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What Human Services and Helping Professionals Need to Know about Employee Retention and Work-Life Balance

The Work-Family Enrichment theory highlights the interrelatedness of professional and personal life and notes that positive work and family experiences can have additive effects on individuals and their families (Greenhaus & Powell, 2006). Through this lens, work satisfaction has implications for family and individual wellbeing. When workplace organizations implement practices that encourage employee retention, they systematically create an environment that fosters employee satisfaction (Griffin et al., 2010; Wells, 2015). Retention, and the relationships between work, family, and individual wellbeing, are particularly salient for certain types of work that are connected to human development and family science because many of these careers are high-demand/lower-pay “labors of love” (e.g., child care providers, social work, child-life specialists). Equipping current and future helping/human service professionals with an understanding of effective retention practices will help them identify satisfying work opportunities for themselves and enhance their ability to advocate for and implement retention practices across the field.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:secfr-conf-1120
Date04 April 2020
CreatorsQuichocho, Davina, Lucier-Greer, Mallory, Nichols, Lucy R., Frye, Nicky, O'Neal, Catherine Walker, Krumm, Allie
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceSoutheastern Council on Family Relations Conference

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