Research Reports
Executive Briefing Series
Partner Profile Series
Additional Resources
Balance Sheets
Kanter Award Reports
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Research Reports
Executive Briefing Series
Written for an executive level audience, the series highlights research findings, data trends and best practices in a concise format, aiming to foster action-oriented dialogue in organizations.
Work-Life in China, First Issue in New Series on Emerging Markets **NEW**
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Building the Business Case for Work-Life
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The Multi-Generational Workforce
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Exploring Diversity: Race and Culture in the Inclusive Workplace
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Exceptional Caregiving - PowerPoint presentation
Creating a Culture of Flexibility - PowerPoint presentation
Managing Workload - PowerPoint presentation
Dynamic Workforce Trends - PowerPoint presentation
Aging Workforce - PowerPoint presentation
Paternity Leave - PowerPoint presentation
Partner Profile Series
Issue I: Health & Well-Being - March 2006
Issue II: Employee Resource Groups - August 2006
Issue III: Women's Advancement - December 2008
Additional Resources
Work-Family Balance Sheets
Adoption Assistance
Assessment and Work/Life
Back-up Child Care
Becoming a Company of Choice
Beyond Dependent Care
Broadening Our Scope: Work/Life Strategies in Small Businesses
The Business Case for Work/Life
Care for School Age Children
Domestic Partner Benefits
Domestic Violence
Elder Care
Employer-Sponsored Child Care Centers
Fathers in the Workplace
Financial Assistance Programs
Flexibility as a Strategic Tool
Fostering Infant Wellness Through Workplace Initiatives
Manager Training on Work/Life Issues
The Mature Workforce
Mergers & Acquisitions
Parental Involvement in School
Parents' Jobs and Children's Lives
Part-Time Professionals & Managers
Relocation Assistance Programs
Supporting the Sandwiched Employee
Telecommuting
Time-Off Programs
What's Fair? Defining Equity
Work/Life Intranets
Working with Work/Life Vendors
Workplace Responses to End-of-Life Issues
Kanter Award Reports
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The Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research is an annual research award resulting from a joint partnership between The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family. Named in honor of Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has been identified as the most influential contributor to modern literature on work and family, the
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Kanter Award is given for the best research paper(s) published during the year. The rigorous nomination process for award selection involves scholarly reviewers from 8 countries who decide on the Kanter winner from numerous studies published in the top peer-reviewed journals. This award raises awareness of excellent work-family research, fosters debate about standards of excellence, and identifies the “best of the best” on which to base future research. For research summaries of top candidates and award winners, please click on:
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Overcoming the Imlementation Gap: How 20 Leading Companies are Making Flexibility Work Executive Summary To purchase full report, please contact cwf@bc.edu 2008 |
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Model Programs and Policies for Hourly and Lower Wage Employees 2004 |
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This report summarizes the results of a project that focused on understanding the special issues and challenges pertaining to career and balancing work and family faced by women age 35 and older. 2003 |
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Leaders in a Global Economy: A Study of Executive Women and Men This study examines the work lives of close to 1,200 senior executives from around the world. 2003 |
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Bringing Work Home: Advantages and Challenges of Telecommuting This working paper provides practitioners with a history of telecommuting, its underlying rationale, and the strengths and potential pitfalls of telecommuting programs. 2002 |
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Workplace Flexibility: A Powerful Strategy for Today's Dynamic Marketplace This report presents the findings of the National Work/Life Measurement Project and focuses on issues most important for managers as they strive to introduce and/or continue to implement flexible work arrangements. 2000 |
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The Quality of Life in Brazil and Mexico This paper discusses the complex dimensions of work/life experiences in Latin America. The information presented details the work/life issues in Brazil and Mexico and offers the reader an opportunity to reflect on contrasting and shared work/life beliefs and priorities. 2000 |
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Work and Family Issues in Japan and the Republic of Korea This paper explores the growing awareness of organizations regarding employees needs. It reviews global diversity strategies regarding work and family issues as they relate to economic stability in Japan and the Republic of Korea. 2000 |
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Enhancing Strategic Value: Becoming a Company of Choice This paper, published in collaboration with the Boston College Center for Corporate Community Relations, examines the employer of choice business strategy through a work-family lens, helping organizations to explore this new territory by discussing the important elements of the perspectives of employee and community stakeholder groups. Fall 1998 |
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Forgotten Families: The Move to Provide Paid Time Off to Adoptive Parents This report, published in collaboration with the National Adoption Center, examines the many ways in which employers strive to provide equity to adoptive parents in relationship to the benefits they offer to birth parents. Fall 1998, 32 page |
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European Perspectives of Work and Family Issues This paper discusses circumstances surrounding work-family issues as they are manifested in European Union countries. 1998 |
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Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture, ISBN# 1-56639-647-6. (Please order through Temple University Press, Broad & Oxford streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122. 1-800-447-1656. Price is $49.95, $16.95 paperback.) 1998 |
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Participation in Change: Work/Family Groups in Corporations This report summarizes the findings from a study of work/family taskforces and committees in 18 U.S. companies recognized for their leadership in the area of work and family. 1997, 36 pages |
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A Catalyst for Change: Promoting the Involvement of Working Parents in Their Children's Education This paper details the promise of involving businesses, schools and parents in collaborative efforts to promote the involvement of working parents in their children's education. Includes the Employers' Inventory for Action. 1997 |
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International Work/Life Country Briefings These four-page content-rich summaries highlight key work/family facts and trends within specific countries.
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Business Week's Work and Family Corporate Ranking: An Analysis of the Data This report provides a summary of Business Week's inaugural ranking of corporate best practices in work and family.
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Culture and Work/Life Balance: Findings from the Business Week Study This series, designed to increase practioner's access to studies about current work/life topics, provides select findings relevant to planning and decision making. 1997 |
| Work-Family Research: An Annotated Bibliography ISBN 0-313-30322-3 Authors: Teri Ann Lilly, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, and Bradley K. Googins. (Please order through Greenwood Press: (203) 226-3571. Price is $82.95 - reference Source Code F478 for a "20%" discount.) This bibliography identifies the primary thematic and topical strands that have contributed to the understanding of the work-family field. Within each chapter, entries for articles, books, reports and other materials provide full citations as well as annotations. 1997, 300 pages |
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Work/Life and Diversity: Perspectives of Workplace Responses This paper explores how "lessons learned" from the work-family and diversity arenas can be shared. 1996 |
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The Displaced Family: Job Loss, Family Supportiveness, and the Role of Outplacement Services This exploratory study looks at unemployment in the new economy and its effects on families. The study includes analysis of data collected from over 100 unemployed persons, their spouses or partners, and their children. 1996, 32 pages |
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Behind the Scenes: Corporate Environments and Work-Family Initiatives This report examines the relationships between the development of work-family programs, organizational structure and workplace values. 1995, 75 pages |
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Contingent Work Arrangements in Family Sensitive Corporations This paper provides information for corporate readers that contributes to their analyses of the relationships between contingent work arrangements and work-family programs and philosophies. 1995 |
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The Family and Medical Leave Act: Analysis and Appraisal This paper provides an analysis and appraisal of the Family Medical Leave Act, and includes case studies and recommendations for employers. 1995 |
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Strategic Responses: Corporate Involvement in Family and Community Issues This paper explores the reasons that corporations are addressing diverse social issues and the implications of such actions, and provides frameworks for corporate consideration of family and community issues. 1995 |
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Working Single Parents and Schools This report details the experiences of working single parents and the school-related issues that help or hinder parents from balancing their work and family lives. 1994, 26 pages |
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| Additional Resources |
| The Metrics Manual: Ten Approaches to Measuring Work/Life Initiatives This Manual helps practitioners strengthen their ability to measure progress, evaluate results, and responsibly manage investments. The measurement processes offered provide employers practical options for measuring their work/life initiatives. Spring 1999 |
| "The Link": A Practical Guide for Conducting a Work/Life Workplace Assessment This manual guides practitioners through the workplace assessment process to help companies link their work/life plans to business priorities. 1997 |
| The Work/Life Edge: Strategies for Small and Medium Businesses This resource packet, prepared by the Center for Work & Family and the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, is designed to help the owners and managers of small and medium sized businesses understand how work/life issues relate to their business success. |