Technology, Work and Family

About 

The aim of the Technology, Work and Family networking community is to bring together scholars and practitioners with an interest and/or expertise in the links between digital communications technologies, work, families, communities, and the work-life interface. Our activities are designed to foster a vibrant research community whose outputs inform scholarship, policy and practice.

Objectives

  • To collaborate to develop new research and enhance knowledge on the joint transformations of technologies and work-life issues (i.e., share findings, insights, experience, and information such as call for papers, funding opportunities, etc.).
  • To provide employees, managers, and organizations with practical tactics and strategies for managing work-life issues and technology.
  • To work towards influencing policy-makers and governments to support the development of practices geared towards creating work-life workplaces in a technology-driven, global environment.
  • To work with educational institutions to highlight the importance of creating learning communities and centers, as well as make curriculum changes to educate future managers and leaders about the important role of technology at the workplace, of digital literacy, and the implementation of work-life friendly practices in the current digital society.
  • To collaborate so as to disseminate our research findings widely and increase our impact in academia, policy, and practice.

Leadership Team

Alexandra Beauregard, Ph.D.
Professor of Organizational Psychology
Birkbeck, University of London; Oslo New University College
a.beauregard@bbk.ac.uk

Angela R. Grotto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Resource Analytics
Feliciano School of Business
Montclair State University
grottoa@montclair.edu

Dominique Kost, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior
BI Norwegian Business School
dominique.kost@bi.no

Kaumudi Misra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
College of Business and Economics
California State University East Bay
kaumudi.misra@csueastbay.edu

Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Ph.D. – Founding Chair of the Networking Community
Canada Research Chair on Digital Regulation at Work and in Life
Director, International Network on Technology, Work and Family
Organisation and Human Resources Department
School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal
ollier.ariane@uqam.ca

Upcoming Initiatives

  • Organized sessions at the upcoming WFRN conference 2026:
    Technology, Work and Family Networking Community Research Incubator
    Organizers: Work, Family and Technology Leadership Team
  • Symposium “Digitalisation in Diverse Work and Family Contexts: PhD and Early Career Qualitative Research”, Work and Family Researchers Network
    Organizers: Ameeta Jaga & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre
  • Workshop “Flexible Futures: i-Deals, Technology, and the Evolving Work Landscape”
    Organizers: Dominique Kost, Carys Chan, Kelly Basile, Claudia Andrade, Ksenyia Navazhylava
    Discussants: Mouna Lachegar, Carys Chan, Matt Piszczek, Clare Kelliher

Upcoming Special Issue sponsored by the Research community in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

  • Flexibility I-deals for Whom? A Critical Exploration of the Complexities of Boundary Management and Unequal Access to Flexibility Negotiation
  • Guest Editors: Dominique Kost, Xi Wen (Carys) Chan, Kelly Basile, Cláudia Andrade, and Kseniya Navazhylava.

Past Initiatives 

Technology, Work and Family Networking Community Research Incubator [WFRN 2016, 2018, 2021 (virtual), 2022, -2024]
Organizers: Work, Family and Technology Leadership Team

Work-Life Boundary Management in a Technology-Driven Work Era: Enablers of Performance and Well-Being [Thematic Session of Multiple Paper Presentations, WFRN 2024]
Organizers: Kaumudi Misra, California State University, East Bay and Angela Grotto, Montclair State University

Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Living with Digital Surveillance in China. Citizens’ Narratives on Technology, Privacy, and Governance [Author Meets Readers Session, WFRN 2024]
Organizer: Dominique Kost, BI Norwegian Business School

Digital Technologies, Human Resources Practices, and Careers [Thematic Session of Multiple Paper Presentations, WFRN 2024]
Organizer: Dominique Kost, BI Norwegian Business School

Remote Work and Technology: Finding the Balance between Performance and Well-being [Paper Symposium, WFRN 2022]
Organizer: Dominique Kost, Oslo Metropolitan University

Gender and Technology in the Domestic Sphere [Paper Symposium, WFRN 2022]
Organizer: Ekaterina Hertog, University of Oxford