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The solution to workplace isolation might be in the gap − the generation gap

  • Written by Megan Gerhardt, Professor of Management, Farmer School of Business, Miami University
imageThe potential for friendships and mentorships between colleagues in different stages of life are often overlooked.OwenPrice/E+ via Getty Images

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the United States finds itself in the midst of another public health crisis. This particular pandemic is a psychological one: widespread loneliness and...

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