Research Briefs
Short articles on the knowledge generated by the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project and its Roundtable conferences.
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)
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
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.