Anastario, M., & Schmalzbauer, L. (2008). Piloting the time diary method among Honduran immigrants: Gendered time use. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10, 437-443.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
This study measures time usage in a Honduran immigrant community in order to better understand behavioral mechanisms linked to health outcomes. Along with ethnographic observation, the authors pilot a time diary methodology, which is found to be reliable and recommended for future research. Findings indicate gender disparities in time allocation that impact mobility and access to care. In general, women spend more time on paid and unpaid work, and men spend more time on personal leisure. The authors assert that by understanding the role of cultural norms in time usage, we can improve health in minority populations. (annotated by Mikaela Marmion)

Covizzi, I. (2008). Does union dissolution lead to unemployment?: A longitudinal study of health and risk of unemployment for women and men undergoing separation. European Sociological Review, 24, 347-361.
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This study examines the economic consequences of divorce or union dissolution on individuals, using Swiss Household Panel study data from 1999-2004. As previous research has concentrated largely on income loss following dissolution, this author focuses specifically on employment status. Results indicate that those whose unions end are more at risk than married or cohabitating individuals for unemployment, likely due to divorcee’s decline in psychological health. Furthermore, findings suggest greater negative effects on men than on women. This study supports theories regarding protective effects of marriage and the relationship between health and employment behavior. (annotated by Mikaela Marmion)

Fjell, Y., Alexanderson, K., Nordenmark, M., & Bildt, C. (2008). Perceived physical strain in paid and unpaid work and the work-home interface: The associations with musculoskeletal pain and fatigue among public employers. Women & Health, 47(1), 21-43.
This study analyzes the association amongst workers in rural Sweden between number of paid and unpaid working hours, perceived physical strain, work-family interface, and musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. For men and women alike, findings demonstrate an association between level of perceived physical strain in work with pain and fatigue. Women tended to report higher levels of strain in work, and the association for women between fatigue and strain in unpaid work was particularly strong. Negative work-family spillover was also associated with higher levels of pain and fatigue across gender lines. Higher numbers of total working hours were not associated with negative health effects, perhaps indicating more skillful integration and management of multiple roles amongst full-time workers than their part-time counterparts. (annotation by Mikaela Marmion)

Messing, K., & Östlin, P. (2006). Gender equality, work and health: A review of the evidence. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/gender/documents/Genderworkhealth.pdf
Table of Contents: Table of Contents: Introduction -- The sexual divisions of labor: "women's work" and "men's work" -- Health implications of sex and gender differences -- Relevant legislation and policy -- Gender bias in occupational health research -- Recommendations.

Warren, J.R., Carayon, P., & Hoonakker, P. (2008). Changes in health between ages 54 and 65: The role of job characteristics and socioeconomic status. Research on Aging, 30, 672-700.
This article explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), working conditions, and changes in health outcomes between ages 54 and 65. Findings suggest that working conditions relate significantly and independently to changes in health outcomes for this population, although the extent varies by sex and by the particular health outcome being considered. SES is also related independently to health, again varying by sex and particular outcome. Still, despite their independent relationships, these characteristics display considerable overlap. The authors argue for more integration of research literature on working conditions, SES, and health. (annotation by Mikaela Marmion)

Allen, T.D., Shockley, K.M., & Poteat, L.F. (2008). Workplace factors associated with family dinner behaviors. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73(2), 336-342.
The authors surveyed 220 parents who worked at least 20 hours a week to find the relationships between workplace factors and family dinners. The study considered the frequency with which the entire family ate dinner together each week and the frequency with which the parents’ children ate fast food for dinner. After controlling for variance, only the factor of a family-supportive boss related to dinner frequency, while flexible work options such as telecommuting was associated with less fast food consumption by children.

Billings, D.W. (2008). A web-based approach to managing stress and mood disorders in the workplace. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 22(8), 960-968.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a web-based multimedia health promotion program for workplaces meant to help reduce stress and prevent depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Workers assigned to use the web-based program experienced reduced their stress levels, increased their knowledge on anxiety and depression, developed more positive attitudes towards treatment, and developed a healthy approach to alcohol consumption. The program reduced worker stress and addressed stigmatized behavior by embedding prevention material in a positive framework.

Olivetti, C., & Petrongolo, B. (2008). Unequal pay or unequal employment?: A cross-country analysis of gender gaps. Journal of Labor Economics, 26(4), 621-654.
Gender wage gaps are much higher in the U.S. and the U.K. than in other European countries, while gender employment gaps are substantially smaller.
The appearance of more gender equal pay in the latter group of countries is deceptive, though, because of failure to account for international variations in nonemployment by gender. This study analyzes gender wage gaps correcting for employment gaps. Findings indicate that while differences in international wage structures do explain some gendered wage variation, so too do labor supply and demand mechanisms related to social attitudes toward female employment. The negative correlation across countries between wage and employment gaps can be explained by almost half by correcting for employment selection factors. The authors assert that further exploration of labor supply and demand dynamics – and their relationship to cultural beliefs about gender roles – is the next step toward understanding gender wage gaps internationally. (annotation by Mikaela Marmion)

Poster, W.R. (2008). Filtering diversity: A global corporation struggles with race, class, and gender in employment policy. American Behavioral Scientist, 52(3), 307-341.
The author performed a case study of a United States-based high tech firm with a subsidiary in India. The case study examined the “filtering process” through which managers disseminated information about the corporation’s diversity policy by repackaging the themes into narrower terms that were most applicable to the individual workplaces. In the United States, themes of gender fairness are seen as more legitimate, while in India, managers focused on ethnicity and race. The positive and negative implications of the filtering process is discussed.

Rudd, E., & Descartes, L. (2008). The changing landscape of work and family in the American middle class: Reports from the field. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Table of Contents: Changing landscapes of work and family / Lara Descartes, Elizabeth Rudd -- Working selves, moral selves: crafting the good person in the northern plains / Tom Fricke -- Kitchen conferences and garage cubicles: the merger of home and work in a 24-7 global economy / Alesia F. Montgomery -- "We pass the baby off at the factory gates": work and family in the manufacturing midwest / Elizabeth Rudd, Lawrence S. Root -- The work-family divide for low-income African Americans / Alford A. Young, Jr. -- American dreaming: refugees from corporate work seek the good life / Brian A. Hoey -- Patrolling the boundaries of childhood in middle-class "Ruburbia" / Lara Descartes, Conrad P. Kottak -- Gay family values: gay co-father families in straight communities / Diana M. Pash -- Black women have always worked: is there a work-family conflict among the black middle class? / Riché Jeneen, Daniel Barnes -- "It's like arming them": African American mothers' views on racial socialization / Erin N. Winkler -- Seeing the baby in the belly: family and kinship at the ultrasound scan / Sallie Han -- Stabilizing influence: cultural expectations of fatherhood / Todd L. Goodsell -- Focused on the Chinese American family: Chinese immigrant churches and childrearing / Carolyn Chen -- Choosing chastity: redefining the sexual double standard in the language of choice / M. Eugenia Deerman -- What Is a Family? / Kathryn M. Dudley.