Determinants of Workforce Retention in Public-Sector Water Utilities (Request for Proposal)

Description: Quantify the relative influence of compensation, pension stability, mission alignment, schedule flexibility, leadership support, career development opportunities, and other factors on employee retention in public-sector water utilities. Identify and analyze key impediments to retaining talent, including structural, cultural, compensation-related, and organizational barriers. Identify and benchmark retention best practices from sectors outside the water industry to assess transferability and develop case studies of high-retention organizations to distill replicable strategies and measurable success factors. Applicants may request up to $275,000 in WRF funds for this project.