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A software company piloted a four-day workweek for one department, with no reduction in pay, while a similar department kept its standard five-day schedule. Over the following year, voluntary turnover in the four-day department fell to 6 percent, compared with 19 percent in the five-day department. Company leadership concluded that the four-day schedule caused the drop in turnover.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen leadership's conclusion?
- Employees who left the five-day department often cited wanting a shorter workweek, a complaint nearly absent among four-day department departures.
- The four-day department's projects were, on average, less complex than those of the five-day department, requiring fewer late-stage revisions.
- The company's overall profits grew during the year.
- The four-day department was smaller than the five-day department.
- Employees in the four-day department were, on average, younger than those in the five-day department.
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