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Erin Kelly

Protrait: Erin Kelly

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2000 Princeton University
Room 1133 Social Sciences
Phone: 612-624-0228
Email: kelly101@umn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Flexible Work and Well-Being Study

Interest Areas

Organizations and Work; Gender; Family and Life Course; Law and Social Policy.

Current Research

Prof. Kelly studies changes in U.S. workplaces and their effects on employees, families, and organizations. She is principal investigator, with Phyllis Moen, of the Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, part of the Work, Family, and Health Network funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. See http://www.flexiblework.umn.edu for more information.

Prof. Kelly has investigated flexibility initiatives, non-compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, sexual harassment policies, and employer-sponsored child care benefits, as well as the effects of some of these policies on the representation of women and African-Americans in managerial positions.

Selected Publications

“Failure to Update: An Institutional Perspective on Noncompliance with the Family & Medical Leave Act.” 2010. Law and Society Review 44(1):33-66.

“Gendered Challenge, Gendered Response: Confronting the Ideal Worker Norm in a White-Collar Organization,” with Erin L. Kelly, Samantha K. Ammons, and Phyllis Moen. 2010. Gender and Society 24(3):281-303.

"Getting There from Here: Research on the Effects of Work-Family Initiatives on Work-Family Conflict and Business Outcomes," with Ellen E. Kossek, Leslie Hammer, Mary Durham, Jeremy Bray, Kelly Chermack, and Lauren Murphy. 2008. Academy of Management Annals 2(1):305-334.

"How to Stop Harassment: Professional Construction of Legal Compliance in Organizations," with Frank Dobbin. 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112(4):1203-43.

"Best Practices or Best Guesses? Assessing the Efficacy of Corporate Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies," with Alexandra Kaley, and Frank Dobbin. 2006. American Sociological Review 71(4):589-617.