National Study Offers New Insights Into Nonprofit Employee Engagement
| Posted in Management on Jan 15, 2012 |
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To help nonprofit employers better understand their employees’ engagement, Opportunity Knocks, the national nonprofit job board and HR resource, conducted a landmark national study and today released the OK Research project, Engaging the Nonprofit Workforce: Mission, Management and Emotion.
Opportunity Knocks produced this project in partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Environmental and Public Affairs and organizations including the Girl Scouts of the USA, Boys and Girls Club of America, Metro Atlanta YMCA, American Cancer Society, and Talent Connections.
This report is the only of its kind on employee engagement specifically focused on the nonprofit sector. The goal of this project is to better understand the ways in which nonprofit employees are engaged and the impact of employee engagement and disengagement upon employees, nonprofit organizations and communities.
Key findings include:
- Half of employees may be burned out or are in danger of burnout.
- Only half plan to continue working for their current employer.
- Seven in ten believe that making a difference in society means more to them than personal achievements.
- The majority felt they do not have enough authority to get their job done.
The report provides recommendations and addresses management and organizational factors that affect engagement including:
- Mission Attachment
- Career Development
- Compensation & Benefits
- Job Specificity
- Management Relations
- Participatory Management
- Emotional Engagement & Burnout
"A better understanding of employee engagement may help organizations identify better strategies to engage their employees, avoid burnout, and ultimately decrease turnover rates, in addition to lowering costs and creating more effective organizations." quotes Karen Beavor, President and CEO of Opportunity Knocks. "True to our mission, this demonstrates our commitment to support nonprofit organizations build successful human resource strategies."
A free copy of the report can be downloaded here.
Opportunity Knocks is the national nonprofit Job Board, HR Resource and Career Development website exclusively on the nonprofit community. For Nonprofit professionals, Opportunity Knocks is the premier destination to find nonprofit jobs and access valuable resources for developing successful careers in the nonprofit community. For Employers, Opportunity Knocks is the best way to find qualified nonprofit candidates and receive valuable information that nonprofit organizations need when building successful recruitment, retention and human resource strategies.
For more information, visit http://content.opportunityknocks.org/.
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