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.
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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.
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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!