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Corday: How does your definition of work-family balance differ from the ones that are already out there?
Drago: I read a lot of the current studies, and was unhappy with the way we had defined balance. If you define balance as work and family, what about people without family commitments? When I read about what was actually going on, the evidence wasn’t that strong to limit the discussion to work and family; the other piece of the puzzle was leisure. Everybody needs leisure; the role of family is about unpaid commitment or unpaid work. Most people seem to want a mix of paid employment, unpaid work for family and community, and leisure. If you take any of those components away, people tend to experience poor psychological health, stress, and anxiety. |
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Source: Drago, R.W. (2007). Striking a balance: Work, family, life. Boston, MA: Dollars & Sense. Source: Economic Policy Institute, Minimum Wage, Table 5. Calculations based on data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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AWLP Launches a New Venture with Funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
By Kathie Lingle, Director, Alliance for Work-Life Progress
Last month (September 16-18), AWLP hosted a Working Retreat on Workplace Flexibility, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This small, invitation-only gathering of two dozen flexibility practitioners from higher education and private industry represents a new “think tank” format for AWLP and the work-life field. The objective was to open dialogue about the triumphs and challenges of flexibility between two sectors that haven’t had this kind of opportunity to directly share their practices, key learnings and concerns...
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15th International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society: Call for Paper Proposals
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