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Why is it important?
This study is unique in that it follows the same people over time, showing changes in well-being as a result of greater flexibility and support. By contrast, most research just compares workers with and without such flexibility and support, who may be very different in terms of their job and family situations. We also include a control group, workers who keep working as usual. Those receiving the initiative report increases in well-being compared to the control group.
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I have enjoyed working with Erin L. Kelly (MIT) and the interdisciplinary Work, Family and Health Network (funded by NIH and NICHD, among others) on this major and consequential project. Many other papers report on different aspects of the path-breaking study.
Dr Phyllis Moen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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This page is a summary of: Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network, American Sociological Review, January 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0003122415622391.
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