PARENTHOOD, COVID-19, AND WORK OUTCOMES IN THE DOD

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dc.contributor.advisorHeissel, Jennifer A.
dc.contributor.advisorMassenkoff, Maxim
dc.contributor.authorKwan, Yuk W.
dc.contributor.corporateDepartment of Defense Management (DDM)
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Defense Management (DDM)
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T17:15:48Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T17:15:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States around March 2020, it changed the landscape of the work environment, and there was a sudden shift from in-person office work to a substantial portion of the population conducting their jobs remotely. My study evaluates how these changes affected the Marine Corps’ critical resource—their personnel. By combining Marine Corps demographic data with K-12 public school closures data across the United States at the county level, I used four separate performance metrics to estimate the effects that school closures had on productivity among Marines. When the Marine Corps allowed parents the time to take care of their children, I found that it had a positive relationship between remote work and performance when looking at proficiency scores. My study also concluded that the population that suffered from school closures when compared to their counterparts were female Marines with children, when examining the impact on Combat Fitness Test scores. I recommend that the Marine Corps continue allowing Marines with children the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance and find ways to lessen the burden when unforeseen childcare requirements arise. My analysis demonstrates that policies that provide more freedom for Marines to maintain a healthy work-life balance do not negatively affect a Marine’s performance. Creating new policies to continue the era of remote work in the Marine Corps can benefit the productivity of Marines.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.description.serviceMajor, United States Marine Corpsen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode847, Manpower Systems Analysis
dc.identifier.thesisid36346
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/69664
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesManpower Systems Analysis Theses
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorCOVID-19en_US
dc.subject.authorpandemicsen_US
dc.subject.authorworken_US
dc.subject.authorperformanceen_US
dc.subject.authorremote worken_US
dc.subject.authorgenderen_US
dc.titlePARENTHOOD, COVID-19, AND WORK OUTCOMES IN THE DODen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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etd.thesisdegree.disciplineManagementen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Managementen_US
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