The results of a flagship WFHN study published in Pediatrics indicate that working mothers who, as part of the WFHN intervention, had supervisors that were trained to be more supportive of their employees' personal and family lives and schedule control, were spending approximately 40 minutes more per day with their daughters 12 months after the intervention.

Studies have shown that employees' sense of job insecurity can impact their health, sense of well-being and attitude toward their jobs. A study by WFHN suggests that employee job insecurity is linked to manager job insecurity, indicating that context could serve as a predictor of perceived job insecurity. The study. by lead author Jack Lam and his WFHN colleagues Kimberly Fox, Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Ellen Kossek, is published in ...

There will be a free workshop on how to access and use the datasets from Work, Family & Health Network study at the upcoming 2015 annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) in San Diego. The hands-on workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (Room Aqua 311ab).

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A study by Work, Family & Health Network (WFHN) researchers examines the impact that day-to-day inconsistencies in parents' knowledge of their children's activities has on their children's behavioral, psychological, and physical health, along with the link between these inconsistencies and their own parental stress levels. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, by lead author ...