Work-Family Programs and Non-Work Networks

Work-Family Programs and Non-Work Networks: Within-Group Inequality, Network Activation, and Labor Market Attachment

How do organizational work-family programs impact the quality of women’s work participation? In this seminar, Aruna Ranganathan will discuss how an employer-sponsored childcare program in an Indian garment factory affected the daily work attendance of a group of working mothers.

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Aruna Ranganathan is an associate professor of management and organizations at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Her research combines multiple methods to study how individuals identify with their work and make workplace decisions, and how organizations affect the workplace and social inequality.