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Sloan Network Updates and Announcements
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 There are two new Bill Clusters available on the site: Low Wage Asset Building and Shift Work .
Sandee Shulkin has won the annual Internship Award from the Family Policy Division of the National Council on Family Relations.
Judi Casey gave a virtual tour of the Sloan Network at the Employee Assistance Professionals Association's 2006 Annual World EAP Conference..
Be sure to keep checking “What’s New in Work and Family” for the latest work and family links.
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| Working Mothers: This Is How They Do It |
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Casey: What made you decide to write a book about working mothers and their efforts to balance their work and family lives?
Evans: The first impetus, of course, was constantly being in touch with millions of working mothers on a daily basis throughout the country in the magazine. But, the real reason I wrote the book was because I got mad, and one day I woke up and decided to do something about it. Working mothers were continually getting bashed in the press. I was always being called for interviews in which I was expected to defend the very idea of being a working mother; I’d be asked to be on a show about...
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Employment Status of Women by Presence and Age of Youngest Child, 1975-2004
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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 6,700 citations in the Literature Database. As of Octobert 2006, we now have over 7,950 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
The Penn State Hotel Work & Well Being Initiative
By Nan Crouter
Director, Social Science Research Institute, Penn State University
With John W. O'Neill and Amy Snead
Hotels are a fascinating window into work-life issues. Hotels operate on a 24/7, 365-days-per-year basis. The serenity of hotel lobbies is belied by the often frantic hustle and bustle in the “back of the house” as employees serve meals, clean rooms, organize banquets and weddings, and respond to guests’ needs. “Exciting” and “stressful” are two adjectives that hotel employees frequently use to describe their work. The Penn State Hotel Work & Well Being Initiative pulls together researchers...
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| Call for Papers and Awards |
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Alliance for Work/Life Progress: Work-Life Rising Star Recognition Program
Deadline for Submission: October 30, 2006
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 Global Perspectives - Gender, Work and Organization : Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference
Deadline for Submission: November 1, 2006 |
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| Conference Announcements |
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2006 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference
Where: Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN - When: November 8-11, 2006
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Business and Professional Women's Foundation: 2006 National Employer Summit
Where: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC - When: November 9, 2006
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The Gerontological Society of America: 59th Annual Scientific Meeting
Where: Dallas, TX - When: November 16-20, 2006
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
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Judi Casey, MSW, 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 |
Mailing Address:
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Boston College
605 McGuinn Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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