Who benefits from work-life programs? Lessons in gender and race from OPM's Federal Work-Life Survey

Shilpa Viswanath, Jung Ah Yun, Lauren Bock Mullins

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Abstract

Engaging the US Office of Personnel Management's inaugural Federal Work-life Survey (2017), this study deconstructs the gender and race differences in employee satisfaction with federal work-life programs. We examine whether women of color employees in particular stand to benefit differently from the federal work-life programs in comparison to their male and white colleagues. Notably, this study operationalizes the federal employee's work-life interference and dependent care responsibilities to determine gender and race-related differences in employee satisfaction with federal work-life programs. Study results indicate that federal employees belonging to historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups are satisfied to a lesser extent with partaking in federal work-life programs than their white counterparts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1163-1183
Number of pages21
JournalPublic Administration Review
Volume84
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2024

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