SOM and Bright Horizons survey highlighted in Aug. 29 Boston Globe article on work-life balance
The August 28th article, “Work-life issues can test managers” mentions a statistic from the Bright Horizons study that states that “…about 80 percent of workers define their ideal job as one that includes a supervisor who responds to their personal concerns.” To read the full article, click here.
About the Survey
In a new national survey that may shatter commonly held perceptions about men’s attitudes towards work, the vast majority of men say they agree with women that life outside of work is of equal or more importance to them than their jobs.
Ninety-five percent of more than 2,000 adults surveyed across the country say that life outside of work is just as important to them, or more so, than their work. There were no statistically significant differences in priorities between men and women. Workforce experts say the data may shatter commonly held perceptions that work-life integration is primarily a woman’s issue.
“The New Workforce Reality,” a study by the Simmons School of Management in Boston and Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., was designed to understand the motivation of today’s workforce and likely priorities in the future, as employers brace for an upcoming shortage of workers in the next decade. According to federal statistics, in a few years there will be 151 million jobs in the United States but only 141 million people to fill them.
-> For an overview of the study, read the Simmons press release
-> Or, dowload a pdf of the study here.
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