Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD Director Sloan Center on Aging & Work, Boston College Associate Professor Graduate School of Social Work & Caroll School of Management, Boston College

Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes directs the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. She is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work, and has appointments at the Boston College Carroll School of Management and the Business School at Middlesex University in London. She was Co-Principal Investigator for the 2006 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development and the 2007-2008 Age & Generations Study. Her current work includes oversight of the 2009 Talent Management Study. She will be leading the 2010 Generations of Talent study with colleagues from around the world.

She was invited to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging as an issue expert, and recently co-edited a special issue of Generations (2007) that focused on aging and work. Dr. Pitt-Catsouphes was a recipient of the 2007 Work-Life Legacy Award. She serves on several boards and advisory committees, including the National Advisory Committee for Workplace 2010 at Georgetown University, the Strategy Board for the Association of Work/Life Professionals at the World of Work, and the Purdue Center for Families.

Dr. Pitt-Catsouphes’ articles have been published in a number of scholarly and practitioner journals. She was a founding co-editor for the international journal, Community, Work and Family. Her publications include The Work-Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches to Research, published by Erlbaum Publishers (2006) which she edited with colleagues. She received her BA from Tufts University, MSP from Boston College, and PhD from Boston University.

center publications

• Through a Different Looking Glass: The Prism of Age (August 2012)
• Workplace Action Steps for Leveraging Mature Talent: Findings from the Talent Management Study (July 2012)
• Insights on Activity in Later Life from the Life & Times in an Aging Society Study—Engaged as We Age (January 2012)
• Flexible Thinking & Flexible Options: Effects on Work Engagement & Organizational Commitment (December 2011)
• Effects of “Old-Developed” versus “Young-Developing” Country Type and Age-Related Factors on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction, & Organizational Commitment (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Brazil (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in China (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in India (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Japan (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Mexico (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in the Netherlands (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Spain (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in the United Kingdom (December 2011).
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in the United States (December 2011).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Transportation and Warehousing Sector (November 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Wholesale Sector (October 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Finance & Insurance Sector (August 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Prof/Sci/Tech Sector (August 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Construction Sector (July 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Accommodation & Food Services Sector (June 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Retail Trade Sector (June 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Health Care & Social Assistance Sector (June 2010).
• Talent Pressures and the Aging Workforce: Responsive Action Steps for the Manufacturing Sector (June 2010).
• The End of Retirement as We Know It?—Engaged as We Age (February 2010).
• The Pressures of Talent Management (October 2009).
• The Difference a Downturn Can Make (June 2009).
• Engaging the 21st Century Multi-Generational Workforce: Findings from the Age & Generations Study (March 2009).
• States as Employers-of-Choice (March 2009).
• Age & Generations: Understanding Experiences at the Workplace (March 2009).
• Workplace Flexibility: Findings from the Age & Generations Study (January 2009).
• Mind the Gap—United States—Employees (November 2008).
• Mind the Gap—United States—Employers (November 2008).
• State Leadership for Older Workers: Comparisons of State Workforce Demographics Trends for Adults Aged 55+ (October 2008).
• 21^st Century Age Demographics: Opportunities for Visionary State Leadership (March 2008).
• Quality of Employment and Life Satisfaction: A Relationship that Matters for Older Workers (February 2008).
• Employers-of-Choice in Countries-of-Choice (October 2007).
• Today's Multi-Generational Workforce: A Proposition of Value (August 2007).
• Phased Retirement (August 2007).
• The 21st Century Multi-Generational Workplace (June 2007).
• National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development (March 2007).
• Benchmark Study: Summary Report (December 2006).
• One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Workplace Flexibility (December 2006).
• How Old Are Today's Older Workers (February 2006).
• Diverse Employment Experiences of Older Men and Women in the Workforce (November 2005).
• Insight About Older Workers from the National Study of the Changing Workforce (November 2005).
• Businesses: How Are They Preparing For the Aging Workforce? (July 2005).
• Older Workers: What Keeps Them Working? (July 2005).

research

Current

• Engaged as We Age.
• The Time & Place Management Study.

Completed

• Age & Generations Study.
• 21^st Century Age Demographics.
• Age and the Meaning of Work.
• Country Context Studies.
• Flexibility and the Engagement of Older Workers.
• Generations of Talent Study.
• National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development.
• Older Workers and Life Satisfaction.
• States as Employers of Choice.
• State Contexts.
• Talent Management Study.
• Working in Retirement.