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Welcome to the Center for Work & Family! Since its founding in 1990, Boston College Center for Work & Family (CWF) has been a national leader in helping organizations create effective workplaces that support and develop healthy and productive employees. We provide a bridge linking the academic community to leaders in employment settings who are committed to promoting workforce effectiveness. We are fortunate to count many of the world's most progressive companies in the work/life arena as our members. We are pleased to be an important part of the Carroll School of Management and Boston College, which are consistently ranked among the top 35 business schools and universities in the United States. More importantly, Boston College provides an environment that promotes both scholarly thinking and a commitment to social action, an ideal combination for the focus of our important work. Thank you for visiting with us. Brad Harrington, Executive Director
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NEWS
CWF Announces New EBS on Emerging Markets We are proud to release Work-Life in China, the first issue in our new Executive Briefing Series exploring Emerging Markets. Visit our site in the coming months for issues focusing on Work-Life in India and Brazil. Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award Winner Announced The 2008 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Life Research was presented at the World at Work Total Rewards Conference on June 2, 2009 in Seattle, WA. The winner Getting a Job: Is there a motherhood penalty? by Shelley Correll, Stephen Benard and In Paik was published in the American Journal of Sociology. For more information read the new Kanter Award publication, a business-focused brochure which synthesizes Welcome New Members! We are very excited to welcome The McGraw-Hill Companies and Northrop Grumman to the Work & Family Roundtable! Brad Harrington, Executive Director of the The Global Workforce Roundtable and National Work & Family Roundtable Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. was a fantastic meeting! Evaluated a 4.67 out of 5.00 by our corporate Roundtable members. Brad Harrington, Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family, addressed a session of the United Nations as part of a panel on WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY: STRATEGIC BUSINESS MODELS ACROSS INDUSTRY AND ORGANIZATIONS. The event was part of a celebration of International Women’s Day and was held on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the United Nations in New York City. CWF staffers Jacquelyn James and Jennifer Fraone consider the question Can Flexibility Still Work in the Current Economy? in the Sloan Work & Family Research Network Blog. Brad Harrington was featur  ed on
Greater Boston with Emily Rooney on WGBH on Tuesday, September 9. He discussed the issue of Work-Life Balance as it relates to Sarah Palin, Republican Vice-Presidential nominee. Click here to view the program. Work-Life Webconference The Center for Work & Family held a webconference on Tuesday, September 9 from entitled Meeting the Needs of Today's Workforce: Culture, Flexibility and Careers. Led by CWF Executive Director Brad Harrington, the conference presented important issues revealed through our research and the implications for organizations in the future.View Presentation and Listen to Audio Recording (or download mp3 version)
Overcoming the Implementation Gap: How 20 Leading Companies are Making Flexibility Work. We are excited to announce that the Executive Summary of this report is now available. The full 150+ page report is available for purchase. Please contact Jaclyn Fitzgerald at meredith.ross@bc.edu or 617-552-2868 to request a copy of the Executive Summary or to order the full report. The study is featured in the May 2008 WFC Resources Trend Report. Issue Briefs available from CitiSales Study! The Center for Work & Family, in cooperation with the please click here. The study was featured in the WFC Resources newsletter and the Lane Report. We are excited to release the Executive Summary of the latest Center for Work & Family research report, Flexible Work Arrangements in Asia. Work-Life Evolution Study released: The Work/Life Evolution Study explored change in workforce management strategies over time in order to develop a better understanding of what will move the field forward. To read the full report, download the Report PDF . For more information about the Evolution study click here or view Results of the Work-Life Evolution Study presentation.
Center Director Brad Harrington co-authored Career Management & Work-Life Integration: Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers |
