The retention of student affairs professionals remains a significant challenge for academic institutions, as these professionals play a critical role in supporting student retention and ensuring completion rates. A misalignment between employees' preferred work environments and current institutional policies and traditions hinders the transition…

The increase in remote working has changed the way both employees and organizations view work in an already tumultuous landscape of the IT sector. In this study, we surveyed Finnish employees (n = 266) from an international IT sector company in 2022 after the remote working mandates were lifted. We firstly examined how remote work intensity (RWI)…

Remote work significantly impacted higher education institutions (HEIs) and the world during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, it became the new normal for organizations and how they operate their workforces. The pandemic created the need to identify emerging practices in remote work that respond to changing circumstances and embrace…

The purpose of this action research study was to examine how leaders can build and sustain organizational culture in a remote work environment in a statewide educational regulatory agency. The study addressed how leaders can implement strategies to build and sustain culture in a remote work environment with fidelity with the goal of improved job…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a marked influence on the nature of psychotherapy in the transition from predominantly in-person services to predominantly remote, telemental health services, to an intermediary hybrid model. Increased availability of telehealth services has been denoted a point of equity in meeting service needs of diverse groups of…

Employee turnover, often the result of low levels of job satisfaction, is a serious problem facing organizations in a competitive environment where retaining top talent drives competitive advantages. As millions of workers begin to shift towards virtual work for the first time as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing employee…

The CUPA-HR Higher Education Employee Retention Survey was piloted in May 2022. The survey was created to better understand the segment of the higher ed workforce that is at risk for leaving their current jobs, why these employees are considering leaving, and what higher ed institutions can implement to increase retention and improve the higher ed…

Despite the tremendous growth of telework and other forms of virtual work, little is known about its impact on organizational commitment and turnover intentions, nor the mechanisms through which telework operates. Drawing upon the conservation of resources model as the theoretical framework, I posit telework's impact is the result of resource…

Employers are feeling the strain of needing to offer alternative work arrangements to retain and recruit employees. Due to a change in demographics, dual-career couples and increased technology; people are demanding a transformation in the workplace environment. Two alternatives, which are being offered by employers, are flextime and…

Research in distance and online education has focused on how to improve students' learning and support services. Faculty satisfaction, as one of the five pillars in Sloan-Consortium's quality framework for online education, has received less attention in research. Besides online teaching, little research has examined the experiences of academics…