Bias in Charts: Race, Gender, Education, and Income Author: Project LookSharp Activity Description In this media literacy activity, students analyze data visualizations—specifically charts from The New York Times and a blog post—to explore how media can shape perceptions of income disparities related to race, gender, and education. Students will critically assess the design, presentation, and [Read More...]
Mom's Hierarchy of Needs Free Articles Author: Leslie Forde Purpose: To facilitate critical thinking and class discussion about how family and non-family concerns are managed in the workplace Steps: Preparation (Before Class): Visit Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs and read at least one article related to working parents, self-care, or workplace flexibility. Reflect on how the [Read More...]
Mary Blair-Loy studies workplace values in a unique way—by identifying shared cultural understandings that are typically used to measure individuals’ worth at work. As she states in this fascinating talk, there are important disconnects between these cultural values of merit and individuals’ actual achievements. For example, the lone genius is valued in academia, but research [Read More...]
Erin Cech used to be a passion evangelist and tell people to follow their passion when choosing work—that is, until she studied it. She defines the Passion Principle as “prioritizing finding work that’s meaningful and self-expressive to you.” It includes an intellectual connection to work (a sense of finding it interesting); an emotional connection (a [Read More...]
Here are three important reasons to watch Jarrod Haar’s Big Ideas Talk on “Studying Work Loneliness Over Time.” First, it demonstrates the difference between feeling exhausted and being burned out. As Jarrod Haar says, “At the end of the day, if you’re tired, that’s just work.” Burnout includes cognitive and emotional impairment. And burnout has been going [Read More...]
Despite solid evidence “spanning decades that flexible workers are actually more motivated, more loyal and more committed to their jobs,” Heejung Chung asks, “why do we think they are lazy, not committed, not motivated?" In this very insightful talk, she explores the biases that surround flexible work arguing that this is rooted in our [Read More...]
This video of Cali Yost Why We Need to Reimagine How, When and Where Work is Done Together was created at the 2024 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference June 20, 2024 in Montreal Canada. For more than two decades, Cali Williams Yost has been a leading authority on high performance work flexibility. A visionary [Read More...]
Objective: This article examines Chilean working parents' perceptionsabout the right to childcare, care needs, and the future of this right.Background: There is widespread debate about working parents' care strategiesand their capacity to reconcile work and family. Latin American studies haveconcentrated on welfare regimens, social protection policies, and flexibilityin the labor market. However, few studies have [Read More...]
This study explored how fathers’ occupational status shapes their constructions, experiences, and negotiations of Flexible Working. In particular, we examined whether occupational status impacted men’s access to, and the acceptability of using FWAs for the purposes of care. Data from semi-structured interviews with 43 working fathers from diverse occupational roles within the Australian financial sector [Read More...]