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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 …

Harmonious, Obsessive Or Altruistic? Why Employees Remain In The Not For Profit Sector, Ronelle Toop

Theses : Honours

The Not-For-Profit (NFP) sector is commonly described as having issues recruiting and retaining talented employees. This phenomenon places additional pressure on employees in the sector and has a negative impact on NFP organisational performance. NFP organisations are often prone to voluntary turnover pressure due to poor remuneration, poor working conditions, and onerous duties (Colleran, Gilchrist, & Morris, 2010). The majority of research in the NFP sector has focussed on the retention of volunteers. However, this study will explore the issue of retaining employees within the sector, in order to improve longevity of tenure and subsequent organisational performance.

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Employers Need To Do More To Help Maintain Careers Of Employees With Babies, Leandra Preston-Sidler

UCF Forum

It’s amazing how quickly humans adapt to changing circumstances. A few months ago I wrote about how incredibly challenging my first month of life was with a newborn—what many refer to as “baby boot camp,” a perfect term since that’s exactly what it was like thrust into a completely new state of being where life is organized around one thing.

In The Hands Of Employees, Dow Scott, Mark Reilly, John Andrzejewski

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

With the recent controversy surrounding employee ownership, one privately held company has held fast to the same rule for nearly 50 years: Keep it simple, and keep it in employees' hands.

Office Of Human Resources News - Fall 2001, Nova Southeastern University

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Office Of Human Resources News - Summer 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Office Of Human Resources News - Fall 1998, Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad College Of Law

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Office Of Human Resources News - Spring 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Office Of Human Resources News - May 1997, Nova Southeastern University

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