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Promising Practices for Incorporating Positive Youth Development Into Young Adult Worker Voice Initiatives

Year: 2024
Type: report
Abstract: This case study is one in a series of three written to give workforce development practitioners an understanding of specific supervision, professional development, and worker voice practices that are currently being implemented by employers that align with positive youth development practices.This particular resource focuses on worker voice practices that can give young adults an opportunity to contribute and belong in the workplace. Integrating positive youth development into the workplaceYoung adults need opportunities to contribute to the places where they spend their time-their communities, families, and workplaces.Research finds that when young adults make meaningful contributions to their environments, they feel more connected and committed to those settings.Having meaningful opportunities to give input is a marker of job quality, 2 and is especially important for young adult workers, to help them build leadership skills and a sense of self-worth and selfefficacy.However, implementation of these practices is not always easy.In addition to promising worker voice practices, this case study highlights some of the challenges and potential pitfalls employers may experience in the process of implementing such practices, which workforce development practitioners can help employers anticipate.The practices and challenges here were identified through interviews with employers and staff from workforce development organizations, and via focus groups with young adult workers in Chicago, IL and Birmingham, AL, where local partnerships are engaged in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Generation Work™ initiative (see more about Generation Work in the callout box).
DOI: 10.56417/1148g6050d
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4401758342
Cites: 3
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