Building Bridges? An Assessment of Academic and Practitioner ...

Building Bridges?AppendixQuestions and Variable CodingAcademic/Practitioner. Which of these best describes your primary worksetting? [Federal government; State government; Local/Municipal/Countygovernment; College/University/Other academic institution; Nonprofitorganization; For-profit organization (other than self-employed); Self-employed;Other (describe); Don’t know; Refuse]. Dummy variable created with “college/university/other institution” coded as 1 and all other categories coded 0.Perceptions of ASPA Services. Listed below are five general ASPA serviceareas. Please rank these five service areas in order, from most important (5) toleast important (1) by assigning each a value from 1 to 5, based on how muchemphasis you feel ASPA should place on the service. Service areas include publications,continuing education/professional development, support and recognitionfor the profession, creating and upholding professional standards, and networkingopportunities. Responses to survey items were coded from most important (5) toleast important (1), assigning each survey item a value from 1 to 5.Perceptions of ASPA Publications. Listed below are a variety of specificmember benefits and services provided by ASPA. First, please indicate howimportant the service is to you, using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is “notimportant at all” and 5 is “very important.” Then, please rate how satisfied youare currently with the benefit or service, using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is “notat all satisfied” and 5 is “very satisfied.” Publications and services include PublicAdministration Review, The Public Manager, the ASPA National Conference, andWeb-based Training (webinars).Perceptions of ASPA Priorities. Next, we have a few questions about ASPAstrategic decisions. Below are several statements about choices ASPA could makemoving forward. Please rate your level of agreement with each using a scale from1 to 5, where 1 is “strongly disagree” and 5 is “strongly agree.”• A top priority for ASPA should be promoting social equity in allaspects of government programs and policies.• ASPA should develop its own professional credential for PA professionals.• ASPA should expand its focus to include international issues that affectthe quality of governments worldwide.• ASPA should partner with the Certified Public Manager (CPM)programs to develop continuing education programs for CPMs.• ASPA should create a center for nonprofit management.• ASPA should focus more resources on influencing policy making toimprove the quality of government and government service.• ASPA should focus more resources on a program to help newprofessionals further their careers.Journal of Public Affairs Education 771