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MP3 Available of March 5 Network Thought Leaders Conference Call |
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Were you unable to join us for the Thought Leaders Conference Call, Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life: The Theory and Practice of Total Leadership with Steward Friedman and Kathy Smith-Willman? It is available as an MP3 (in the top right-hand corner).
Did you participate in the call, but haven’t had a chance to complete your evaluation? We’d really like to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to answer 6 short questions. |
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New Work and Family Encyclopedia Entry |
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Ethnographic Methods and Work-Family Research by Charles Darrah and Alicia N. Murphy.
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FMLA Poll – Have you ever used the FMLA? |
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Sixty-six people answered our poll from February 10 - March 11, 2009. Their responses are available on our Poll Results Page. More about the FMLA poll on our blog.
We invite you to answer our new poll question:
Due to the economic climate, have you changed your lifestyle (for example, spending less money, delaying major purchases, cutting non-critical expenses, etc.)?
Available on our home page and our Work and Family Blog. |
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Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality |
An Interview with Janet Gornick and Rebecca Ray
by Judi Casey and Karen Corday
Download Interview (PDF)
Casey: Can you give us an overview of the study, Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality?
Gornick: It’s a study of parental leave policies in 21 countries. By “parental leave policy,” we’re referring to policies that include:
- maternity leave and short-term leave, targeted at women around the time they give birth,
- paternity leave, targeted at men around the time of a child’s birth, and...
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Work-Life Balance in Chile |
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María Paz Lagos |
Chile has adopted various family welfare systems. Some private companies follow the North American liberal model and develop programs to help employees balance their personal lives with work. Following this approach, some Chilean companies, especially banks, have developed flexible working schedules, parental leave, and child care, among other benefits. In that same line, some multinationals such as HP, IBM, and Unilever have established flexible work arrangements with different start/finish times and the option of working from home. This type of flexible work and the benefits it entails are mostly found in larger companies.
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database that contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
One year ago, there were 9,350 citations in the Literature Database. As of March 2009, we now have over 10,420 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 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:
- Mary Stewart Gile, State Representative of New Hampshire, on work and family legislation
- Shelley MacDermid, Center for Families at Purdue University and the Military Family Research Institute , on military families and work-family concerns
- Jeremy Adam Smith, author and blogger, on fathers and work-family
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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Mary Curlew, Policy Research Assistant |
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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, JD, Policy Specialist |
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