EQUALITY GUIdE - KU Leuven

Chapter 1 ! Personnel development and organisational culture 57
to find this more important than staff from exact sciences. Due to the content of their
work, staff belonging to human science faculties are possibly more aware of the gender
issue and more supportive of higher participation by women in important sections of
an organization. We also stated that LGB staff attach more importance to an LGB
guide than hetero staff members do. As for the use of extra channels to attract more
ethnic minorities to job vacancies, this is considered significantly more important by
staff with a non-Belgian nationality than by the others. The item about mentoring for
PhD students got approval from over 90% of the professors and PhD students. Thus, it
appears that people from the target groups appreciate the initiatives taken on their
behalf.. In general people from minority groups are more positive with respect to equal
opportunities and diversity. A more detailed summary of the results can be found in
table 1.6 in the Appendices.
The frequencies (in %) of knowledge and use of services for staff are summarized
in table 10 below. This part was completed by only 90% of the respondents.
Table 10: Knowledge and use of facilities
Service
Knows
the service
Has made
use of the
service
Very
important
Amount of importance
Important Unimportant Very
unimportant
Child day care 81.7 11.7 60.1 23.4 3 5.5
Child care in summer 76.8 14.2 48.9 32.1 42 5.6
Trust persons 50.6 3.9 33.7 36.8 7.2 3.8
Retraining/in-service
training
Reimbursement of
commuter expenses
Reduction for sport
facilities
76.3 34.6 45.2 38.7 3.8 4.1
81.1 51.8 58.5 23.7 5.2 5.5
78.7 34.5 35.4 38 11.5 6.1
Vegetarian menu 82.5 47.7 42.3 34.6 10 4.5
Medical service 79.7 56.8 52.7 28 6.2 4.6
Psychological, legal
and gynaecological
help, divorce reconciliation
Hospitalization insurance
71.8 23.8 45.4 28.9 8.2 4.2
77.5 26.6 56.9 23.5 3.8 5.5