Erin Kelly

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Department Affiliations

Managing Flexible Work Arrangements in U.S. Organizations: Formalized Discretion or 'A Right to Ask?': Kelly, Erin L, with Alexandra Kalev, Socio-Economic Review, 4(3): 379-416, 2006.
The Strange History of Employer-Sponsored Child Care: Interested Actors, Uncertainty, and the Transformation of Law in Organizational Fields: Kelly, Erin L, American Journal of Sociology, 109 606-449, 2003.
Theorizing Corporate Family Policies: How Advocates Built the 'Business Case' for 'Family-Friendly' Policies: Kelly, Erin L, JAI Press, Research in the Sociology Work, 169-202, 1999.
Civil Rights Law at Work: Sex Discrimination and the Rise of Maternity Leave Policies: Kelly, Erin L, F. Dobbin, American Journal of Sociology, 1999.
How Affirmative Action Became Diversity Management: Employer Response to Anti-discrimination Law, 1961-1966: Kelly, Erin L, F. Dobbin, American Behavioral Scientist, 41(7) 960-984, 1998.

Work-Family Conflicts among Young Adults: examines the predictors and consequences of work-family conflict among young people aged 18 - 30 years. Based on the Youth Development Study, a longitudinal survey of Minnesota youth.
The Effects of Family-Friendly Policies on Women in Management: investigates whether employers with generous family policies add more women in management in the 1980s and 1990s. Uses longitudinal data on employers' policies and the demographics of firms.
Non-Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act: explores why some firms do not provide the family leaves required by federal law and how non-compliance occurs. Based on a survey of U.S. employers and interviews with managers.

Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, 2000
Follett Award (Politics & History Section of American Political Science Association), 2000