Although employee resource groups (ERGs) may have originally formed to provide support and community for employees from minority or other special interest groups, today many are just as focused on helping the company advance the business, according to "ERGs Come of Age," a recent study of employee networks in 64 organizations by Mercer.
"Ten to 20 years ago, the main impetus was to provide a community for people not well-represented in organizations," says Michal Fineman, a
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