Kanter winners announced at WFRN Conference!

The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.

Vanessa Conzon, of Carroll  School of Management, Boston College, authored The equality policy paradox: Gender differences in how managers implement gender equality–related policies.

The award-winning article was published in Administrative Science Quarterly.

Julie Wayne, of Wake Forest University, authored Who’s remembering to buy the eggs? The meaning, measurement, and implications of invisible family load.

The award-winning article was published in the Journal of Business and Psychology and was co-authored by Maura Mills, Yi‑Ren Wang, Russell Matthews, and  Marilyn Whitman.      

This year’s winning authors were first announced at the Work & Family Researchers Network Conference. Professor Vanessa Conzon was recognized in-person at the conference.

Through the generous sponsorship of the National Workforce Roundtable, this international award raises the awareness of excellent work-family research among the scholar, practitioner, and consultant communities, to foster debate about what the standards of quality for work-family research should be and ultimately to raise those standards.

A very rigorous process involving nomination and review by a committee of over 70 leading scholars determined this year’s finalists from over 2500 articles published in over 70 leading English-language journals from around the world. The award identifies the “best of the best” on which to base future research.

The other finalists for the 2024 award are:

Chan‐Serafin, S., Sanders, K., Wang, L., & Restubog, S. L. D. The adoption of human resource practices to support employees affected by intimate partner violence: Women representation in leadership matters. Human Resource Management

Engeman, C. Making parenting leave accessible to fathers: Political actors and new social rights. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society                                

Hara, Y. Gender differences in scaling back: Family formation and aspirations toward work achievement among Japanese adults. Socius

Vaalavuo, M., Salokangas, H., & Tahvonen, O. Gender inequality reinforced: The impact of a child’s health shock on parents’ labor market trajectories. Demography                                  

We congratulate the winner and all of the nominees and finalists for their excellent contributions to the work-life literature!