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Work and Family Glossary

Current Editors: Karen Corday & Judi Casey
Founding Editors: Jessica Jackson & Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes

The Glossary was prepared to clarify and/or define specific terms selected from entries in the Work and Family Encyclopedia as well as several other work and family sources.

We look to multiple sources for appropriate definitions, including: 1) social science dictionaries, 2) Encyclopedia entry author(s)' definitions, and 3) definitions excerpted from academic literature.

Select a term from the list below.


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A
  • AARP, Definition(s) of
  • Absenteeism, Definition(s) of
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Definition(s) of
  • Ad Hoc Tele-Workers, Definition(s) of
  • ADA (Age Discrimination Act of 1975), Definition(s) of
  • ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967), Definitions(s) of
  • Adoption Benefit/Credit, Definition(s) of
  • Adult Day Care, Definition(s) of
  • Adult Day Health Care, Definition(s) of
  • Adult Independence, Definition(s) of
  • Adulthood Proper, Definition(s) of
  • Adulthood, Definition(s) of
  • Affective Commitment, Definition(s) of
  • Affiliative Family, Definition(s) of
  • After-school Arrangements
  • After-school Programs
  • Afterschool Arrangements, Definition(s) of
  • Afterschool Experience, Definition(s) of
  • Afterschool Setting or Environment, Definition(s) of
  • Afterschool, Definition(s) of
  • Ageism, Definition(s) of
  • Aging in Place, Definition(s) of
  • Aging Workforce, Definition(s) of
  • Alternative Shift Work, Definition(s) of
  • Alternative Work Arrangements, Definition(s) of
  • American Society on Aging (ASA), Definition(s) of
  • AoA (Administration on Aging), Definition(s) of
  • Applicant Pool, Definition(s) of
  • Area Agency on Aging (AAA), Definition(s) of
  • Assisted Living Facility (ALF), Definition(s) of
  • Assistive Technology, Definition(s) of
  • At-Home Infant Care (AHIC), Definition of
  • Atypical Working Hours, Definition(s) of


    • B
  • Baby Boomers, Definition(s) of
  • Baby UI / Unemployment Insurance (UI), Definition(s) of
  • Back-up Child Care, Definition(s) of
  • Bad Jobs, Definition(s) of
  • Balanced Worker, Definition(s) of
  • Band Width, Definition(s) of
  • Beanpole Family, Definition(s) of
  • Behavior-Based Conflict, Definition(s) of
  • Benchmarking, Definition(s) of
  • Blended Family, Definition(s) of
  • Bonding Social Capital, Definition(s) of
  • Boundary Work, Definition(s) of
  • Boundaryless Career, Definition(s) of
  • Brain Drain, Definition(s) of
  • Bridge Jobs, Definition(s) of
  • Bridging Social Capital, Definition(s) of


    • C
  • Cafeteria Style Benefits Plan, Definition(s) of
  • Capital Assets, Definition(s) of
  • Capital, Cultural, Definition(s) of
  • Capital, Economic, Definition(s) of
  • Capital, Human, Definition(s) of
  • Capital, Social, Definition(s) of
  • Capital, Symbolic, Definition(s) of
  • Care or Case Management, Definition(s) of
  • Career Hierarchy
  • Career Prioritizing
  • Caregiver, Definition(s) of
  • Caregiving, Definition(s) of
  • Carework, Definition of
  • CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), Definition(s) of
  • Child and Dependent Care Credit, Definition(s) of
  • Child Care Resource and Referral, Definition(s) of
  • Child Care Subsidy, Definition(s) of
  • Child care, Definition(s) of
  • Child Development, Definition(s) of
  • Child Rearing Leaves, Definition(s) of
  • Choice Biographies, Definition(s) of
  • COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act), Definition(s) of
  • Cohabitation, Definition(s) of
  • Cohort-Group, Definition of
  • Collaborative Interactive Action Research, Definition(s) of
  • Community Building, Definition(s) of
  • Community Social Organization, Definition(s) of
  • Community, Relational, Definition(s) of
  • Community, Satisfaction, Definition(s) of
  • Community, Sense of, Definition(s) of
  • Community, Territorial, Definition(s) of
  • Commuter Marriage, Definition(s) of
  • Compensation Theory, Definition of
  • Compressed Work Week, Definition of
  • Concierge Services, Definition(s) of
  • Concrete Ceiling, Definition(s) of
  • Congregate Living Facility, Definition(s) of
  • Conservation of Resources Model, Definition(s) of
  • Conservatorship, Definition(s) of
  • Contingent Workers, Definition(s) of
  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), Definition(s) of
  • Continuous Commitment, Definition of
  • Contract Teleworker, Definition(s) of
  • Coparenting, Definition(s) of
  • Core Hours, Definitions(s) of
  • Corporate Citizenship, Definition(s) of
  • Corporate Culture, Definition(s) of
  • Crossover Effect, Definition(s) of
  • Cultural Globalization, Definition(s) of
  • Cultural Models, Definition(s) of
  • Culture Change, Definition(s) of
  • Custodial Care, Definition(s) of
  • Customer Site Workers, Definition(s) of


    • D
  • De Facto Parent, Definition(s) of
  • Decision Latitude, Definition(s) of
  • Defined Benefit Plan, Definition(s) of
  • Dependent Care Support, Definition(s) of
  • Dependent Care, Definition(s) of
  • Dependent, Definition(s) of
  • Deployment/Deploy, Definition(s) of
  • Differentiation, Definition(s) of
  • Distance Work, Definition(s) of
  • Diversity, Definition(s) of
  • Doing Gender, Definition(s) of
  • Domestic Partners, Definition(s) of
  • Domestic Violence, Definition(s) of
  • DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Program), Definition(s) of
  • Dual Agenda, Definition(s) of
  • Dual-centric/Dual-focus, Definition(s) of
  • Dual-Earner Couples, Definition(s) of
  • Durable Power of Attorney, Definition(s) of


    • E
  • Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Definition(s) of
  • Ecological Systems Theory, Definition(s)
  • Economic Globalization, Definition(s) of
  • Educational Pathway, Definition of
  • Educational Trajectory, Definition of
  • EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Definition(s) of
  • Elder at Risk (EAR) Program, Definition(s) of
  • Elder Care, Definition(s) of
  • Emotional Labor, Definition(s) of
  • Emotional Support, Definition(s) of
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Definition(s) of
  • Employee Relations, Definition(s) of
  • Employee Teleworker, Definition(s) of
  • Employer Income Tax Credits, Definition(s) of
  • Employer of Choice, Definition(s) of
  • Employer-Supported Child Care Definition(s)
  • Employer/Corporate Child Care, Definition(s) of
  • Engagement, Definition(s) of
  • Enhancement Hypothesis, Definition(s) of
  • Enthusiastic Work Addicts, Definition(s) of
  • Equal Treatment Philosophy, Definition(s) of
  • ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), Definition(s) of
  • Evening Shift, Definition(s) of
  • Exempt, Definition(s) of
  • Extreme Work Hours, Definition(s) of


    • F
  • Face Time Culture, Definition(s) of
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)/Standard work week, Definition(s) of
  • Family , Definition(s) of
  • Family and Medical Leave Act, Definition(s) of
  • Family Diversity, Definition(s) of
  • Family Eco-System Model, Definition(s) of
  • Family Friendly Policies, Definition(s) of
  • Family Leave for School Activities, Definition(s) of
  • Family Leave Insurance / Paid Family Leave, Definition(s) of
  • Family Leave, Definition(s) of
  • Family of Orientation and Family of Procreation, Definition(s) of
  • Family Wage Gap, Definition(s) of
  • Family Well-Being, Definition(s) of
  • Family-Centered Care Model, Definition(s) of
  • Family-Friendly Backlash, Definition(s) of
  • Family-Friendly Community
  • Family-Supportive Policies, Definition(s) of
  • Family-Supportive Supervisor, Definition(s) of
  • Fatherhood Regime, Definition(s) of
  • Feminization of Poverty, Definition(s) of
  • Fixed Day Schedule, Definition(s) of
  • Fixed Evening Schedule, Definition(s) of
  • Fixed Night Schedule, Definition(s) of
  • Fixed Schedules (a type of alternative shift schedule), Definition(s) of
  • Fixed Shift Work, Definition(s) of
  • Flexibility, Definition(s) of
  • Flexible Benefit Plan, Definition(s) of
  • Flexible Working Hours, Definition(s) of
  • Flexplace, Definition(s) of
  • Flextime (also called flexitime or flexible working hours), Definition(s) of
  • Formal Volunteering, Definition(s) of
  • Forward Rotating Schedules, Definition(s) of
  • Free-Agent Mindset, Definition of


    • G
  • Gateway Organizations, Definition(s) of
  • Gender Equality, Definition(s) of
  • Gender Identity, Definition(s) of
  • Gender Wage Gap, Definition(s) of
  • Gender, Definition(s) of
  • Generalized Compliance, Definition(s) of
  • Generation Gap, Definition(s) of
  • Generation X, Definition(s) of
  • Generation Y, Definition(s) of
  • Generation, Definition(s) of
  • Generational Diversity, Definition(s) of
  • Generational Group/Cohort, Definition(s) of
  • Geriatric Care Manager, Definition(s) of
  • Glass Ceiling, Definition(s) of
  • Global Economy, Definition(s) of
  • Global Workforce, Definition(s) of
  • Globalization, Definition(s) of
  • Good Part-Time Jobs, Definition(s) of
  • Gratitude Effect, Definition(s) of
  • Guardianship, Definition(s) of


    • H
  • Happy Workaholic, Definition(s) of
  • Health and Well Being, Definition(s) of
  • Health and Wellness, Definition(s) of
  • Health, Definition(s) of
  • Helping, Formal, Definition(s)
  • Helping, Informal, Definition(s) of
  • Hierarchy of Salience, Definition(s) of
  • Home Health Agency (HHA), Definition(s) of
  • Home Health Care, Definition(s) of
  • Home-Based Telecommuting, Definition(s) of
  • Hospice, Definition(s) of
  • Hourly-Rate Employees, Definition(s) of
  • Hours Vary (type of schedule), Definition(s) of
  • Household, Definition(s) of
  • Human Capital, Definition(s) of
  • Human Cost Approach, Definition(s) of
  • Human Investment Approach, Definition(s) of


    • I
  • Ideal Worker, Definition(s) of
  • Identity Construction, Definition(s) of
  • Identity Formation, Definition(s) of
  • Identity Politics, Definition(s) of
  • Identity Salience, Definition(s) of
  • Identity Theory, Definition(s) of
  • Identity, Definition(s) of
  • Immediate Family Member, Definition(s) of
  • In-Home Services, Definition(s) of
  • Incidental Absence, Definition(s) of
  • Inclusion, Definition(s) of
  • Independent Living Units, Definition(s) of
  • Informal Flexibility, Definition(s) of
  • Institutionalized Discrimination, Definition(s) of
  • Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Definition of
  • Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), Definition(s) of
  • Interrole Conflict, Definition(s) of
  • Intimate Partner Violence, Definition(s) of


    • J
  • Job Insecurity, Definition(s) of
  • Job Satisfaction, Definition(s) of
  • Job Segregation, Definition(s) of
  • Job Sharing, Definition(s) of
  • Job Strain, Definition(s) of
  • Job Stress, Definition(s) of
  • JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act), Definitions(s) of
  • Justice, Distributive, Definition(s) of
  • Justice, Procedural, Definition(s) of


    • K
  • Knock-on-Effects, Definition(s) of
  • Knowledge Management, Definition(s) of


    • L
  • Labor-Management Relations, Definition(s) of
  • Leave Donation Banks / Leave Transfer Programs, Definition(s) of
  • Leave of Absence, Definition(s) of
  • Life Course Fit, Definition(s) of
  • Life Politics, Definition(s) of
  • Life Satisfaction, Definition of
  • Life Stage(s), Definition(s) of
  • Light Therapy, Definition(s) of
  • Line of Sight, Definition(s) of
  • Living Wage, Definition(s) of
  • Long Term Care Insurance, Definition(s) of
  • Long Term Care Ombudsman, Definition(s) of
  • Long Work Hours, Definition(s) of
  • Long-Distance Caregivers, Definition(s) of
  • Low Income Working Family, Definition(s) of
  • Low-Income Workers, Definition(s) of


    • M
  • Market-Oriented Care Model, Definition(s) of
  • Maternal Employment, Definition(s) of
  • Maternal Profiling, Definition of
  • Maternity Leaves, Definition(s) of
  • Matrifocal Family, Definition(s) of
  • Matures/The Veterans, Definition(s) of
  • Meals on Wheels (MOW), Definition(s) of
  • Medicaid, Definition(s) of
  • Medicare, Definition(s) of
  • Medigap, Definition(s) of
  • Mentor[ing], Definition(s) of
  • Metrics, Definition(s) of
  • Mildly-Ill Child Care, Definition(s) of
  • Minority Working Family, Definition(s) of
  • Mobile Workers, Definition(s) of
  • Morning Shift, Definition(s) of
  • Motherhood Wage Penalty, Definition(s) of


    • N
  • NCOA (National Council on Aging), Definition(s) of
  • Negative Job to Home Spillover, Definition(s) of
  • Negotiable Atypical Working Hours, Definition(s) of
  • Neighborhood Work Centers, Definition(s) of
  • Neo-Traditional Division of Labor, Definition(s) of
  • Neoclassical Economics, Definition(s) of
  • New Moonlighters, Definition(s) of
  • Night shift, Definition(s) of
  • Nine/Eighty Work Week, Definition(s) of
  • Non-Negotiable Atypical Working Hours, Definition(s) of
  • Non-Traditional Students, Definition of
  • Nonstandard Days, Definition(s) of
  • Nonstandard Work, Definition(s) of
  • NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities), Definition(s) of
  • Normative Commitment, Definition(s) of
  • Nuclear Family, Definition(s) of


    • O
  • Occupational Segregation, Definition(s) of
  • Older Worker, Definition(s) of
  • Ombudsman (ombudsperson), Definition(s) of:
  • On-Ramping/Off-Ramping, Definition(s) of
  • On-Site Child Care, Definition(s) of
  • On-Site Workers, Definition(s) of
  • Opt Out, Definition(s) of
  • Organizational Attractiveness, Definition(s) of
  • Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Definition(s) of
  • Organizational Commitment (OC), Definition(s) of
  • Organizational Culture, Definition(s) of
  • Oscillating Shift, Definition(s) of
  • Outsourcing, Definition(s) of
  • Overemployment, Definition(s) of
  • Overtime, Definition(s) of
  • Overwork, Definition(s) of