Kathleen Christensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Christensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Christensen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTENSEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A new lens into workplace equity
Purpose The unprecedented exigencies of COVID-19 and the subsequent spotlight on systemic racial, social and economic disparities have brought workplace equity to the forefront of organizational dialogue. These discontinuities set the stage for discussions about possible limitations of traditional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) approaches that may have overlooked disparities in specific organizational systems. In response, we conducted an …
Contingent Work
Introduction to the special issue
Over the past few decades, scholars trained in a range of disciplines have begun to frame some of their applied research as translational research. For instance, from 2010 to 2018, more than 32,000
New Era of Home-Based Work
Launching the workplace flexibility movement
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Workplace, Work Force & Working Families program was established in 1994 and ended in 2011. Over the course of its 17-year lifespan, this program – through its vision, commitment and unique, pragmatic grant-making strategies – pioneered the interdisciplinary field of work–family research and spearheaded a national movement to create more flexible workplaces that effectively meet the needs of employees and employer…
Making a Case for Workplace Flexibility
Unmasking the taken for granted
In this paper, we consider some of the taken‐for‐granted assumptions salient in the work–family literature, including assumptions about: gender and work–family, women's employment and the well‐being of dependants, employers as work–family stakeholders, work–family in society, work–family conflict, work–family and diversity/justice, the contexts of work–family, and time
Contingent Work
Plenty of Nothing
Journal Article Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism. By Thomas I. Palley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998 and Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Ed. by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998 Get access Judith Stein Judith Stein City College of New York, New York, New York Search for other works by this auth…
The New Era of Home-Based Work
Flextime
Flextime, a work schedule that permits flexible starting and quitting times, has gained wide currency as a partial solution to conflicts between work and family life. This article aims to review the existing research regarding the advantages and disadvantages of flextime to both employers and employees; to evaluate the effects of flextime on resolving work/family conflicts; and to establish future programmatic, research, and policy directions reg…
Flextime
Flextime, a work schedule that permits flexible starting and quitting times, has gained wide currency as a partial solution to conflicts between work and family life. This article aims to review the existing research regarding the advantages and disadvantages of flextime to both employers and employees; to evaluate the effects of flextime on resolving work/family conflicts; and to establish future programmatic, research, and policy directions reg…
Unmasking the taken for granted
In this paper, we consider some of the taken‐for‐granted assumptions salient in the work–family literature, including assumptions about: gender and work–family, women's employment and the well‐being of dependants, employers as work–family stakeholders, work–family in society, work–family conflict, work–family and diversity/justice, the contexts of work–family, and time
Launching the workplace flexibility movement
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Workplace, Work Force & Working Families program was established in 1994 and ended in 2011. Over the course of its 17-year lifespan, this program – through its vision, commitment and unique, pragmatic grant-making strategies – pioneered the interdisciplinary field of work–family research and spearheaded a national movement to create more flexible workplaces that effectively meet the needs of employees and employer…
Making a Case for Workplace Flexibility
Plenty of Nothing
Journal Article Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism. By Thomas I. Palley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998 and Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Ed. by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998 Get access Judith Stein Judith Stein City College of New York, New York, New York Search for other works by this auth…
The New Era of Home-Based Work
Flextime
Flextime, a work schedule that permits flexible starting and quitting times, has gained wide currency as a partial solution to conflicts between work and family life. This article aims to review the existing research regarding the advantages and disadvantages of flextime to both employers and employees; to evaluate the effects of flextime on resolving work/family conflicts; and to establish future programmatic, research, and policy directions reg…
Plenty of Nothing
Journal Article Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism. By Thomas I. Palley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998 and Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Ed. by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998 Get access Judith Stein Judith Stein City College of New York, New York, New York Search for other works by this auth…
Contingent Work
Unmasking the taken for granted
In this paper, we consider some of the taken‐for‐granted assumptions salient in the work–family literature, including assumptions about: gender and work–family, women's employment and the well‐being of dependants, employers as work–family stakeholders, work–family in society, work–family conflict, work–family and diversity/justice, the contexts of work–family, and time
Making a Case for Workplace Flexibility
Launching the workplace flexibility movement
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Workplace, Work Force & Working Families program was established in 1994 and ended in 2011. Over the course of its 17-year lifespan, this program – through its vision, commitment and unique, pragmatic grant-making strategies – pioneered the interdisciplinary field of work–family research and spearheaded a national movement to create more flexible workplaces that effectively meet the needs of employees and employer…
Contingent Work
Introduction to the special issue
Over the past few decades, scholars trained in a range of disciplines have begun to frame some of their applied research as translational research. For instance, from 2010 to 2018, more than 32,000
New Era of Home-Based Work
A new lens into workplace equity
Purpose The unprecedented exigencies of COVID-19 and the subsequent spotlight on systemic racial, social and economic disparities have brought workplace equity to the forefront of organizational dialogue. These discontinuities set the stage for discussions about possible limitations of traditional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) approaches that may have overlooked disparities in specific organizational systems. In response, we conducted an …
Engineering (7 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Mechanical Engineering (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works)