The award is named for Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has been identified by leading scholars as the person having the most influence on the modern research literature on work and family. The proposals contained in her 1977 monograph “Work and Family in the United States: A Critical Review and Agenda for Research and Policy” remain timely almost a quarter-century later.
The Kanter Award is given to the authors of the best piece of work-family research published during a calendar year. No external nominations are accepted for the award. Instead, every article published in a large number of scientific journals is scrutinized by a large committee of esteemed scholars who generate a list of candidates for the award. For more information about the Kanter Award and its winners, please visit the official Kanter Award Web site.
“Life Course Patterns of Career-Prioritizing Decisions and Occupational Attainment in Dual Earner Couples”
Joy E. Pixley (University of California, Irvine) authored the outstanding research, originally published in the May 2008 issue of Work and Occupations.
Kanter Award Finalists
This web page features highlights from research papers that were finalists for the 2008 Kanter Award. Through this web page, we hope to make the findings from the body of research accessible and more useful to work-life and HR practitioners.
