Naomi R. Gerstel

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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National Science Foundation, “Union contracts and the negotiation of work hours and schedules,” (co PI: Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel), 2010-2012
Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, UMass Amherst Faculty Convocation, 2009
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant, “Unofficial Flexibility: An Analysis of Actual Day-to-Day Schedules” (co PI: Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel), 2008-2009
National Science Foundation Award, “Emotions at Work: The Social Organization of Emotions in Two Nursing Homes" Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Jason Rodriguez), 2007-2008
National Science Foundation Award, “Investigating the Use of Motherhood as Punishment in Correctional Facilities" Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Brittnie Aielllo), 2007-2008
National Science Foundation Grant & Second Supplemental NSF Grant for “Explaining Job Hours and Schedules: Individual, Familial, and Organizational Processes in Four Health Care Occupations” (co PI: Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson), 2006-2009
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), Research Grant, “EMS Personnel: Work Hours and Schedules” (co-PI with Dan Clawson), 2004-2006
Future of Work Project, Research Grant Labor Studies, “The Politics of Time: Negotiations and Constraints In Four Health Care Occupations” (co-PI with Dan Clawson), 2004-2005
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Grant Project Title: “The Culture and Politics of Time,” (with Dan Clawson), 2003-2004
Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Families (CRF), University of Massachusetts, 2003-2004
National Science Foundation Award, “Child Care Workers in Context,” Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Amy Armenia), 2002-2003

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Connections and Constraints: The Effects of Children on Caregiving

Sally K. Gallagher
Naomi R. Gerstel, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00265.x

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This article assesses the effects of children on parents' involvement in caregiving. On the basis of interviews with 273 respondents, we address the effects of having children on care given to kin and nonkin; assess the effects of children's characteristics, especially age and gender, on the help mothers and fathers provide; and examine how these vary with mothers' employment. Overall, we find that the presence of children connects parents into networks of care more than it constrains them. The effects vary depending on the characteristics of the child (including age and gender) as well as characteristics of the parent (like gender and employment).

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Sally K. Gallagher and Naomi R. Gerstel. "Connections and Constraints: The Effects of Children on Caregiving" Journal of Marriage and Family 63.1 (2001): 265-275.

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