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What Exactly Are We Measuring?

Debra@Education-Navigation.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:07 +0000

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Blog

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What Exactly Are We Measuring?

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Education Navigation, Inc.

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http://educationnavigation.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/what-exactly-are-we-measurin...

Name/Organization of Person Posting (optional):

Debra Schafer

While Yahoo started this discussion, the issue is whether we're measuring productivity in the workplace or something else. And if it's something else, just where does productivity and how employees demonstrate it factor into the business equation.

One Couple, Two Careers, A Singular Focus on Making It Work

monique.valcour@edhec.edu — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:18:47 +0000

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News Article

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One Couple, Two Careers, A Singular Focus on Making It Work

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Globe and Mail

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-...

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Monique Valcour, EDHEC Business School

Work-life balance and success in our careers often depends upon the interplay of mutual support and career priority within couples. To make a dual-career work, a couple must have a dual-career focus, something which, like a garden, requires constant care.

Welcome from the President

halejen — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:17:08 +0000

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Are Flex-Friendly Jobs Real & How Do You Find Them?

caseyju — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:13 +0000

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Other

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Are Flex-Friendly Jobs Real & How Do You Find Them?

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FlexJobs

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http://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/video-are-flex-friendly-jobs-real-how-do-you-f...

FlexJobs was honored to recently host a webinar with career expert Liz Ryan, CEO & Founder of the Human Workplace.

Most of us daydream at some point about a flexible work schedule or the ability to work from home, but are those daydreams realistic? Workplace expert Liz Ryan and flexible work community FlexJobs partnered to bring flex-hungry job-seekers a practical set of tips and a healthy dose of mojo to equip them for the 2013 job market and beyond.

Male Bosses Need to Speak Up for Gender Balance

caseyju — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:33:06 +0000

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Blog

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Male Bosses Need to Speak Up for Gender Balance

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Harvard Business Review Blog Network

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http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/male_bosses_need_to_speak_up_f.html?cm_mmc=email...

"Does anyone else find it strange that the debate heating up in the US around gender imbalances in the workplace is overwhelmingly a conversation among ... women? This constant frame of gender as a "women's issue" is one of the big obstacles to progress -- in both countries and companies."

Parents Miss Work, Lose Jobs Trying to Get Child Care Subsidy

brigid.schulte@verizon.net — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:03:25 +0000

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News Article

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Parents Miss Work, Lose Jobs Trying to Get Child Care Subsidy

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The Washington Post

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/parents-miss-work-lose-jobs-trying-to-get-ch...

It costs $40,000 for child care for an infant and a toddler in Washington, D.C. Andria Swanson makes half that working as a community organizer to, of all things, improve the child care subsidy system. Her fiance, who works the overnight shift at Walgreens, doesn't make much more. The child care subsidy is a lifeline for her, enabling her to work, and her children, giving them stability in a quality child care center and the time to build caring relationships with their teachers.

Launch of Employee Assistance Archive

pherlihy@rockymountainresearch.us — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:18:04 +0000

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Press Release

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Launch of Employee Assistance Archive

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University of Maryland School of Social Work

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http://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/handle/10713/2345

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Patricia A. Herlihy Ph.D., RN - Visiting Scholar

It’s here!!! The Employee Assistance Archive

Here’s A Map Of The Best And Worst Countries To Be A Mother

caseyju — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:39:36 +0000

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News Article

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Here’s A Map Of The Best And Worst Countries To Be A Mother

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The Washington Post

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/08/heres-a-map-of-the-...

A new report by Save the Children, a London-based NGO, gauges and ranks the conditions for mothers in almost every country in the world. Their annual report, just out, shows that Nordic countries are the best places to be mothers. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are the worst.

WFRN 2014 Conference Call for Papers: Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy

caseyju — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:54:54 +0000

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Call for Papers

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WFRN 2014 Conference Call for Papers: Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy

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WFRN

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https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/call-papers

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Judi Casey, WFRN

The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) invites submissions for the 2014 Conference, Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy, to be held June 19-21, 2014 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. We value all disciplinary perspectives on the issues, including, but not limited to, anthropology, business and management, economics, family studies, political science, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, and related fields.

50 Most Powerful Moms of 2013

caseyju — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:44:25 +0000

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News Article

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50 Most Powerful Moms of 2013

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Working Mother

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http://www.workingmother.com/content/50-most-powerful-working-moms?goback=.gde_4...

"These 50 American moms hold real power--in fact, they generate it on a daily basis through their talent, influence, status, money and intellectual capital. But even more so, each of these women have exhibited the strength to overcome tremendous obstacles, the insight to innovate and inspire, and the passion and courage to go against the grain to change the lives of others for the better. Working Mother's 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2013 (each of whom have at least one child under age 18) measure up in these ways and so many more."

Work and Family Researchers Network

What Exactly Are We Measuring?

One Couple, Two Careers, A Singular Focus on Making It Work

Welcome from the President

Welcome from the WFRN President

Are Flex-Friendly Jobs Real & How Do You Find Them?

Male Bosses Need to Speak Up for Gender Balance

Parents Miss Work, Lose Jobs Trying to Get Child Care Subsidy

Launch of Employee Assistance Archive

Here’s A Map Of The Best And Worst Countries To Be A Mother

WFRN 2014 Conference Call for Papers: Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy

50 Most Powerful Moms of 2013

Welcome from
the WFRN President