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A survey of thousands of US academics has found that the number one reason that women leave faculty positions is poor “workplace climate”, which can encompass discrimination, dysfunctional leadership, a feeling of not fitting in and other problems¹. Even work–life balance was less important than workplace climate for many respondents.

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Nature 623, 19 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03251-8
Spoon, K. et al. Sci. Adv. 9, eadi2205 (2023).
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