2 years after the onset of Covid-19, most families reported little change in how housework & caregiving responsibilities were divided. This study examines the pandemic's longer-term impact on unpaid labor within households. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1366... @wfrn.bsky.social @sociofamilyisa.bsky.social

NEW ARTICLE 👉 "Parental nonstandard work schedule and children’s educational outcomes" Authored by: Abay Asfaw (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366... @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

📢 The latest issue of CWF is now available! This issue explores: • Work–family conflict, care, & worker wellbeing • Organizational structures & flexibility • Boundary management in everyday life Browse at the link: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2... @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

"How does remote-first work impact fathers’ engagement with domestic tasks and the provision of child-related care, and...how does the experience of working remote-first impact fathers’ relationships with their children and partners?" Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366...

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2026 WFRN.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship Recipients. This program is designed to deliver a variety of supports for advancement to secure senior-level positions, as well as assist with attendance at the 2026 Conference. wfrn.org/news/announc...

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The Work and Family Researchers Network is the premier 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association for work-family scholars and leaders.

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Are. you a grad student? Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! Call for Graduate Student Preconference Applications. Due 1/15/26. Information about the 2026 WFRN.bsky.social conference and the preconference application: wfrn.org/2026-work-an... #WFRN2026

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ABOUT THE EVENT Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada.  More than 400 scholars and stakeholders will convene to discus...

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📘 New Issue Out Now | Community, Work & Family Vol. 28 Issue 5 explores how work–family policies, gender dynamics, care roles, emotional labor, & caregiving stress shape family well-being in contemporary societies. 👉 Read the latest research: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/c... @wfrn.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess article from University of Warsaw researcher, Agnieszka Kasperska! Read at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366... #RemoteWork #WorkFromHome @tandfresearch.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess article on the case of Lithuanian single mothers who migrate from Mykolas Romeris University researcher, Greta Skubiejute. Read at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @asamigration.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social

#Sociology doesn’t sit on the sidelines in times of crisis. Explore this FREE article collection from @tandfonline.bsky.social featuring CWF and other prominent journals in the field! #OpenAccess 🔓https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/sociology-at-times-of-crises-article-collection-2025/

We are proud to have a presence at the @asanews.bsky.social annual meetings this year! 👉 Please join us for a session exploring how journals, books, and their communities are supporting the field, and how publishing can respond to emerging challenges in sociology. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

🎤✨ Join us in Chicago for the 2025 AKD Distinguished Lecture at the @asanews.bsky.social Annual Meetings! This year, we welcome Dr. Mary Romero, Professor Emeritus at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social, to discuss her work on "Reimagining Domestic Work Through an Intersectional Lens" #Sociology #ASA2025

From our latest issue! 👉 "Time-intensive occupations and the #motherhood gap in authority" authored by Rebecca Glauber of the University of New Hampshire. Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366... #MotherhoodPenalty #WorkFamilyBalance #SociologyOfWork #GenderInequality #AcademicResearch

🤗 We are pleased to share that our new issue is now LIVE via @tandfresearch.bsky.social online! This issue covers perspectives on partnership & parenthood as well as intersectional approaches to community, work & family. Please browse and enjoy at the link! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2...

Excited to share that my paper with Julia Tuppat has just been published in @cwfjournal.bsky.social! We examine how work-family conflict relates to drinking frequency and quantity among parents using Australian panel data. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1080/1366...

Unraveling gender dynamics in the impact of work-family conflict on alcohol consumption among Australian parents

This study examines the relationship between work-to-family conflict (WTFC) and family-to-work conflict (FTWC) and drinking frequency and quantity by gender. Using longitudinal data from the Househ...

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🚨New Pub Alert! Read "Should I stay home, or should I go to the office? A conjoint experiment on the considerations that drive employees’ preference to work from home" from Samantha Alexandra Metselaar at the link! ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1366... @wfrn.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

My paper in @genderandjustice.bsky.social exploring how gender norms are constitutive of parents’ care capabilities and the consequent implications for evaluation of work-family policy, such as the UK’s SPL, in providing parents (normative) means to imagine sharing leave / care as they aspire to...

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Next up is @drclare.bsky.social's article ‘The possibilities and pitfalls of adapting the Capability Approach to explore how gender norms are constitutive of parents’ care capabilities’. Find out about the potential and pitfalls of adopting the Capabilities Approach here 👇

So excited to be at the 2025 @cwfjournal.bsky.social conference in Bielefeld Here's a bit of a word cloud of the topics and themes we are looking at @sonjablum.bsky.social

Excited to finally visit one of the centers of German sociology and educational expansion! #brutalism Looking forward to inspiring discussions on work and family at ICWF 2025 in Bielefeld! @cwfjournal.bsky.social #sociology #demography #family #parenthood

📑 New Pub from Southwest Jiaotong University researchers! "Research on the configuration of remote workers' boundary management tactics" from Access via @tandfresearch.bsky.social at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366... #RemoteWork #BoundaryManagement #WorkFamilyBalance @wfrn.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess article from Heidi M. Baumann of @illinoisstateu.bsky.social: "A new perspective on transfer of training: when does training at work transfer to family?" Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366... @wfrn.bsky.social @tandfonline.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

Our first issue of 2025 is now available to browse online via @tandfresearch.bsky.social! Articles cover the areas of community, work and family in the #GlobalSouth and across the #LifeCourse. Access today at the link: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2... @wfrn.bsky.social

@cwfjournal.bsky.social is currently recruiting for a third Co-Editor to serve alongside Dr. Marc Grau Grau and Dr. Anja Abendroth and the other members of the Editorial Board for a period of four years. think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Co-Editor needed for Community, Work & Family

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"A conceptual model of openness to working time reduction based on interviews with Hungarian fathers" authored by Tímea Venczel & Miklós Antal Available to read online now at the link! doi.org/10.1080/1366... @wfrn.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @tandfonline.bsky.social

A conceptual model of openness to working time reduction based on interviews with Hungarian fathers

Why and under what conditions do workers desire working time reductions (WTRs)? As a response to limitations of existing theoretical frameworks to address this question, we propose a conceptual mod...

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📢 ANNOUNCEMENT! Community, Work & Family is recruiting a new Co-Editor to serve alongside Drs. Marc Grau Grau and Anja Abendroth and the other members of the Editorial Board for a period of four years! Learn more about the opportunity at the link: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

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I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

Call for Papers. @cwfjournal.bsky.social. Special Issue. Big Questions in Work-Family: Charting the Future of Research, Policy, and Practice. Submission Deadline: 1/31/25. Editors Ellen Galinsky, Krista Lynn Minnotte, @tammydallen.bsky.social. wfrn.org/call-for-pap...

It's been 12 hours so maybe everyone has moved on, but I created a graph with the all the missing lines. Visually, you could say White men without college degrees were ahead of 10 groups in 1980 (5th place out of 16), and only 7 groups by 2022 (9th place).

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White men w/o college degrees have “fallen behind” because women with college degrees now out earn them. The framing here is something.

White men w/o college degrees have “fallen behind” because women with college degrees now out earn them. The framing here is something.

New #OpenAccess research from #Finland! "Rational or emotional decisions? Parents’ nonstandard work hours and the justifications for using informal childcare" Access at the link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @wfrn.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicResearch #WorkLife