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ROSABETH MOSS KANTER AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED


Chestnut Hill, MA (June 23, 2014) 

 

Congratulations to Laura den Dulk, Sandra Groeneveld, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, and Monique Valcour whose article "National context in work-life research: A multi-level cross-national analysis of the adoption of workplace work-life arrangements in Europe"  in the European Management Journal was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research!

  

Professors den Dulk and Ollier-Malaterre accepted the award at the Work and Familiy Researchers Network Conference in New York City on Saturday, June 21, 2014. Prof. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth of The Center for Families at Purdue University and Jennifer Sabatini Fraone of the Boston College Center for Work & Family presented the award.  The winners received the award before an audience of leading work-family scholars, including several past Kanter Award winners

 

Named in honor of Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has been identified as the most influential contributor to modern literature on work and family, the Kanter Award is given for the best research paper published during the year. No applications or nominations are accepted. The finalist articles were selected through a rigorous process involving nomination and review by a committee of over 45 leading scholars. This year, five finalists were selected from over 2500 articles published in 2013 in 77 leading English-language journals from around the world. 


The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family developed the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award to raise the awareness of high quality work-family research among the scholar, consultant and practitioner communities.  Through the generous sponsorship of the Corporate Partners of the Boston College Center for Work & Family, the standards of quality for work-family research will continue to rise, and actionable findings from the best studies will become more commonplace in business communities to inform policy and best people practices. 

About the Center for Families at Purdue University 
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With research, education, and outreach, the Center for Families at Purdue University strengthens services to families provided by employers, legislators, and others. www.purdue.edu/kanteraward 

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About the Boston College Center for Work & Family
Founded in 1990, the Boston College Center for Work & Family is a global leader in helping organizations create effective workplaces that support and develop healthy and productive employees. Find us on the web at www.bc.edu/cwf and on Twitter @BCCWF


For additional information contact:
Boston College Center for Work & Family
617-552-2862