Amy Richman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3880516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Richman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Richman |
| SIGNATURE | RICHMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Family Works |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Using a multi-organization database
This paper describes the WFD Consulting multi-organization database and the methodology used by the five quantitative studies in this special issue to examine workplace flexibility (Hill & Civian, 2008). The database includes 72,161 responses representing 312,459 employees from 25 US organizations in five industries gathered from 1996 to 2006. These studies have an average response rate of 45%. First, an overview of the research questions is pres…
The relationship of perceived flexibility, supportive work-life policies, and use of formal flexible arrangements and occasional flexibility to employee engagement and expected retention
This study examines the relationship of perceived workplace flexibility and supportive work–life policies to employee engagement and expectations to remain with the organization (expected retention). It also explores the association of formal and occasional (informal) use of flexibility with these outcomes. Data are from a multi-organization database created by WFD Consulting of studies conducted between 1996 and 2006. Results revealed that perce…
Challenging common myths about workplace flexibility
Three common myths about workplace flexibility are examined using findings from WFD Consulting's multi-organization database. First, comparisons of engagement and stress levels reveal that part-time workers are not, as often assumed, less committed or less valuable to the business enterprise than their full-time colleagues. Second, comparisons of employee outcomes challenge the faulty assumption that flexibility for exempt workers offers greater …
Child Care and Culture
Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about 'normal' child care in the human species. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya, whose practices were intensively observed from the combined perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, with the American wh…
Cultural and educational variations in maternal responsiveness
Two separate studies examined the following hypotheses: (a) that maternal responsiveness is af-fected by cross-cultural differences in conventions of conversational interaction, and (b) that ma-ternal responsiveness is affected by intracultural differences in mothers ' levels of formal education. The first study compared mother-infant interactions among the Gusii of Kenya with those in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. The second study, carried out…
Women's Schooling and Child Care in the Demographic Transition
THE QUESTION OF HOW FEMALE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE influences fertility and child survival in developing countries has emerged as an important problem in the analysis of demographic change and the evaluation of health and population policies. An extensive research literature based on national surveys and censuses conducted in developing countries shows maternal schooling to be a highly consistent household-level predictor of reduced fertility and child…
The socialization of infants in suburban Boston
The childcare practices of mothers in suburban Boston seem to reflect the mothers' emphasis on cultural values such as independence and exploration to further cognitive development
Maternal behavior to infants in five cultures
Comparison of observed maternal behavior to infants in five cultures shows differences between agrarian and urban-industrial societies as well as culture-specific patterns related to each local context
Cultural and educational variations in maternal responsiveness
Two separate studies examined the following hypotheses: (a) that maternal responsiveness is af-fected by cross-cultural differences in conventions of conversational interaction, and (b) that ma-ternal responsiveness is affected by intracultural differences in mothers ' levels of formal education. The first study compared mother-infant interactions among the Gusii of Kenya with those in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. The second study, carried out…
The relationship of perceived flexibility, supportive work-life policies, and use of formal flexible arrangements and occasional flexibility to employee engagement and expected retention
This study examines the relationship of perceived workplace flexibility and supportive work–life policies to employee engagement and expectations to remain with the organization (expected retention). It also explores the association of formal and occasional (informal) use of flexibility with these outcomes. Data are from a multi-organization database created by WFD Consulting of studies conducted between 1996 and 2006. Results revealed that perce…
Women's Schooling and Child Care in the Demographic Transition
THE QUESTION OF HOW FEMALE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE influences fertility and child survival in developing countries has emerged as an important problem in the analysis of demographic change and the evaluation of health and population policies. An extensive research literature based on national surveys and censuses conducted in developing countries shows maternal schooling to be a highly consistent household-level predictor of reduced fertility and child…
Using a multi-organization database
This paper describes the WFD Consulting multi-organization database and the methodology used by the five quantitative studies in this special issue to examine workplace flexibility (Hill & Civian, 2008). The database includes 72,161 responses representing 312,459 employees from 25 US organizations in five industries gathered from 1996 to 2006. These studies have an average response rate of 45%. First, an overview of the research questions is pres…
Child Care and Culture
Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about 'normal' child care in the human species. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya, whose practices were intensively observed from the combined perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, with the American wh…
Challenging common myths about workplace flexibility
Three common myths about workplace flexibility are examined using findings from WFD Consulting's multi-organization database. First, comparisons of engagement and stress levels reveal that part-time workers are not, as often assumed, less committed or less valuable to the business enterprise than their full-time colleagues. Second, comparisons of employee outcomes challenge the faulty assumption that flexibility for exempt workers offers greater …
The socialization of infants in suburban Boston
The childcare practices of mothers in suburban Boston seem to reflect the mothers' emphasis on cultural values such as independence and exploration to further cognitive development
Maternal behavior to infants in five cultures
Comparison of observed maternal behavior to infants in five cultures shows differences between agrarian and urban-industrial societies as well as culture-specific patterns related to each local context
Women's Schooling and Child Care in the Demographic Transition
THE QUESTION OF HOW FEMALE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE influences fertility and child survival in developing countries has emerged as an important problem in the analysis of demographic change and the evaluation of health and population policies. An extensive research literature based on national surveys and censuses conducted in developing countries shows maternal schooling to be a highly consistent household-level predictor of reduced fertility and child…
Cultural and educational variations in maternal responsiveness
Two separate studies examined the following hypotheses: (a) that maternal responsiveness is af-fected by cross-cultural differences in conventions of conversational interaction, and (b) that ma-ternal responsiveness is affected by intracultural differences in mothers ' levels of formal education. The first study compared mother-infant interactions among the Gusii of Kenya with those in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. The second study, carried out…
Child Care and Culture
Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about 'normal' child care in the human species. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya, whose practices were intensively observed from the combined perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, with the American wh…
Using a multi-organization database
This paper describes the WFD Consulting multi-organization database and the methodology used by the five quantitative studies in this special issue to examine workplace flexibility (Hill & Civian, 2008). The database includes 72,161 responses representing 312,459 employees from 25 US organizations in five industries gathered from 1996 to 2006. These studies have an average response rate of 45%. First, an overview of the research questions is pres…
The relationship of perceived flexibility, supportive work-life policies, and use of formal flexible arrangements and occasional flexibility to employee engagement and expected retention
This study examines the relationship of perceived workplace flexibility and supportive work–life policies to employee engagement and expectations to remain with the organization (expected retention). It also explores the association of formal and occasional (informal) use of flexibility with these outcomes. Data are from a multi-organization database created by WFD Consulting of studies conducted between 1996 and 2006. Results revealed that perce…
Challenging common myths about workplace flexibility
Three common myths about workplace flexibility are examined using findings from WFD Consulting's multi-organization database. First, comparisons of engagement and stress levels reveal that part-time workers are not, as often assumed, less committed or less valuable to the business enterprise than their full-time colleagues. Second, comparisons of employee outcomes challenge the faulty assumption that flexibility for exempt workers offers greater …
Psychology (6 works) · Child development (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Flexibility (engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works)