Return on investment of a work-family intervention: evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

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• Personal Author:
  Barbosa C ; Bray JW ; Dowd WN ; Kelly EL ; Mills MJ ; Moen P ; Olson, Ryan ; Wipfli B
• 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Health Promotion Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work-family Conflict Families Financial Outcomes Health-programs Models Prevention Research Psychological-reactions Psychology Return On Investment Sociological-factors Stress Supervisor Support Work-environment Workers Workplace Flexibility Workplace Intervention

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Minnesota ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046685
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep; 57(9):943-951
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolina Barbosa, PhD, RTI International, 230 West Monroe St, Ste 2100, Chicago, IL 60606
• Email:
  cbarbosa@rti.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202036/cdc_202036_DS1.pdf
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