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Study confirms that Millennials are misunderstood

Millennials value personal development and work-life balance over money and status. However, they are still ambitious and believe in their own ability to steer their career. This is one of many new insights from a large survey conducted by the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), the HEAD Foundation and Universum. The project was undertaken to […]

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Vielfalt im Quadrat: Die Generation Y ist nicht nur anders, sondern in sich vielfÀltig

Im konkreten Kontakt mit abweichlerischen Anderen zeigt sich, wie weitgehend Diversity als Geisteshaltung verinnerlicht und Inclusion als Verhalten automatisiertworden ist. Die Generation Y bildet mehr und mehr einen knallharten Testfall fĂŒr Diversity, denn sie bringt nicht nur – wie jede Generation – ein neues WertegerĂŒst mit (sich), sondern sie ist in sich vielschichtiger als gedacht. […]

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Sind wir nicht alle ein bisschen Y?

Die von der Generation Y verkörperten neuen Werte, die ganz wesentlich durch das Internet ausgelöst wurden, erfassen nach und nach Ă€ltere Manager-Generationen. Nicht nur jĂŒngeren, sondern auch Ă€lteren FĂŒhrungskrĂ€ften wird Selbstverwirklichung bei der Arbeit wichtiger als FĂŒhrung und Status. Zudem ist ĂŒber alle Generationen hinweg ein höheres Bewusstsein fĂŒr eine ausgewogene Work-Life-Balance sowie eine zunehmende […]

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Study shows: Women get discouraged about their career more often than men

Women embark on careers with high expectations and aspirations for advancement. However, this confidence evaporates as they enter their mid-career phase, a new study shows. What are the reasons and what can be done to remedy this deterioration that was not found for men?

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Study shows: Age-diverse companies are more attractive employers.

A study published in the Journal of Business Ethics shows that both organisational age diversity and age diversity management practices strengthen an organisation’s attractiveness and lessen the applicants’ expectation of age discrimination. However, the study finds two different groups of people with distinct reactions to age diversity (practices).

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How parents of disabled children face multiple challenges while flexwork could be a win-win answer

“Where there’s a will there’s a way”, a famous proverb says. But is this true for parents of disabled children who want to return to work? A survey recently published by Working Families, a work-life organisation in the UK, suggests – sadly enough – the very opposite.

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AXA Flexwork website showcases the variety of effective work arrangements

The business world is coping with major challenges resulting from changing values, gender roles and lifestyle preferences. While men want to be more involved with their families, women do not want to be forced to choose between their career and other parts of life. Also employees without a traditional family are seeking their personal work/life […]

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Orange and L’OrĂ©al: Some French giants are becoming more female in their management

The French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange is making progress towards its goal to have at least 35% of women on all levels of the organisation by 2015. Also L’OrĂ©al reported at an International conference in Paris in October 2014 that they have almost reached their goal to have 50% of women in management (across all […]

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New study: Men seeking work-life balance are seen more favorably than women

Christin Munsch, professor of sociology at Furman University in San Francisco, has recently conducted a study on flexible work arrangements. Her spectacular results suggest that it is men rather than women who can take advantage out of such arrangements, while women might experience disadvantages. How is that possible and what does it mean for work/life-balance […]

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Innovative Diversity Recruitment Fairs in Italy

As Italy currently hold the EU Presidency, it is worth looking at a success model which was developed there over year. DiversitaLavoro offers several innovative features in the large landscape of diversity recruitment fairs. That the events focuses on foreign nationals, disabled and transgendered people is just of the unusual aspects.

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