By Laurie Tarkan | April 20, 2011
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Image via Wikipedia…Focusing on social workers, … John Graham, Ph.D., a professor of social work at the University of Calgary and his then doctoral student Micheal Shier, now at the University of Pennsylvania sent a survey out to 2,500 registered social workers in Alberta, Canada. Seven hundred people responded.- Flexible work schedules. ... A flexible schedule helped them to achieve a healthy work-life balance.
- A strong sense of engagement in their work. The researcher found that was because of … support … from their bosses and employers. This support included flex schedules as well as the availability of superiors to consult with and bounce issues off of.
- A feeling of being appreciated and valued, which often stemmed from their being included in organizational decision-making.
- Having a high degree of freedom built into their jobs, meaning that they wanted the ability to try new things and expand out of their immediate area.
- A pleasant physical workspace and good relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Having a diversity of responsibilities, which might include training or teaching others, research, and policy development work.
- Having a mentor to talk about their life, career decisions and their day-to-day job.
Laurie Tarkan is an award-winning health journalist who writes for the New York Times, national magazines and websites including Health, Prevention, Ladies Home Journal, iVillage and the Huffington Post. Follow her on twitter.
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