New Frontiers in Work and Family Research

This book certainly lives up to its title. It provides a refreshing and thought-provoking perspective on the work-home interface. The contributors, all leading experts in the field, offer new viewpoints on key concepts, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks. This book will appeal to academics and practitioners who wish to enhance their knowledge of state-of-the-art work and family research. It will also help them develop interventions to improve the wellbeing of employees, their families, and society in general. – Gail Kinman, Department of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Marissa Mayer put work and family on the front burner in early 2012. Joseph Grzywacz and Evangelia Demerouti and their international contributors now offer insights on pressing research needs having practical implications for advancing work-family scholarship by developing creative solutions for tackling long-standing unresolved issues. A must read for work-family researchers.- Ronald J. Burke, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada

Joseph Grzywacz’s and Evangelia Demerouti’s edited book “New Frontiers in Work Family Research” lives up to the promise forborne by its title. This book will be valuable to scholars and students at all career levels as well as research oriented practitioners. New and under-emphasized theories such as positive organizational scholarship, chain of events, and systems theory are included. New methods from bio data, to experience sampling to direct observational methods are clearly explained. Key work-family concepts are reviewed, scrutinized and unpacked, and the interrelated recursive nature of work-family relationships are explored. The sophistication of concepts and new ideas presented will makes this book a valuable addition to help advance the work-family field. - Ellen Ernst Kossek, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, USA

This book certainly lives up to its title. It provides a refreshing and thought-provoking perspective on the work-home interface. The contributors, all leading experts in the field, offer new viewpoints on key concepts, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks. This book will appeal to academics and practitioners who wish to enhance their knowledge of state-of-the-art work and family research. It will also help them develop interventions to improve the wellbeing of employees, their families, and society in general.– Gail Kinman, Department of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Marissa Mayer put work and family on the front burner in early 2012. Joseph Grzywacz and Evangelia Demerouti and their international contributors now offer insights on pressing research needs having practical implications for advancing work-family scholarship by developing creative solutions for tackling long-standing unresolved issues. A must read for work-family researchers.- Ronald J. Burke, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada

Joseph Grzywacz’s and Evangelia Demerouti’s edited book “New Frontiers in Work Family Research” lives up to the promise forborne by its title. This book will be valuable to scholars and students at all career levels as well as research oriented practitioners. New and under-emphasized theories such as positive organizational scholarship, chain of events, and systems theory are included. New methods from bio data, to experience sampling to direct observational methods are clearly explained. Key work-family concepts are reviewed, scrutinized and unpacked, and the interrelated recursive nature of work-family relationships are explored. The sophistication of concepts and new ideas presented will makes this book a valuable addition to help advance the work-family field. - Ellen Ernst Kossek, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, USA