For several years now, employees have dealt with balancing work and non-work roles, particularly family roles. Research most commonly characterizes this as an interaction between role demands in the work and family domains. As expected, one of the major contributing factors to the imbalance of work and family stems from the demands organizations impose on employees. When work role demands conflict with family demands, employees experience tension. As a result, organizations experience fluctuations in productivity and profit. Due to the severity of these outcomes, it is clear why many organizations have taken action to alleviate the conflict between work and non-work life through employee assistance programs. In the context of the passage, which one of the following could best be substituted for alleviate in the last sentence without significantly changing the author's meaning? radio_button_unchecked Appease radio_button_unchecked Augment radio_button_unchecked Dull radio_button_unchecked Mitigate radio_button_unchecked Settle