Session: Workers Centers, Workforce Development, and the Realities of Low-Wage Jobs (Sixteenth Annual Conference Research That Makes A Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public Policy)

Saturday, January 14, 2012: 10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Wilson (Grand Hyatt Washington)

Cluster: Work, Family, and Family Policy

Moderator:

Elizabeth Weigensberg, PhD, University of Chicago

* noted as presenting author

The Boss Is Just a Boss: Workers Centers and the Quest for Radical Social Service
Jacob Lesniewski, AM, University of Chicago

Work Resources, Work Stress, Work-Family Conflict and Their Consequences At Work Among Garment Workers In Mexico: A Mixed-Methods Study
Hsin Yi Hsiao, MBA , MSc, University of Southern California; Michàlle E. Mor Barak, PhD, University of Southern California

Inside the Black Box: Identifying and Measuring Individual, Organizational, and Contextual Factors of Successful Workforce Development Programs
Elizabeth Weigensberg, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Jan DeCoursey, AM, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Colleen Schlecht, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Peter Ballard, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Matthew Stagner, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Robert Goerge, Chapin Hall Center at the University of Chicago

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