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Work & Family

Objectives

Our aim is for you to successfully apply the evidence-based knowledge on work and family to your own organizations, your own careers, and your own family lives to make workplaces better, and your families and yourselves happier and more successful. 

 

General characterization

Code

2656

Credits

3.5

Responsible teacher

Jennifer Marie Hoobler

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

English

Prerequisites

n/a 


Bibliography

Reid, E. (2015). Embracing, passing, revealing, and the ideal worker image: How people navigate expected and experienced professional identities. Organization Science , 26 (4), 997-1017. 

Borgmann, L. S., Rattay, P., & Lampert, T. (2019). Health-related consequences of work-family conflict from a European perspective: Results of a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health , 7 , Article 189. 

Carlson, D. S., Thompson, M. J., Crawford, W. S., & Kacmar, K. M. (2019). Spillover and crossover of work resources: A test of the positive flow of resources through work?family enrichment. Journal of Organizational Behavior , 40 (6), 709-722. 

HBR Article : Jen Su, A. (2022). How your leadership style can inform your parenting. Harvard Business Review. 

HBR Article: Kersey, A.N. (2022). Being a caregiver: Our favorite reads. Harvard Business Review.

Hoobler, J. M., Wayne, S. J., & Lemmon, G. (2009). Bosses' perceptions of family-work conflict and women's promotability: Glass ceiling effects. Academy of Management Journal , 52 (5), 939-957. 

HBR Article: Ely, R. J., & Padavic, I. (2020). What's Really Holding Women Back? Harvard Business Review. 

Allen, T. D., French, K. A., Dumani, S., & Shockley, K. M. (2020). A cross-national meta-analytic examination of predictors and outcomes associated with work?family conflict. Journal of Applied Psychology , 105 (6), 539-576. 

Wiß, T., & Greve, B. (2020). A comparison of the interplay of public and occupational work¿family policies in Austria, Denmark, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice , 22 (5), 440-457.

Butts, M. M., Casper, W. J., & Yang, T. S. (2013). How important are work?family support policies? A meta-analytic investigation of their effects on employee outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98 (1), 1?25. 

Masterson, C. R., & Hoobler, J. M. (2019). Domestic employment: Making visible an invisible relationship. Journal of Management Inquiry , 28 (3), 354-358. 

 

Teaching method

Face-to-face and online lectures, class discussions and debates, self-assessments, a final exam, guided reading of academic journal articles and high-quality online sources, a qualitative research project with a class peer. 


Evaluation method

1. Regular Exam Period Final exam 60%

2. Class participation 10%

3. Interview assignment (group work) 30% 


Subject matter

In this course we will examine the evidenced-based knowledge regarding work and family intersections. Our approach will be informed by psychology, management, sociology, and public policy. We will explore the use of family-friendly policies by organizations.