SARAH J. CLARK

A changing society impacts on individuals as well as on organizations. Many of the social issues transfer to work settings. Employees leave home each work day thinking about personal problems. Responsibilities may be enormous for Workers with preschool children, aging parents, family illnesses, and financial burdens. Concerns such as these follow employees to their work sites and affect their job performance.
Retaining capable and loyal employees is as important a concern as is attracting qualified job applicants. To attract and retain competent workers, employers have been conscious of the changes in individual life styles, pressures on families, and needs of workers at all age levels. Managers have responded to these social changes by taking action to improve the way work is done, to assure healthier and safer working conditions, and to help workers deal with some personal problems.