Keywords

family, relationships, workplaces, psychology

Abstract

In order to survive and thrive, every family must both provide for and nurture its members. This is true regardless of the particular structure, size, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or cultural background of the family. Physical needs of families are most frequently met through paid labor in workplaces. Nurturing needs of individuals are most commonly met by family members in the home. Learning how to simultaneously provide for and nurture one's family in harmony is of interest to everyone but very difficult to achieve. It is not wonder that research on the interface between families and workplaces has exploded during the past half century (Allen & Eby, 2016), especially in psychology (Hill & Holmes, 2016).

Original Publication Citation

Hill, E. J., and Holmes, E. K. (2018). Families and workplaces. In. B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, and M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology, Volume 2: Applications and Broad Impact of Family Psychology (pp. 379–395). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.