The connection between the attitudes and behaviours of employees and the connection to the organisations bottom line was first successfully displayed 19 years ago by US retail company Sears. ... According to Sirota, Mischkind & Meltzer (2005), from the analysis of their research on employee attitudes, which was based on never before-published case studies and data from 920,000 employees from 28 multinational companies over four years, resulted in the generation of hard data to prove that the share price of organisations with highly engaged employees increased on average by 16% in 2004 in comp...

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While the first wave of these programs were primarily to support women with children, today's work/life programs are less gender-specific and recognize other commitments as well as those of the family (HR Practices). ... As a result, the U.S. management philosophy that expects employees to put work first, ahead of personal lives and family commitments, is becoming less accepted (Alternative). ... Typically, studies have focused on employed men and women who are married or living with a partner of those with children. ... For example, do the work/life programs serve all employees...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate