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Perspectives On Sabbaticals And Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Organizations, Beth Anne Spacht
Perspectives On Sabbaticals And Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Organizations, Beth Anne Spacht
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects
For mission-driven organizations with limited resources to invest in employee salary and development, retaining top talent is a critical challenge. The monetary toll of turnover is particularly harmful to small organizations, which make up 66.3 percent of the nonprofit sector. To keep staff satisfied and incentivized to stay, nonprofits need to innovate creative new strategies to retain employees. The nonprofit sabbatical, a period of rest and renewal given to reward years of service, is one possible solution to reduce burnout and reward longevity. This exploratory study investigated the benefits and challenges of nonprofit sabbaticals in relation to theories of job …
[Introduction To] Managing Human Resources In The Public Sector: A Shared Responsibility, Gill Robinson Hickman, Dalton S. Lee
[Introduction To] Managing Human Resources In The Public Sector: A Shared Responsibility, Gill Robinson Hickman, Dalton S. Lee
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This book is written for the large number of public administration students and practitioners who are interested in becoming department managers and supervisors in various areas of government service. It emphasizes the interdependence between the human resource department and line managers in implementing personnel functions. It also provides enough background and history about human resource management in the public sector for line managers to appreciate why the field functions as it does.