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Nov 2020
27m 51s

Managing Working Parents During the Pand...

Harvard Business Review
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Ellen Ernst Kossek, management professor at Purdue University, is researching how the pandemic is putting an enormous strain on working parents and the new challenge that poses for their managers. She shares how supervisors can offer much-needed consistency and predictability for working parents on their teams. She also outlines specific ways to give working ... Show More
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