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Laredo practicum finds participatory decision making linked to higher employee engagement and lower turnover costs
Summary
Dr. Viviana Martinez presented a quantitative practicum finding that participatory decision making (PDM) correlated with improved employee attitudes, greater retention and a potential positive financial impact for government organizations based on a small sample of practitioners.
Dr. Viviana Martinez, director of the detoxification department at Roots Recovery Center in Laredo, told a City of Laredo CPM practicum panel that her empirical, quantitative study found evidence PDM (participatory decision making) affects employee attitudes, commitment and organizational financial health. "The alternate hypothesis was accepted that ... participatory decision making does impact the employee's attitudes and capabilities, and that that in turn also impacts the organization's financial health," Martinez said.
Martinez presented results from a closed-response survey sent to 50 invitees with 17 returned responses; she described the research as limited by…
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