Organizational psychology researcher Stephanie Gilbert had prepared for her maternity leave months in advance. She compressed her teaching schedule to complete courses in 7 weeks instead of the usual 12 so that she could take the time off. But on her last day of work in 2017, Gilbert experienced the traumatic loss of her 37-week-old baby. When she returned to her job at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Canada, her research, which had focused on how workplace factors contribute to an employee’s well-being, took a new turn. Spurred by her personal experience, Gilbert began to study how workplaces support — or fail to look after — grieving employees.
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