Families and Work Institute

Work Life

Highlights of the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce
James T. Bond with Cindy Thompson, Ellen Galinsky and David Prottas. 2002
$24.00 (Hardcopy); $15.00 (PDF E-Product)
Every five years, Families and Work institute Conducts it's National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW), the only on-going study of the U.S. Workforce of it's kind or scale. It is the only study of it's kind to provide 25-year comparisons, from 1977 to 2002, of life on and off the job. The study is widely used by policy makers, employers, the media, and all those interested in the widespread impacts of the changing conditions of work and home life.

Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed
at Work and Parenting
Ellen Galinsky, Quill 2000
$25.00 Hardcover; $14.00 Paperback
This breakthrough study, widely praised by reviewers and selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best work-life books of 1999, is now available in paperback.

Leaders in a Global Economy: A Study of Executive Women and Men
Ellen Galinsky, Kimberlee Salmond and James T. Bond, Families an Work Institute; Marcia Brumit Kropf. Meredith Moore, Catalyst; Brad Harrington, Boston College Center for Work & Family, 2003
$21.50 (E-Product); $6.00 (Executive Summary)
Leaders in a Global Economy is the largest study of global executives and the relationship between gender and career advancement ever conducted.

Information for Employers about Low-Wage Employees from Low-Income Families
James T. Bond, 2003
$10.00
This report uses data from FWI's National Study of the Changing Workforce to examine the work-family issues faced by wage and salaried employees who earn low wages and live in low-income families.

The Impact of Job and Workplace Conditions on Low-Wage and -Income Employees and Their Employers
James T. Bond, 2003
$10.00
Do conditions on the job affect low-wage and -income employees in different ways than higher-income workers? This report examines this question using data from FWI's National Study of the Changing Workforce and provides valuable data on job satisfation and retention of employees of different wage and income statuses.

Promising Practices: How Employers Improve Their Bottom Lines by Addressing the Needs of Lower-Wage Workers
Stacy S. Kim, Marta Lopez and James T. Bond, 2003
$10.00 (order all 3 reports for $24.00)
A companion piece to the above reports, Promising Practices is a real-world look at employer programs and policies for lower-wage workers and how these programs can actually help employer's bottom lines.

9/11: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Lois Backon, Ellen Galinsky, Erin Brownfield and Kelly Sakai, 2003
$9.00
9/11: Looking back, Moving Forward provides tools for educators to help children respond to traumatic events with resiliency and hope. Created as an extension of the "9/11 As History" initiative, the book provides an overview of 16 downloadable lesson plans and features examples of the student writings and artwork inspired by the curricula. These powerful and inspiring quotes and images show the range and magnitude of children's emotional responses and the need for educators to guide children in communicating about our changing world.

The 1998 Business Work-Life Study: A Sourcebook
Ellen Galinsky and James T. Bond, 1998
$49.00
Developed to compliment The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce, The 1998 Business Work-Life Study is one of the first and most comprehensive studies of how U.S. companies respond to the work-life needs of their employees. It examines the prevalences of a broad array of programs and policies among the representatives sample of employers and examines the characteristics of companies that are most likely to be family-friendly.

Feeling Overworked: When Work Becomes Too Much
Ellen Galinsky, Stacy S. Kim and James T. Bond, 2001
$34.00
The study provides an in-depth look at job and work-place factors that contribute to American workers feeling overworked, and finds that one third of the U.S. work-force report chronically feeling overworked. The study also investigates how these feelings are linked to job performance and health. It identifies which groups of workers feel most overworked and considers the practical implications of these findings for employers.

Navigating Work and Family: Hands on Advice for Working Parents
Ellen Galinsky, 2002
$10.00
Parenting and work-life expert Ellen Galinsky brings together useful suggestions for dealing with stress, over-scheduled children, managing summer vacation, constructive discipline and many other issues.

Reframing the Business Case for Work-Life Initiatives
Ellen Galinsky and Arlene A. Johnson, 1998
$15.00
Just as work-life programs and policies within companies tend to evolve, the business case has changed over time. Using a historical perspective and hard data, this report examines the emerging "bottom line" arguments for work-life initiatives as their focus shifts from programs and policies to culture change, work redesign, and connecting with communities.

Ahead of the Curve: Why America's Leading Employers Are Addressing the Needs of New and Expectant Parents
Rima Shore, 1998
$25.00
This report presents new data on the labor force experiences of parents with children under six and how employers are responding. Three trajectories- the steep rise in the number of employed parents with young children, a significant increase in parents' experiences of work-family conflict, and the surging activity of a young child's brain in the early years of life are the impetus for this analysis.

The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce
James T. Bond, Ellen Galinsky, and Jennifer E. Swanberg, 1998
$29.00

College and University Reference Guide to Work-Family Programs
Dana E. Friedman, Cathy Rimsky, and Arlene A. Johnson, 1996
$60.00

The Corporate Reference Guide to Work-Family Progress
Ellen Galinsky, Dana E. Friedman, and Carol A. Hernandez, 1991
$35.00