WFRN Virtual Conference Series
September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025
Online

Virtual Plenary. The Year’s Best Work-Family Research: 2025 Kanter Award Finalists Present Their Research. 

This event recognizes and shares findings from articles selected as finalists for the 2025 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. In engaging TED-style talks, authors will share the major takeaways from their studies, and Dr. Reynolds will facilitate a Q&A to follow.

Dates/Times

  • GMT/London Friday Sept 12, 2025 4:00-5:30pm
  • Los Angeles, USA  Friday Sept 12, 2025 8:00am-9:30am PDT
  • New York, USA  Friday Sept 12, 2025 11am-12:30pm EDT
  • Seoul, South Korea  Saturday Sept 13, 2025 12:00am-1:30am KST
  • Melbourne, Australia Saturday Sept 13, 2025 1:00-2:30am AEST

Organizers/Presiders

  • Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne
  • Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Jennifer Sabatini Fraone, Boston College
  • Jeremy Reynolds, Purdue University

Presentations

2025 Winner

Li, W.-D., Wang, J., Allen, T., Zhang, X., Yu, K., Zhang, H., Huang, J. L., Liu, M., & Li, A. (2024). Getting under the skin? Influences of work–family experiences on personality trait adaptation and reciprocal relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(4), 694–718. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000476  

2025 Finalists

Clingan, L. (2024). Defining women’s incomes: Household disruptions and gendered resolutions. Social Forces, 103(2), 595–614. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soae098

James, A. (2024). Platform work‐lives in the gig economy: Recentering work–family research. Gender, Work & Organization, 31(2), 513–534. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13087

Kossek, E. E., Porter, C. M., Rosokha, L. M., Wilson, K. S., Rupp, D. E., & Law‐Penrose, J. (2024). Advancing work–life supportive contexts for the “haves” and “have nots”: Integrating supervisor training with work–life flexibility to impact exhaustion or engagement. Human Resource Management, 63(3), 397–411. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22207

Registration 

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