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self‐funded leave and life role development
Author(s) -
Furbish Dale S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2009.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - psychology , career development , personal development , qualitative research , adult development , working life , work–life balance , work (physics) , process (computing) , resource (disambiguation) , medical education , social psychology , applied psychology , sociology , medicine , psychotherapist , social science , philosophy , mechanical engineering , computer network , epistemology , quality (philosophy) , computer science , engineering , operating system
Self‐funded leave is an employee benefit that provides a time resource to those who wish to develop interests and other life roles. Semistructured interviews were used for this qualitative study to explore the motivations for enrolling in the self‐funded leave program, how the leave contributed to work‐life balance through development of other life roles, and the difficulties that arose during the program. Adult transition theory is used to conceptualize the process of participating in self‐funded leave programs and to suggest how employees who undertake self‐funded leave can be best supported by career counselors.