Elyssa Besen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elyssa Besen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elyssa |
| FAMILY NAME | Besen |
| SIGNATURE | BESEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Manage at work
Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01978392 (Issued November 6, 2013)
Measuring Engagement in Later Life Activities
The development of Rasch-based "comparative engagement scenarios" based on Guttman's facet theory and sentence mapping procedures is described. The scenario scales measuring engagement in work, caregiving, informal helping, and volunteering illuminate the lived experiences of role involvement among older adults and offer multiple advantages over typical Likert-based scales.Keywordsengagement measurementRasch modelsscenario developmentfacet theory…
Explaining organizational variation in flexible work arrangements
This study examines flexible work arrangement (FWA) availability in 2009 in a sample of 545 American employers. While most employers offer FWAs to some of their workforce, few offer these to the majority of their workers. Those employers that offer flexible work options tend to rely most heavily on flexibility in the scheduling and place of work. Seldom do organizations make options of reducing work and/or pausing work available to majority porti…
Do options for job flexibility diminish in times of economic uncertainty
This study explores the possibility that the 2008 economic recession affected the availability of flexible work arrangements by comparing two surveys of organizations in the USA, one conducted prior to the recession and the other after its onset. Adaptation and institutional perspectives are contrasted, revealing different expectations for the effects of economic tumult on the availability of flexible work arrangements. Greater support is found f…
The Meaning and Measurement of Productive Engagement in Later Life
Explaining organizational variation in flexible work arrangements
This study examines flexible work arrangement (FWA) availability in 2009 in a sample of 545 American employers. While most employers offer FWAs to some of their workforce, few offer these to the majority of their workers. Those employers that offer flexible work options tend to rely most heavily on flexibility in the scheduling and place of work. Seldom do organizations make options of reducing work and/or pausing work available to majority porti…
Do options for job flexibility diminish in times of economic uncertainty
This study explores the possibility that the 2008 economic recession affected the availability of flexible work arrangements by comparing two surveys of organizations in the USA, one conducted prior to the recession and the other after its onset. Adaptation and institutional perspectives are contrasted, revealing different expectations for the effects of economic tumult on the availability of flexible work arrangements. Greater support is found f…
The Meaning and Measurement of Productive Engagement in Later Life
Manage at work
Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01978392 (Issued November 6, 2013)
Measuring Engagement in Later Life Activities
The development of Rasch-based "comparative engagement scenarios" based on Guttman's facet theory and sentence mapping procedures is described. The scenario scales measuring engagement in work, caregiving, informal helping, and volunteering illuminate the lived experiences of role involvement among older adults and offer multiple advantages over typical Likert-based scales.Keywordsengagement measurementRasch modelsscenario developmentfacet theory…
Explaining organizational variation in flexible work arrangements
This study examines flexible work arrangement (FWA) availability in 2009 in a sample of 545 American employers. While most employers offer FWAs to some of their workforce, few offer these to the majority of their workers. Those employers that offer flexible work options tend to rely most heavily on flexibility in the scheduling and place of work. Seldom do organizations make options of reducing work and/or pausing work available to majority porti…
Do options for job flexibility diminish in times of economic uncertainty
This study explores the possibility that the 2008 economic recession affected the availability of flexible work arrangements by comparing two surveys of organizations in the USA, one conducted prior to the recession and the other after its onset. Adaptation and institutional perspectives are contrasted, revealing different expectations for the effects of economic tumult on the availability of flexible work arrangements. Greater support is found f…
The Meaning and Measurement of Productive Engagement in Later Life
Psychology (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Work (physics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Flexibility (engineering (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Management (2 works)