Edited by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ellen Ernst Kossek and Stephen Sweet

The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches (2006) is a comprehensive volume edited by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes (Boston College), Ellen Kossek (Michigan State University), and Stephen Sweet (Ithaca College). A majority of the chapter authors have been (or currently are) grantees of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The book contains chapters that examine the study of work-family relationships, theory, and methods. Leading work-family scholars in the fields of social work, psychology, sociology, organizational behavior, human resource management, business, and other disciplines provide information that is both accessible and compelling. This book demonstrates how cross-disciplinary comparisons of perspective and method reveal new insights on the needs of working families, the challenges faced by those who study them, and how to formulate policy on their behalf.

Several of the book’s contributors are Sloan grantees or have worked on Sloan-supported studies and projects. They include: Robin Appleberry, Lotte Bailyn, Rosalind Chait Barnett, James T. Bond, Ann Bookman, Thomas Bradbury, Ann C. Crouter, Charles N. Darrah, Robert Drago, Chai Rachel Feldblum, Alyssa Friede, Ellen Galinsky, Karen Gareis, Lonnie Golden, Anthony P. Graesch, Leslie B. Hammer, Mona Harrington, Ashley Harvey, Jacquelyn B. James, Erin L. Kelly, Thomas A. Kochan, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Suzan Lewis, Shelley M. MacDermid, Phyllis Moen, Margaret B. Neal, Elinor Ochs, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Rena Repetti, Barbara Schneider, Mary C. Still, Jennifer E. Swanberg, Stephen Sweet and Joan C. Williams. The involvement of so many accomplished researchers is a tribute to Kathleen Christensen's leadership (who also contributed a chapter to the Handbook.)

The book is available in both hardback and paperback formats from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates of Mahwah, New Jersey. To order the book, please visit Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.