In the Media

Explore a collection of articles, videos, and podcasts featuring Ellen’s expertise — including media she’s authored and those where her work has been featured.

Articles

  • The Future of Flexibility at Work

    You can tailor programs and policies to fit your employees’ needs.

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  • Does Returning to the Office Support Your Company’s Strategy?

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  • 'Always On,' How Workers Are Suffering From 'Infinite' Work

    Newsweek

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  • Time off for life events relies on a flexible boss

    Financial Times — Working It

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  • Kossek receives prestigious fellowship

    Purdue University

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  • Making Work-Life Policies Work

    Purdue University

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  • Managing Work-Life Boundaries in a Hybrid World for Well-Being

    Purdue University

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  • Why Companies Need to Address Caregiver Burnout

    Knowledge at Wharton — UPenn

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  • Presenteeism: Definition, Causes, Consequences

    Working while sick can be unhealthy for employees, productivity and organizational culture.

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  • Kossek to lead M/P staff in interactive Hadley workshop on work-life boundaries

    Purdue University Newsroom

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  • Professor Says U.S. Lags in Workplace Gender Equality

    Phys.Org

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  • Women at Business School

    Financial Times

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  • Chicago’s on the cusp of tying record-setting cold snap. Here’s how to survive it.

    Chicago Tribune

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  • In wake of #MeToo movement, Purdue professor says companies should take action

    Purdue Newsroom

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  • Professor and students discuss gender pay gap

    The Exponent

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  • Purdue work/life expert: Five ways recent grads can achieve personal, professional balance

    Purdue Newsroom

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  • Always On, Always Working?

    The Economist

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  • Work without Boundaries

    Purdue Newsroom

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  • Ellen Kossek on Work-Life Balance

    Wharton - UPenn

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  • What Companies Need to Do to Improve Working Conditions for Women

    Brink News

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  • Keep Your Team on Track Amid Cost-Cutting, Layoffs, and Uncertainty

    Harvard Business Review

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  • 15 Smart Tips for Work-Life Balance that Aren’t a Scam

    Wondermind

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  • The wrong boss can also ruin your homelife: Here’s how to prevent it.

    SBS News

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  • Americans need a 4-Day Workweek — Robert Roy Britt, Medium.com. Read more.

  • More Companies Start to Offer Daycare at Work — Wall Street Journal. Read more.

  • Don’t Take a Workcation! — Slate. Read more.

  • The Worker Flexibility Premium — Axios Closer. Read more.

  • Giving Women What they Need to Work — Wall Street Journal. Read more.

  • Can You Get Ahead and Still Have a Life? Younger Women Are Trying to Find Out. — Wall Street Journal. Read more.

  • After the pandemic, Women who work from home could face career penalties — Purdue Newsroom. Read more.

  • Now is time to move the Needle on Work-Family Policies — Brink News. Read more.

  • AOM Scholars on…Employee engagement in a post-covid workplace — Slate. Read more.

  • The Wrong Boss Can Ruin Your Life — The Washington Post. Read more.

  • Coronavirus is Killing Working Mothers — Rolling Stone. Read more.

  • Late Night Work Email: Blessing or Curse? — Wall Street Journal. Read more.

  • Americans Are Being Encouraged to Work From Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak. For Millions, That’s Impossible. — Time. Read more.

  • Creating the Sustainable Workplace: An interview with Ellen Ernst Kossek — Work + Family Researchers Network. Read more.

Podcasts

Work-Life Flexibility Policies

  • Evidence-Based Ideas for Managing Boundaries

    Work and Life Podcast with Stew Friedman

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  • Flu season could cost employers billions of dollars

    NPR - Marketplace Morning Report

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  • Work and Life with Stew Friedman

    Podcast Republic, episode 125.

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  • Despite Some Progress, Corporate America Remains a Man's World

    NPR - Marketplace Morning Report

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  • How to Make Shift Work Family Friendly

    NPR - Morning Edition

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  • Managing Working Parents During the Pandemic

    Harvard Business Review | IdeaCast

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Videos

  • Reconceptualizing Boundary Control to Include Frontline Employees

    Work and Family Research Network

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  • A Life of Studying Work-Life Friendly Workplaces

    Mind in the Making

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  • AOM Scholars On…How to pursue work-life balance without sacrificing career ambition

    Academy of Management

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  • South Korea cuts its work limit from 68 hours a week to 52

    CNN

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  • Ellen Ernst Kossek on the Effects of Trump Impeachment Hearings on Workplace Productivity

    CGNT

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  • Purdue Expert: Workplace Health

    Associated Press & Purdue Newsroom

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  • New ListWork and Family Support for Migrant Workers

    The New School

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  • Why Work Life Research is A Core Management Scholarship Area

    MSU | WKAR PBS

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  • Work-Life Balance: Keeping in Step with Technology's Giant Leaps

    Purdue University

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  • Work-Life Research

    Purdue University

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