Work-Life Balance: An Exploratory Analysis of Family-Friendly Policies for Reducing Turnover Intentions Among Women in U.S. Federal Law Enforcement. Issue 4 (12th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Helen H.
• Is Part Of: International journal of public administration. Volume 42:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 345
• Page End: 357
• Publication Date: 2019-03-12
• Subjects: Family-friendly policies -- work-life balance -- work-family conflict -- women -- law enforcement; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351.05
• DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2018.1463541
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0190-0692

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent scholarship has emphasized the influence of family-friendly policies on work attitudes such as turnover intentions. However, little research in public administration has explored the preferences of family-friendly policies or the discretionary implementation of these policies. This article provides an exploratory analysis of a U.S. federal workgroup that is less adaptive to family-care needs in response to mission requirements. Using survey data collected from 1, 111 female officers employed by a large federal law enforcement agency, work-family conflict is reported as the main reason for turnover intentions and five family-friendly policies are identified for potentially reducing turnover intentions among women. In addition, comparisons are made between female officers with children and unmarried female officers with children.