Work, Family, & Society

Bringing Yourself to Work: Caregiving in After-School Environments
Caregiving in After-School Environments

Researchers of this project found that adults who have an awareness of their own relational needs and capacities have the potential to be more effective caregivers and role models in childcare setting, resulting in better outcomes for both the adults and children.


Building a Skilled and Stable Workforce for After School Programs
Building Afterschool Programs: Workforce

Researchers gathered economists, policy-makers, and funders to develop several recommendations for building a skilled and stable workforce for After School Programs.


Career Advancing Practices of Senior Executives
Strategies for Senior Executive Advancement

A survey will be developed to examine career advancing practices, and will compare the ways in which men and women advance their influence and corporate careers.


Changing Workforce
Employment in the 21st Century

This group of inter-related research projects examines three related changes in the U.S. workplace - rising employment in the service industries, increased diversity of the workforce, and the increase in numbers of older workers.

 


Child Care Voucher Project

WCW researchers participated in a study, led by Dr. Valora Washington and under the auspices of the Bessie Tartt Wilson Children’s Foundation, to evaluate the child care voucher system in Massachusetts.


Community Dialogue and Needs Assessment for Addressing Traumatic Stress among Resettled Refugee ...
Assessing Refugee Youth Mental Health in NH

The project involves a needs assessment of child and adolescent refugee mental health services in New Hampshire and utilizes community dialogue strategies for integrating youth, family, provider, school and community knowledge and expertise towards addressing refugee mental health needs especially as it relates to trauma and in the context of resettlement.


Critical Mass Project
Women on Corporate Boards

Researchers will interview women board members and men who have served on boards with women among Fortune 1000 companies to determine how a critical mass of women serving on a board affects corporate governance.


Cross-Cities Network
Leaders of After-School Initiatives

This project connected high-level leaders from different cities and states to educate them on the dynamic landscape of after-school programs. in hopes of directing the influence, funding, and high expectations of these leaders towards a "critical mass" of associated initiatives across the country.


Experiencing Globalization: The Construction of Gender and Ethnicity in the TNC Workplace
Gender and Ethnicity in the Transnational Corporate Workplace
international work

  This project examined the gendered nature of Korean transnational corporations, highlighting the ways in which features of the workplace shape individual and communal identity.


Exploratory Study of Same-Sex Marriage
Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts

Researchers examined the ways in which same-sex couples in Massachusetts perceived marriage. Interviews with couples and children illuminated reasons why same-sex couples may or may not marry and related social influences.


Influence of Early Care and Education on Children's Outcomes and Family Functioning: ...
An Ecological Model: ECE, Children's Outcomes and Family Functioning

This study examines the varying quality of child care in Massachusetts and across the nation, and its effect on children's performance and family functioning.


Mothers-Sons Project: A special project at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
Relationships Between Mothers and Sons

This study seeks to emphasize connection between mothers and sons by defining stages in development and countering the pressures faced in each one.


Older Workers and Health
Workplace Environment Influences on Older Workers' Health

This project proposes to advance scientific knowledge regarding the relationship between health and work, and both the positive and negative conditions within a workplace.  This study asks how important employment really is toward productivity and health in an older workers' life.


Perceptions of Work Environments and Relationships (POWER)
Social Class Perceptions of Work Environments

This program examined the ways urban high school students benefit from and utilize school-to-work programs, with an exploration of class differences on work relationships and overall experience.


Puerto Rican Young Fathers' Involvement with Their Children
Puerto Rican Fathers and Their Children

This study utilized the data from interviews to determine what factors permeated the experiences of young Puerto Rican fathers.


Who Does She Think She Is?
A full-length documentary about women artists

This project leads to a full-length documentary exploring the lives of five women artists who are also mothers.


Women in Community Development (WICD)
Women, Social Class, Community Leadership

This project was an evaluation of a program that looked at the ways in which low income women benefit or suffer from various approaches to community and leadership development.


Women Leaders
Women Leaders

This project examined the experiences of women leaders in varying fields, in order to teach other women how to advance in similar ways and overcome barriers.


Women's Review of Books
A bi-monthly literary review publication

Women’s Review of Books provides a unique perspective on today’s literary landscape and feature essays and in-depth reviews of new books by and about women. Read the latest issue.


Work Stress and Women's Postpartum Health
The Impact of Work Stress on Mothers' Health

This study examines the impact of work stress on working mothers’ health during the first three years after having a child.


Work, Families and Children

This long-term program brings together research on employment, work and family issues, and child care as a support for working families.


Working Connections Project: A special project at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
Growth-Fostering Connections in Work Environments

This project is designed to explore and develop approaches to enhancing business practice and productivity through relational and emotional intelligence, and encourages mutual empowerment, the shifting of organizational norms, and continuous learning and teaching.