Work–Family Issues for Men

                        

Brad Harrington, Beth Humberd, and Fred van Deusen

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Family

Edited by Tammy D. Allen and Lillian T. Eby

	Subject: Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Counseling Psychology
Online Publication Date: Feb 2015	DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199337538.013.33

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Abstract and Keywords

This chapter explores scholarship on work, family, and community, suggesting ways to move it forward in new and exciting directions. Different ways of conceptualizing community are described, along with issues surrounding the lack of conceptual clarity in the treatment of community in the work–family literature. The main theories that are used to guide the study of community, work, and family are outlined, including ecological theory, life-course theory, and the demands and resources perspective. The existing work–family and community scholarship is described, with a focus on how community is related to family, work–family, and individual outcomes. Emerging scholarship on family supportive communities is explored, along with scholarship on the impact of contemporary work–family trends on community involvement. Lastly, promising areas for future research are proposed, with an eye toward identifying solutions at the community level for working families.

Keywords: Community, Work and family, Community demands, Community resources, Community and work, Community and family

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Brad Harrington

Brad Harrington is the Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family and a professor in the Carroll School of Management. The Center for Work & Family is the country’s leading university-based research center focused on helping employers in their efforts to improve the lives of working people and their families. It partners with many of the world’s most progressive and well respected employers. Dr. Harrington’s research and teaching focuses on career management and work-life integration, the changing role of fathers, contemporary workforce management strategies and the leadership of organizational change.

Beth Humberd

Beth Humberd is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. She conducts research on gender and race in organizations, individual identity development, and interpersonal relationships at work, and she teaches organizational behavior to undergraduate and graduate students. Beth holds a PhD in Organization Studies from Boston College, as well as an MBA from Bentley University and a BS from Babson College. Prior to pursuing her academic career, Beth worked in various roles within Corporate Finance and Human Resources at a medical device company and a top accounting firm.

Fred van Deusen

Fred Van Deusen is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Work & Family. He participates in and manages the various research initiatives that the Center performs, including each of the recent fatherhood studies. He also works with companies on custom work-life studies and projects. Prior to joining the Center, Fred was a Senior Vice President at NORC, the National Opinion Research Center. NORC performs large scale research studies primarily for the U.S. government.