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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention |
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Maggie Jackson discusses her new book and the need for a "renaissance of attention." |
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mobile data and communication activities by age. |
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Advancing Workplace Flexibility |
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Jessica Glenn of Workplace Flexibility 2010 writes about the organization's new community policy forums. |
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New Topic Page: Breastfeeding and the Workplace |
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Our newest topic page, Breastfeeding and the Workplace, compiled by Sandee Tisdale, is now online. Thanks to Judith Galtry, the topic page advisor.
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New Work and Family Encyclopedia Entry |
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The latest Work and Family Encyclopedia entry:The Family-Friendly Community, by Raymond Swisher.
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A Better Balance: Online Poll |
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A Better Balance: The Work & Family Legal Center is collecting stories from people who are working, or have worked, a reduced hours schedule, including those who have experienced penalties at work because of their reduced hours. Please register for and complete the questionnaire at: http://www.abetterbalance.org |
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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention
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maggie jackson
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Casey:
What precipitated your interest in this topic?
Jackson:
I’ve been writing about work-life issues for over a decade now, and have always tried to broadly define the term and look at some of the roots of how we are living and operating and the resulting problems and issues. Over the few years, I have been intrigued by the impact of technology on our lives. That led me to the subject of attention; a number of years ago, I began wondering why the United States, as an affluent, super-power culture, was so often saddled with overload and split focus.
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Advancing Workplace Flexibility:
A Community Perspective
By Jessica Glenn, Workplace Flexibility 2010 |
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Workplace Flexibility 2010 is a research, outreach, and consensus-building initiative with the mission of advancing workplace flexibility through thoughtful public policy. As part of the Sloan Foundation’s National Initiative on Workplace Flexibility, we are working to spur meaningful dialogue on how public policy can help create an American workplace that allows employees to balance work and life responsibilities – while also allowing businesses to succeed.
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
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 8,650 citations in the Literature Database. As of June 2008, we now have over 9,600 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to ten publications that have recently been entered into this database.
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| UPCOMING ISSUES |
Take Part in The Network News. Upcoming issues of The Network News will feature:
- Stew Friedman, author of Total Leadership
- Brad Googins on Corporate Citizenship and Work-Family
- Tanja Van Der Lippe on the Quality of Life in Changing Europe
Is your work related to any of these topics? If so, please contact us. |
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Judi Casey, MSW, Director / Principal Investigator |
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Karen Corday, MSLIS, Information Services Specialist |
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Jennifer Lawless, Graphic Designer / Communications Specialist |
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Lauren Leonard, Administrative Assistant |
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Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Project Manager |
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Julie Weber, J.D., Policy Specialist |
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