{"title":"Improving Job Satisfaction and Belonging Through Flexible Work and Leadership Cohorts","authors":"Carey Scheide Miller, Joan Giblin","doi":"10.1177/15234223231212675","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Problem Higher staff turnover rates occurred at a university when flexible work schedules were selectively discontinued in some divisions after the COVID-19 pandemic workplace disruption. Solution Staff surveys and focus groups identified a strong positive connection between flexible work, job satisfaction, and supervisor support. Alongside collaborators, leadership workshop cohorts were developed for staff supervisors. Pre- and post-workshop surveys, interviews, and a split-test survey of non-managerial staff gauged if job satisfaction and belonging were influenced by the workshops and how flexible work was factored. Job satisfaction and communication improved for participants and their staff. Furthermore, their staff reported higher feelings of belonging. Stakeholders The intended audience for this article is HRD scholars, practitioners, and employers interested in improving job satisfaction and belonging for their employees.","PeriodicalId":51549,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Developing Human Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Developing Human Resources","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15234223231212675","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Problem Higher staff turnover rates occurred at a university when flexible work schedules were selectively discontinued in some divisions after the COVID-19 pandemic workplace disruption. Solution Staff surveys and focus groups identified a strong positive connection between flexible work, job satisfaction, and supervisor support. Alongside collaborators, leadership workshop cohorts were developed for staff supervisors. Pre- and post-workshop surveys, interviews, and a split-test survey of non-managerial staff gauged if job satisfaction and belonging were influenced by the workshops and how flexible work was factored. Job satisfaction and communication improved for participants and their staff. Furthermore, their staff reported higher feelings of belonging. Stakeholders The intended audience for this article is HRD scholars, practitioners, and employers interested in improving job satisfaction and belonging for their employees.
期刊介绍:
Advances in Developing Human Resources is a bi-monthly journal whose single issues explore and examine discrete topics. These single issues (or "back issues," once the subsequent issue is published) are available individually or in quantities for use in a classroom or training environment. Balancing practice, theory, and readability, each issue is devoted to important and timely topics related to the development of human resources. The content of the journal spans the realms of performance, learning, and integrity within an organizational context. Readable and relevant to practitioners, each issue is grounded in sound research and theory and edited by a top scholar in the field.