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Sloan Network Updates and Announcements
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We are pleased to announce the addition of THREE new encyclopedia entries in our Work Family Encyclopedia.
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| Caregiver Bias: Work/Life Issues as Diversity Concerns |
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Pitt-Catsouphes: How do you define “caregiver bias”? Is it experienced by both women and men?
Williams: Caregiver bias consists of stereotyping and bias that may be experienced by employees, men as well as women, when the fact that they have family caregiving responsibilities becomes known at work.
Motherhood is a key trigger for stereotyping against women. One study showed that business women are rated as highly competent, alongside business men. In contrast, housewives are rated as having levels of competence similar to (to use the stigmatized terms tested by the researchers) the elderly, blind, “retarded,” and disabled. This helps explain the experience of a Boston lawyer returning from maternity leave who found she was being given the work of a paralegal, and protested “I had a baby, not a lobotomy.” What happened? She fell from businesswoman to housewife.
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Number of Caregiver Discrimination Cases, 1970-2005
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Source: The information presented in this graphic is from preliminary historical research of legal cases obtained at the Program on WorkLife Law. The Sloan Network would like to thank Mary Still at the Program on WorkLife Law for providing this graphic.
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Joan Williams discusses the issue of caregiver bias in the workplace. |
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Graph displaying number of caregiver discrimination cases between 1970 and 2005. |
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Families and Work Institute shares information about When Work Works project. |
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The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an
online database which contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
A year ago, there were 5,990 citations in the Literature Database. As of April 2005, we now have over 6,398 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications from those that have recently been entered into this database.
Click here to see this month's selections
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Related to Caregiver Bias |
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Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR): “The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.”
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National Partnership for Women & Families: “The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family… Working with business, government, unions, nonprofit organizations, and the media, the National Partnership is a voice for fairness, a source for solutions, and a force for change.”
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Work-Family Initiative
When Work Works Initiative at Families and Work Institute
Editor’s Note: The Sloan Work and Family Research Network would like to thank Erin Brownfield of Families and Work Institute for providing the following summary.
When Work Works is a nationwide initiative to highlight the importance of workforce effectiveness and flexibility as a strategy to enhance business' competitive advantage in the global economy and yield positive business results. When Work Works is a project of Families and Work Institute (FWI) sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in partnership with The Center for Workforce Preparation, an affiliate of
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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| Call for Papers |
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American Psychological Association, Theme: “Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace"
Proposal Deadline For Posters, Papers, and Symposia: May 1, 2005 |
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Association for Social Economics, Theme: “Understanding Living Standards”
Deadline for Submission: May 2, 2005
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Click here for a complete list of papers |
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| Conference Announcements |
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Employee Services Management (ESM) Association's 64th Annual Conference & Exhibit
Where: Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV - When: May 1-4, 2005
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2005 Work Life Conference, Co-presented by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute
Where: New York City - When: May 2-4, 2005
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Click here to see all conference announcements |
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Take Part in The Network News |
Upcoming issues of The Network News will focus on the following topics:
- Reduced-load work
- Leaves of absence
- Older workers
Is your work related to any of these topics? If so, please contact us.
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We'd love to have your feedback on the new format of the Sloan Network Newsletter.
Please e-mail all comments and suggestions to: wfnetwork@bc.edu
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Project Director |
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Christina Matz, MSW and Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Co-Project Managers |
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Janet Scanlon, MSW, Manager of the Literature Database |
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E-mail: wfnetwork@bc.edu
Phone: 617-552-4033 / 617-552-1708
Fax: 617-552-1080
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Mailing Address:
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Boston College
605 McGuinn Hall
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Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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