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The Elephant in the Family Room: Work–Family Considerations as Central to Evolving HR and I-O

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2017

Maura J. Mills  and
Satoris S. Culbertson
Maura J. Mills*
Affiliation:
Culverhouse College of Commerce, Department of Management, University of Alabama
Satoris S. Culbertson
Affiliation:
Pamplin School of Business, University of Portland
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Maura J. Mills, Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama, 361 Stadium Drive, Box 870225, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0225. E-mail: mjmills@culverhouse.ua.edu
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In their focal article, Schiemann and Ulrich (2017) provide a broad overview of thoughts and insights by 73 of today's human resources/industrial–organizational (HR/I-O) leaders. It was both interesting and valuable to hear from those “in the trenches” every day and to learn what they considered to be the key recommendations, cautions, and needs central to the HR/I-O practice of today—and tomorrow. That said, we were surprised that, considering the zeitgeist of the current workscape, work–family considerations did not make more of an appearance in these reports of leaders’ values and priorities for their organizations and for the field as a whole.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 26 - 31
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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