Kelly et al. (2014), American Sociological Review

Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict

In a randomized trial in a Fortune 500 firm's IT division, training supervisors to support staff's personal lives and prompting employees to rethink when and where they work modestly cut work-family conflict without raising hours.

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What the research saysHow does change affect middle managers themselves?

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