Workaholism
An overview of workaholism and what contributes to it.
Document Category: Workload
Sleep
An overview of sleep and its impact on workplace outcomes.
Organizational Constraints
An overview of work conditions that interfere with an employee’s motivation or ability to perform, otherwise known as work constraints, and what contributes to them.
Workload
An overview of workload and how to improve it.
Role Stress
An overview of three types of role stress: role ambiguity, role conflict, and role overload.
Rethinking Child Welfare Recruitment
This brief discusses the current workforce crisis and provides recommendations on ways child welfare programs can enhance their recruitment efforts.
Effective Workload Management: NCWWI 1-page Summary
This document summarizes a study that surveyed 1,263 workers in a Midwestern state to determine factors that influence workload perceptions related to manageability and overtime work. Caseload characteristics, supervisor support, and regional staffing needs were examined.
The Relationship between Substance Use Indicators and Child Welfare Caseloads
This brief presents results from a statistical analysis examining the relationship between indicators of substance use prevalence and child welfare caseloads. It shows positive relationships with drug-related hospitalizations and child welfare caseloads and similar findings.
New York State Child Welfare Workload Study
This study is the first child welfare workload study that addresses the work of voluntary agency staff, in addition to public agency staff with the aim of understanding the total effort required to assess, plan, provide, and document the broad array of child welfare services.
The Study Of Workload In Child Protective And Child Welfare Services
This journal presents articles from a special issue that explores the measurement of child welfare workload and shares findings from workload studies.