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Overview
Stephen Sweet is the author of numerous books and articles that focus on the intersections between work, family, and community. By studying the connections between these different institutions, his research highlights the strains jobs can introduce in family lives, how families respond to these strains and the ways work contributes to individual and family potentials. His research also examines how work opportunities are allocated, and how the nature of job designs influence community development and family experiences across the life course. In addition, he has performed research on the causes of fraternity hazing.

Much of his research has been conducted in association with the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College, where he serves as a visiting scholar. In his most recent book, he and his coauthors reveal the chasms that separate workers from meaningful, stable and economically rewarding careers. They argue that individuals, grassroots organizations, employers, unions, governments and the international community can all play a part in making an economy that better serves the interests of working families.

Books and Reports
“Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy”

“Dual Earners in Double Jeopardy: Preparing for Job Loss in the New Risk Economy”

“The Pressures of Talent Management”

“Sloan Work and Family Encyclopedia”

Research

• Workplace flexibility
• Job insecurity and people’s attitudes toward work
• Government regulation of the workplace
• Employer planning for employee retirement
• Bullying in the workplace
• Work and family conflict
• Experience of nontraditional students
• Gender inequalities in the workplace
• Fraternity hazing