Return on Investment of a Work–Family Intervention

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Barbosa, Carolina ; Bray, Jeremy W. ; Dowd, William N. ; Mills, Michael J. ; Moen, Phyllis ; Wipfli, Brad ; Olson, Ryan ; Kelly, Erin L.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To estimate the return on investment (ROI) of a workplace initiative to reduce work–family conflict in a group-randomized 18-month field experiment in an information technology firm in the United States.
  
  Methods:
  
  Intervention resources were micro-costed; benefits included medical costs, productivity (presenteeism), and turnover. Regression models were used to estimate the ROI, and cluster-robust bootstrap was used to calculate its confidence interval.
  
  Results:
  
  For each participant, model-adjusted costs of the intervention were $690 and company savings were $1850 (2011 prices). The ROI was 1.68 (95% confidence interval, −8.85 to 9.47) and was robust in sensitivity analyses.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  The positive ROI indicates that employers’ investment in an intervention to reduce work–family conflict can enhance their business. Although this was the first study to present a confidence interval for the ROI, results are comparable with the literature.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Cost-Benefit Analysis Family Female Financial Outcomes Health Promotion Humans Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Prevention Research Return On Investment Supervisor Support Work-family Conflict Workplace Flexibility Workplace Intervention Work Schedule Tolerance

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 57(9):943-951
• Pubmed ID:
  26340282
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8919475
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U010H008788/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U01HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R03 AG046393/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bad4ae0c0f97cea4b1595610321d4c9c5bc7cdfe080613c7aaf29845f2960692
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115449/cdc_115449_DS1.pdf
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