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How to help women to get back in the game.
Women leave high-powered jobs at twice the rate of men. Getting back in is harder than they expect. The brain drain of women managers hurts the women themselves, their employers and their universities.
Dr. Monica McGrath, adjunct assistant professor at the Wharton School of Business in the University of Pennsylvania, wondered if what she saw in the women around her was more widespread. "Peers, colleagues and students who had a terrific education had a really tough time finding meaningful work," she told WIHE. It happens on campus as well as in business.
"Back in the Game: Returning to Business after a Hiatus" is a study she co-authored with two of her ...
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