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More Than Childcare Needed To Fix Unequal Labor Market

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But the system reaches its limits when it comes to mothers’ careers.” During this period, several family-policy reforms were implemented from 2005 to 2008, resulting in a substantial increase in childcare slots. Regional diversity The authors leveraged this regional diversity for their study.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether.

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Economies Based On Renewable Energy Are More Resilient

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New research conducted by Trinity College Dublin has unveiled a compelling link between the use of renewable energy sources and the speed of economic recovery following systemic shocks. To arrive at their conclusions, the researchers meticulously examined data from 133 systemic economic crises spanning 98 countries over a four-decade period.

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Female Bosses Are Fairer In How They Pay Staff

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During the financial crisis of 2008, it was widely cited that a greater presence of female managers in the financial industry would have resulted in more ethical behaviors. “Our study shows that diversity in the executive ranks is important if the atmosphere in a company is to be appreciative and wage inequality is to be limited.”

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Rural Students Disadvantaged When It Comes To University

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After researching data from around 800,000 English students starting university in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016, they found that cities appear to provide an “escalator effect” into these universities that don’t exist in rural areas. A range of factors.

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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?

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Some say hackers broke into to the Target organization through the system of one of their suppliers, a seemingly innocuous HVAC company. In 2008, thieves simultaneously hit more than 2,100 ATMs across the globe and within 12 hours stole more than $9 million in cash. Secret Service to investigate compromised credit card activity.

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Organizational Health Care with N2Growth: When was your Last Check-up?

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But, you can take steps to control the organization’s blood pressure and lower your risk for systems breaking down due to high levels of tension. Well, the results from a 2008 survey stated how workers at all levels needed to learn to accept conflict as an inevitable part of their work environment. How assured?