Work and Family Researchers Network
The Work and Family Researchers Network’s mission is to facilitate virtual and face-to-face interaction among academic work and family researchers from a broad range of fields as well as engage the next generation of work and family scholars. The WFRN also welcomes the participation of policy makers and workplace practitioners as it seeks to promote knowledge and understanding of work and family issues among the community of global stakeholders. To learn more about the WFRN and join as a member, please visit us at www.wfrn.org or click the link below.
Best Practices in Community-Engaged Research for Work-Family Scholars - WFRN
VIRTUAL PLENARY: The Year’s Best Work-Family Research: 2025 Kanter Award Finalists
Ellen Ernst Kossek - Reconceptualizing Boundary Control to Include Frontline Employees
Melissa Milkie - Making "Quality Time" - For Kids and Their Parents
Richard Petts - What if All Fathers in the U.S. Had Paid Paternity Leave?
Melissa Milkie - Making "Quality Time" - For Kids and Their Parents
Andrea Doucet - “NOTHING EXISTS ALONE”: Three Lessons About Care From Ecologist Rachel Carson
Mary Blair-Loy - Reconceive Merit and Devotion to Improve Equity in Professions
Erin Cech - The Problems With Following Your Passion
Ariane Ollier-Malaterre - Tech Imaginaries: How We Think and Feel about Technology
Yang Hu - What Can We Learn About Care From AI?
Alejandra Ros Pilarz - Work-Family Balance Begins Before Childbirth
Kim French - Three Lies We Tell Ourselves About Work - Family Conflict
Subha Barry - DECISIONS THAT DEFINE US: The Ripple Effect of Inclusion
Scott Schieman - NOT MY NECESSARY EVIL: 10 Bad Vibes About Work
Ellen Galinsky - Skills for Success in School, Work and Life
Brigid Schulte - OVER WORK: How Change Agents Are Transforming the Daily Grind
2/21/25 - Gender, Work and Family in Turbulent Times COVID 19, Remote Work and Diversity
Leah Ruppanner - Can Robot Vacuums Save Us All from Housework Drudgery
Ameeta Jaga - Why Policies Must Recognize Care Realities
Jarrod Haar - Studying Work Loneliness Across Time
1/24/25 - Going Back? Gender, Work and Family in 2025
Effective Strategies to Disseminate Research Findings to Non Academic Audiences - WFRN
Heejung Chung - Flexibility Stigma: Why we think remote workers are slackers
Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Thinking Outside the Building
Ariane Ollier-Malaterre - Tech Imaginaries: How We Think and Feel about Technology
Yang Hu - What Can We Learn About Care From AI?