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Readme.txt for "Data for Testing job wellbeing indicators among community behavioral health workers: Community-based participatory research"
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Documentation written on 2025-02-18
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Fukui, S., Wu, W., Garabrant, J., Salyers, M. P., Dell, N., Bass, E., Greenfield, J., Morse, G.  (2025). Data for Testing job wellbeing indicators among community behavioral health workers: Community-based participatory research (Version 1) [data set]. IU Indianapolis. 



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Data contributors:
Sadaaki Fukui, Ph.D, MSW, Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Social Work, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5156 USA

Wei Wu, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Jennifer Garabrant, BSW, Program Manager, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Psychology, 402 N. Blackford, LD 120B, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Psychology, 402 N. Blackford St., LD124 Indianapolis, IN 46202-3217 USA

Nathaniel Dell, Ph.D., LCSW, Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-1010 USA

Emily Bass, MS, Graduate Student, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Psychology, 402 N. Blackford St., LD124 Indianapolis, IN 46202-3217 USA

Jaime Greenfield, MS, BJC Healthcare, St. Louis, MO 63108 USA

Gary Morse, Ph.D, Former Vice President, Research and Development, Places for People, 4130 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108, USA



DATASET Description
Abstract: Many community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs) continue to struggle with their employees’ reduced job wellbeing and job disengagement (i.e., turnover intentions, actual turnover). Understanding employees’ job wellbeing priorities in their organizational contexts is essential to address the challenges, especially for workers in diverse work settings such as CBHOs. We used community-based participatory research (CBPR) strategies to develop and test job wellbeing indicators. The current study implemented 11 indicators with 168 people employed at a CBHO through initial and 6-month follow-up surveys. Positive endorsement of job wellbeing indicators differed based on employees’ demographic (e.g., race, education, marital status) and job (e.g., exempt status, clinical positions) characteristics. Several indicators declined from the initial to the follow-up surveys (e.g., communication, job fairness, decision-making involvement, expectation alignment, supervisory support, career development opportunities). The change rates also varied by employee characteristics (e.g., work years, race, exempt status, full-time). The current study illustrates the utility of CBPR strategies to implement job wellbeing indicators based on employees’ priorities and diverse job wellbeing experiences among employee subpopulations. Further, the developed indicators revealed job wellbeing heterogeneity by employee subpopulations within an organization that is often overlooked. Efforts to understand varying job wellbeing characteristics among diverse employees may eventually help develop organization-tailored interventions to improve job wellbeing and reduce turnover. 



FILE INFORMATION
All data are contained in a single csv file. The file contains survey responses for 168 participants.

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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data (who is allowed to access and use these data?): CC-BY. Data will be shared via Data Sharing Agreement to protect the privacy of participants.

2. Links to thesis, dissertation, reports, or publications that cite or use the data (include DOI): To be added upon publication.




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