Work–Family Policies and the Avoidance of Bias Against Caregiving

Drago, Robert; Colbeck, Carol L.; Hollenshead, Carol; Sullivan, Beth

doi:10.1002/9781444305272.ch3

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“…By advancing and protecting the rights of workers, unions are part of the larger movement for civil rights, and part of the progress made to reduce ethnic and gender inequities in the economy (Chang, ; Isaac & Christiansen, ). One study (Drago, Colbeck, Hollenshead, & Sullivan, ) found a positive effect of faculty unionization on family‐related organizational policies. Using faculties in English and Chemistry as respondents, the investigators found (in the more than 500 colleges and universities that they surveyed) that the unions had promoted work‐family policies that led to a decrease in the use of “bias avoidance” strategies, that is, behaviors that minimize the appearance of family commitments in order to enhance career success.…”

Section: Why Should Psychologists Care?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Class Myopia: The Case of Psychology and Labor Unions

Lott

2013

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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This paper explores the potential for psychology's research agenda likely to follow from new scholarship on working class issues and organized labor. Such an agenda fits well with the official mission of APA -to advance knowledge that benefits society and improves people's lives. I focus on our paucity of interest in the institution that gives the American working class a voice -the labor union. We know that work is one of the central focuses in the lives of most people and that the work experience is deeply implicated in satisfaction with life. The efforts of organized labor to achieve economic fairness and justice, and a healthy workplace environment, are intertwined with multiple corollary consequences that constititue a wide and complex spectrum -from physical job safety and economic security on one end, to the psychological benefits of heightened self-esteem, respect, dignity, empowerment and affiliation on the other -all related to satisfaction with life.

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Section: Why Should Psychologists Care?mentioning

confidence: 99%