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Sloan Network Updates and Announcements
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 Two new Fact Sheets are available: Child Care and Women in the Workforce.
The first issue of the Effective Workplace Series, "Work-Family Information on Overwork", is now available.
Keep checking "What's New in Work and Family" for the latest news and announcements, including the launch of a work/life blog and the results of a MetLife study.
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| The Business Case for Workforce Diversity |
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Casey: Why are diversity and inclusion business issues?
Andreosatos: I think that it comes down to three things. First of all, there’s talent and organizational performance. You can’t expect to create and sustain a highly functioning organization unless you have employees with the relevant knowledge, experience and capabilities that are critical to your business. Relevance is important to the organization, but it’s also important to the marketplace and customers. Employees need to represent your customers and the community...
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How Organizations Measure the Impact of Workplace Diversity Practices
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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.
One year ago, there were 6,300 citations in the Literature Database. As of February 2006, we now have over 7,125 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications that have recently been entered into this database.
Click here to see this month's selections
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Work-Family Project
Working Time, Economic Well-Being, And Public Policy:
Employed Parents And Older Workers In Cross-National Perspective
By Janet Gornick (with Timothy Smeeding, Gary Burtless, and Liana Sayer)
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation generously awarded a grant to our interdisciplinary team to support a study of working time and working time policies in cross-national perspective. Our project, which is in its early stages, focuses on two demographic groups for whom flexible working arrangements are often especially highly prized— employed parents and older workers. Concentrating on these two groups, we are analyzing the links between time spent in paid work and various indicators of individual and family well-being...
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| Conference Announcements |
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Twelfth Annual National College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA) Conference
Theme: "Work/Life Roundup: Taking Stock of Best Practices for Future Growth and Support.”
Where: Austin, TX – When: February 26-March 1, 2006
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Alliance for Work-Life Progress Tenth Annual Conference and Exhibition
Where: Austin, TX – When: March 1-3, 2006
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
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Judi Casey, MSW, Project Director |
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Karen Corday , MSLIS, Research Associate |
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Christina Matz, MSW and Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Co-Project Managers |
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E-mail: wfnetwork@bc.edu
Phone: 617-552-1708
Fax: 617-552-9202
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Mailing Address:
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Boston College
605 McGuinn Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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