EQUALITY GUIdE - KU Leuven

48 Equality Guide
I’m asked by fellow students to join social activities outside the classroom. 0.531
I have the feeling that I have to minimize particular aspects of my background to &0.355
be part of the group.
Factor 2: " =0.855
Insulting remarks or jokes about women. 0.748
Insulting remarks or jokes about LGBT persons. 0.797
Insulting remarks or jokes about ethnic minorities. 0.776
Insulting remarks or jokes about people with disabilities. 0.788
Insulting remarks or jokes about other things. 0.565
Factor 3: Contacts with other students " = 0.650
How often contact with LGB students. 0.534
How often contact with students from another ethnic background. 0.715
How often contact with students with disabilities. 0.391
How often contact with students from another social background. 0.666
Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.
3.7.7. Calculating scores
Scores had to be calculated for parts one, two and three. For part one, dealing with
organizational climate, scores were calculated on the six different scales for each respondent,
along with the total score of all scales. This total score was reduced to 10
points, with 10 being the maximum score. This is easier to compare with since not
every scale has the same number of items and maximum scores would be different.
This resulted in seven new variables (six scales plus total score). The higher the score,
the more positive the organizational climate is perceived. So a score of 10 means that a
respondent perceives her/his climate as very positive. For part two, dealing with wellbeing,
a new variable was created that includes the total score (out of 10) of each respondent
on the different items. For part three, which is about attitudes, another step
had to be taken first before calculating the scores. It is important to take into account
the ‘no opinion’ answers. First the frequencies for those answers are calculated and
then the ‘no opinion’ answer is left out to calculate the score on this scale. In this case,
the score was not reduced to 10 but those on the attitude questions were just added
up. The lower the score, the more positive the attitude (e.g. if you have 13 attitude
questions, then 13 is the lowest score and 52 is the maximum score).
When calculating the score for the ‘Superior’s openness to equal opportunities’ scale
for administrative and technical personnel, the items about flexible working hours and
working at home were omitted because staff from these categories often have to be
present at certain hours (e.g. kitchen personnel, secretary staff).