Who cares about Work-Family Balance, anyway? Recent research in organizational behavior indicates that all managers should have it on their radar. But as OD practitioners, how can we create interventions for best efficiency and effectiveness, and what can we learn about targeting our OD interventions at specific Work-Family Balance needs?
Leading our March 2011 program “Organizational Change toward Work-Family Balance,” Carl Maertz, Ph.D., Saint Louis University, John Cook School of Business, will begin by framing the issues referring to his 2011 review of the work-family literature in the Journal of Management. Then he will review the impacts of work-family conflict in terms of costs to both the employees and the organizations.
Carl will cover examples of traditional approaches to Work-Family Balance assessment and intervention, and will make the case for targeted intervention, for which good, episode-based assessment is the critical element.
The participants will experience an episode-based assessment first-hand. Once our assessment process is completed, Carl will review the benefits of episode-based assessment across 6 types of Work-Family Conflicts; collecting and analyzing the data, considering the focus, delivery method, and level of intervention. He will link the 6 conflict types to examples of specific interventions and provide tips for facilitating the Organizational Change.
NOTE: After the program, attendees will receive an email link to program files, e.g PowerPoint presentation.
Presenter
Carl P. Maertz, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management, John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University.
Carl’s areas of research interests include: expatriate/cross-cultural adjustment, employee turnover and attachment, work creativity, and work-family conflict/balance. He possesses a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management from Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, 1998; an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Purdue Graduate School of Science, IUPUI, 1995; and an A.B. in psychology, Wabash College, 1989.
Dr. Maertz currently has another journal article in press besides the review in Journal of Management: Kaplan, D.M., Wiley, J.W., & Maertz, C.P. The role of calculative attachment in the relationship between diversity climate and retention. Human Resource Management.
Carl is currently on the editorial board for Human Resource Management Review and the International Journal of Conflict Management, since 2007 and 2006 respectively. Carl’s most recent award is the 2008 John Cook School of Business Research Award. A list of Carl’s extensive journal publications, chapters of books and papers under review or in progress plus his conference papers and presentations, and consulting/executive coaching experience can be reviewed on his SLU webpage Experience Tab: http://www.slu.edu/x21431.xml.
In addition to his other roles, Dr. Maertz has chaired or held seats on 7 doctoral dissertation committees. He also serves as a consultant to various companies and performs C-suite coaching.