.911

Skewness

-1.134

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

1.379

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 6.

Bar Chart for Q29: My work unit has the job-relevant knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish organizational goals

Interpretation

Slightly less than half of employees agree that their work units have the job skills necessary to achieve organizational goals. Another 33 percent strongly believe that their work units harbor the requisite job-related skills. 11 percent are indifferent about the skills situation in their work units while 3.3 percent do not believe that they have the relevant skills needed for job achievement in their unit. The mean, mode and median are equal, indicating that the distribution of responses is normal. The skewness measure of -1.134 is less than the -1 standard for normality, indicating that the distribution of responses is slightly left-skewed and more responses lie on the right side of the graph (the agree and strongly agree options). At the same time, the kurtosis value of 1.379 points to a leptokurtic distribution, indicating that the distribution of responses is more peaked than that of a normal distribution

Table 13.

Q35 Frequency Analysis: Employees are protected from health and safety hazards on the job.

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

21006

3.5

3.6

3.6

Disagree

31152

5.2

5.4

9.0

Neither Agree nor Disagree

72156

12.1

12.4

21.4

Agree

301595

50.4

52.0

73.4

Strongly Agree

154301

25.8

26.6

100.0

Total

580210

97.0

100.0

Missing

System

17793

3.0

Total

598003

100.0

Table 14.

Q35 Descriptive Statistics: Employees are protected from health and safety hazards on the job.

N

Valid

580210

Missing

17793

Mean

3.93

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

.962

Skewness

-1.189

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

1.480

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 7.

Bar Chart for Q35: Employees are protected from health and safety hazards on the job.

Interpretation

52 percent of employees agree and 27 percent strongly agree that their employers protect them from health and safety hazards on the job. 5.4 percent and 3.6 percent disagree and strongly disagree with this respectively, while 12.4 percent are indifferent about the health and safety standards in their organizations. The skewness measure of -1.189 indicates that the distribution of responses is slightly left-skewed and more responses lie on the right side of the graph (agree and strongly agree options). At the same time, the kurtosis value of 1.48 points to a leptokurtic distribution, indicating that the distribution of responses is more peaked than that of a normal distribution.

Table 15.

Q36 Frequency Analysis: My organization has prepared employees for potential security threats.

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

16287

2.7

2.8

2.8

Disagree

28964

4.8

5.0

7.8

Neither Agree nor Disagree

72048

12.0

12.4

20.2

Agree

317174

53.0

54.6

74.8

Strongly Agree

146292

24.5

25.2

100.0

Total

580765

97.1

100.0

Missing

System

17238

2.9

Total

598003

100.0

Table 16.

Q36 Descriptive Statistics: My organization has prepared employees for potential security threats.

N

Valid

580765

Missing

17238

Mean

3.94

Median

4.00

Mode

4

Std. Deviation

.908

Skewness

-1.188

Std. Error of Skewness

.003

Kurtosis

1.750

Std. Error of Kurtosis

.006

Figure 8.

Bar Chart for Q36: My organization has prepared employees for potential security threats.

Interpretation

Over 50 percent of employees agree that their organization have prepared employees for potential security threats, while 25 percent strongly agree. 7.8 percent either disagree or strongly disagree that their organizations have effectively prepared their employees for potential security threats, while 12 percent are indifferent. Responses are slightly left skewed from the skewness value of -1.188, while the value of kurtosis of 1.75 indicates that distribution is peaked or leptokurtic.