TY - JOUR
T1 - Federal work life programs and generational perception
T2 - an exploratory study using evidence from OPM’s work life survey
AU - Bock Mullins, Lauren
AU - Yun, Jung Ah
AU - Viswanath, Shilpa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Korean Association for Public Administration.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Understanding the work-life needs of all public sector employees is key to revitalizing government agencies and the services they deliver. Using the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s very first Federal Work Life Survey (2018), this study examines intergenerational variations of perceived satisfaction from federal work-life programs, supervisory support to participate in federal work life programs, and the moderating effect of work-life programs on an employee’s intention to leave. Our study confirms the existence of generational differences amongst millennials, generation X, baby boomers, and traditionalists and highlights the benefits of work-life programs for employees across generations, with particular emphasis on their attractiveness to younger workers, and the need to discover and create innovative ways to retain workers across generations in the federal workforce.
AB - Understanding the work-life needs of all public sector employees is key to revitalizing government agencies and the services they deliver. Using the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s very first Federal Work Life Survey (2018), this study examines intergenerational variations of perceived satisfaction from federal work-life programs, supervisory support to participate in federal work life programs, and the moderating effect of work-life programs on an employee’s intention to leave. Our study confirms the existence of generational differences amongst millennials, generation X, baby boomers, and traditionalists and highlights the benefits of work-life programs for employees across generations, with particular emphasis on their attractiveness to younger workers, and the need to discover and create innovative ways to retain workers across generations in the federal workforce.
KW - federal work life survey
KW - Federal work-life programs
KW - generational differences
KW - intention to leave
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173745677&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/12294659.2023.2256102
DO - 10.1080/12294659.2023.2256102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85173745677
SN - 1229-4659
VL - 28
SP - 411
EP - 431
JO - International Review of Public Administration
JF - International Review of Public Administration
IS - 4
ER -