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Celina Pagani-Tousignant |
Stephen Sweet |
An Interview with Celina Pagani-Tousignant and
Stephen Sweet
by Judi Casey and Karen Corday
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Casey: Why is it important to teach work-family studies to undergraduates?
Sweet: First of all, work and family studies are interesting in and of themselves. I teach at a liberal arts college, and part of what we do is help the students to understand intellectual connections—to link concepts and ideas in ways that are not immediately apparent. By the time they graduate...
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Frequencies of Work-Family Content in Course Curricula and College Programs
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Source: Sweet, S., Pitt-Catsouphes, M. & Mumm, J. (2006). “Workshop on Teaching Work and Family.” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Montreal Canada, August 12, 2006. Research supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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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 7,125 citations in the Literature Database. As of February 2007, we now have over 8,300 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications that have recently been entered into this database.
This month's selections...
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Work-Family Project
The Labor Project for Working Families: Flex Pack
By Netsy Firestein, Executive Director, Vibhuti Mehra, Communications Coordinator, and Brenda Muñoz, Training & Outreach Coordinator
Sally Wright, 67, a greeter at the Wal-Mart in Ponca City, Oklahoma, said she quit in August after 22 years with the company when managers pushed her to make herself available to work any time, day or night. She asked to stay on the day shift, but her manager reduced her schedule from a 32-hour week to an 8-hour week and refused her pleas for more hours.
Unfortunately, this is only one example of “fake flex” policies that force workers to “flex” their lives to fit the job.
Today, more and more workers want their jobs to flex back. And they want...
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| Call for Papers and Awards |
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 Global Perspectives -
2nd Annual Conference of Work and Family
Deadline for Submission: March 24, 2007
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Special Issue: Human Relations
Deadline for Submission: July 13, 2007 |
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National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: Annual Policy Symposium
Where: Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC - When: February 27-March 3, 2007
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Arizona Fathers and Family Coalition: 8th National Conference
Where: Phoenix, AZ - When: February 28-March 2, 2007
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Take Part in The Network News |
Upcoming issues of The Network News will focus on the following topics:
- Resilliency from a Global Perspective
- Fatherhood and Work-Family
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Breastfeeding in the Workplace
Is your work related to any of these topics? If so, please contact us. |
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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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