Anja Krstić, assistant professor at the School of Human Resource Management, has co-written an article for The Conversation investigating how all women, not just mothers, can benefit from flexible workplace policies. The article focuses on cognitive labour – a type of invisible labour comprised of the many decisions involved in running a household, from meal-planning to anticipating the needs of others. Krstić, along with her research team, recently completed a study which concluded that cognitive labour has significant repercussions on women’s careers. Though these differences were not identified for men with and without children, the article outlines how organizations can contribute to gender equity by normalizing flexible working.
Anja Krstić holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management from the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science and Harvard Business Review. Her research focuses on gender and diversity in organizations, particularly the intersection of gender and work-family policies and their impacts on employees’ career outcomes.
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