In this Big Ideas Talk, Andrea Doucet tells a story with unparalleled power—a stirring and thought-provoking story that almost literally leaps off the screen. Doucet is a care scholar. “For 30 years,” she says, “I’ve consulted with governments and international organizations – and I’ve told stories about how women and men care for children and [Read More...]
The demands of home aren't going away. And they aren't going to be solved by men doing more and women doing less. Given these long-time realities, Leah Ruppanner calls for "significant and impactful solutions” in this talk. "We need more women taking more risks to make big, bold, innovative solutions that help us all,” she [Read More...]
It is fitting that we release this remarkable Big Ideas Talk just before International Women’s Day on March 8th. It's about South Africa—a country with one of the most progressive constitutions in the world in addressing racial and gender injustices from the past. Yet, as Ameeta Jaga makes clear, legal protections and policies meant to [Read More...]
There was a lot of talk during the presidential campaign about being a country that provides good beginnings for babies. Good beginnings don’t begin at birth, Alejandra Ros Pilarz says, but prenatally - “the most rapid period of brain development with life-long consequences for children's future health and development.” Work-family demands are high during this [Read More...]
Background: Custodial grandparents often protect against childhood traumaand promote resilience in their grandchildren. In this role, grandparentsface many challenges and may lack confidence in their parenting abilities.Increasing grandparent self‐efficacy may help promote grandfamily resilience.Yet few interventions exist to help grandparents adapt to challenges faced asprimary parenting figures for grandchildren. Objective: The purpose of thisstudy was [Read More...]
As postdoctoral training has become a requirement in many STEMM fields the influence of postdoc hiring on STEMM labor force inclusion and diversity has increased, yet postdoc hiring processes have received only limited attention from researchers. Drawing on status theory and data for 769 postdoctoral recruitments, we systematically analyze the relationship between gender, race-ethnicity, and [Read More...]
Although management research on work-life flexibility policies has occurred for over 40 years, it is underdeveloped with inconsistent results. We argue that this is due to theorizing that—but not measuring whether—policy use increases boundary control; a fragmented literature examining a range of policies (either individually or bundled) without comprehensive integration; and an under-examination of policy [Read More...]
Background and Objectives Age-associated changes can impair abilities forsafe driving and the use of firearms. We sought to examine multipleperspectives on reducing access to firearms, including similarities anddifferences compared to reducing driving. Research Design and Methods Onlinefocus groups and 1-on-1 interviews were conducted (November 2020 to May2021) in the United States with: older adults who [Read More...]
Over the past several decades, there has been considerable interest inthe theoretical causes of work–family conflict (WFC). Most studies havefocused on situational determinants, often ignoring the role of personalfactors such as disposition and heritable elements. We increase understandingof person versus situation influences on WFC through estimation of therelationship between role demands and WFC after controlling [Read More...]
Daycare centers are the first spaces where children develop socialrelationships and enhance their senses through public education. Despite itssignificance, marginal guidelines are provided for the design of centers inthe Republic of Korea (ROK); thus, clients have different perceptions of thepriority of functions. To bridge these gaps, in this study, guideline fordaycare center planning were established [Read More...]