Research Briefs
Short articles on the knowledge generated by the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project and its Roundtable conferences.
2010. Using coaching networks to improve performance in all domains of life. In S. de Janasz and D. Denison (Chairs), Developing future leaders: Exploring the use of coaching and mentoring for leadership development.
National Academy of Management Meetings
2006. Teaching about managing work-life integration as a leadership competency.
National Academy of Management Meetings.
2006. Political savvy in organizations.
National Academy of Management Meetings.
2006. Current issues in work/life integration.
Work and Family Conference, sponsored by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute.
2006. Leadership futures.
The New School, New York
2005. Opting different: reframing the work/life debate.
National Council for Research on Women Conference. Reshaping Agendas Through Women’s Leadership. City U. of New York .
2005. How business schools increase leadership capacity.
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
2005. Learning to lead in all domains of life.
Work and Family Conference, sponsored by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute.
2005. Developing leadership capacity.
European Academy of Women in Business and Politics. Berlin, Germany.
2005. Understanding the changing workplace.
Alliance of Work-Life Progress Annual Conference, Orlando.
2004. Public policy, work, and families: the report of the APA presidential initiative on work and families.
American Psychological Association. (Download or View Summary)
2004. The Happy Workaholic: a role model for employees.
WFC Resources, January. (View)
2004. The child care scare.
Presidential session at American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Hawaii.
2004. Headlines and hallmarks from the research world.
Alliance for Work-Life Progress Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
2003. Total Leadership in academia.
Keynote , Annual Meeting of the College and University Work Family Association, Philadelphia.
2003. Leadership skills for work/life professionals.
Work and Family Conference, sponsored by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute.
2001. Total leadership: research and practice.
Harvard Business School.
2001. With Venen-Bock. S. New approaches to work redesign.
Work and Family Conference, sponsored by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute.
2001. With Livorine, E. Affecting social change through public/private alliances.
WorkLife Congress.
2001. Creating a new model for leadership development.
Association of Work/Life Professionals.
2001. Corporate help is at hand for working parents.
Financial Times, November 5.
As demand for childcare from working parents grows, companies have to be more creative in their provision. Stew Friedman and Ellen Galinsky outline the latest developments.
1999. Are saner workloads the unexpected key to more productivity?
Wall Street Journal, March 10.
Sue Shellenbarger shows how companies are pursuing programs that improve both output and employee wellbeing, citing Stew Friedman’s research.
1999. Managers are going “off the books” to meet workers’ off-hours needs.
Los Angeles Times, January 17.
Nancy Rivera Brooks writes on research showing that managers are implementing work/life integration changes without the knowledge or approval of the human resources department.
1996. Children are the unseen stakeholders in the American workplace.
Children, Youth and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, Fall. (Download)
1996. It’s the type of job you have that affects the kids, studies say.
Wall Street Journal, July 31.
1995. In real life, hard choices upset any balancing act.
Wall Street Journal, April 19.
1995. Keeping your career a manageable part of your life.
Wall Street Journal, April 12.
In these two articles in April 1995, Sue Shellenbarger reports on research generated by the Wharton Work/Life Roundtable about what it takes to integrate work and personal life.
1994. Coming soon: get a life 101.
New York Times, February 27 (View)
Barbara Presley Noble attended the first meeting of the Wharton Work/Life Roundtable and reported on the discussion between business leaders and academics on how to study and teach work/life skills.
1994. Work-family issues top business classes.
Wall Street Journal, January 28.
Sue Shellenbarger wrote about the Wharton Work/Life Roundtable’s first meeting.