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Sep 2022
27m 32s

Work-Life Supports That Truly Help Your ...

Harvard Business Review
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Work-life support programs have long been known to lower turnover and raise employee loyalty. But new research shows they also have a positive effect on promoting diversity among managers at those firms, an effect that’s even stronger than that of some popular racial-equity programs. Alexandra Kalev chairs the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel ... Show More
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