Hi!  We're a group of undergraduate students from
Prof. Staw's organizational behavior class. We are
doing a project that researches the impact of
companies' maternity leave and family friendly
policies on employees. Please help us out by answering
a few questions in our survey. It will only take a
minute. Be assured that all names will be kept
confidential. Thanks!

PLEASE REPLY BY WED, APRIL 11.

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CLICK "REPLY" AND PUT AN "X" NEXT TO YOUR DESIRED
RESPONSE.

1) Are you male or female?  m__    f__

2) Do you have children?  y__    n__
If yes, how many?  ___

3)  In the past, has a company's family friendly
policy influenced your decision on whether to work at
that company?   y__    n__
If yes, was this impact positive or negative?
+__    -__


4)  In the future, do you think that you will consider
a company's family friendly policy on whether to work
there?  y__    n__

5)  Job A: pays $60,000 a year, but has no family
friendly policy, other than 6 weeks of unpaid
maternity leave (for females who give birth).

Job B: pays $50,000 a year and has a childcare
center on the company, allows for job sharing/part
time, and gives you 6 weeks of paid maternity leave
(for females who give birth).

Which job do you prefer?  a__    b__

6)When selecting a company to work for, please rate
the following factors in the order of importance.
(1-5) with 1 being most important.
a) paid benefits                    ___
b) family friendly policies         ___
c) salary                           ___
d) opportunities for advancement    ___
e) organizational culture           ___

7) How many weeks of paid maternity leave do you think
is fair?  ___
How many weeks of unpaid leave?  ___


Please answer the rest of these questions if they
apply to you:

8) Do you have a personal experience you would like to
share with us?
COMMENTS:

9) In the past, have you felt that a company's family
friendly policies has affected your family life?
y__    n__
If yes, was this effect positive or negative?
+__    -__
COMMENTS:

10) In the past, have you felt that a company's lack
of family friendly polcies impeded your advancement in
an organization?  y__   n__
COMMENTS:


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