Careers intelligence: how job shares can help women progress

Emma Watton and Sarah Stables share insights from their research on, and personal experience of, how job shares can help women secure senior roles and also benefit universities

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November 13, 2019

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November 13, 2019

Emma Watton Sarah Stables

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