Community, Work & Family

UK EDITORS

US EDITORS

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

VOICES EDITOR

ABSTRACTS EDITOR

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Community, work and family are interconnected and central to everybody's life. The links between community, work and family have generated widespread interdisciplinary interest, which this journal will draw together with a focus on theory, research, policy and practice. The Journal will provide a forum for social scientists and practitioners to share experiences and ideas and debate current issues and controversies.

The aims of Community, Work & Family are:

• to publish theoretical, research-based, policy and practical contributions in the growing area of community, work and family and their interface
• to provide an international forum for debate in the field and reflect the range of approaches to community, work and family in different contexts, by encouraging contributions from academics and practitioners from around the world
• to foster the development of theory, research, policy and practice
• to highlight the experiences of those members of communities, organisations and families whose voices are seldom heard
• to encourage critical examination of existing frameworks and practices to promote research which employs methods with the potential to lead to social action

The Distinctive Nature of the Journal

• Recognises the contested nature of community, work and family
• Highlights the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in communities, work organisations and families
• Explores dimensions of social and organisational change
• Includes voices which are often not heard and are ‘hidden’
• Emphases research and practice
• Targets academics and professionals and is interdisciplinary within the social sciences
• Reports research using diverse methods and with implications for policy and practice
• Encourages new ways of thinking about diversity and equality
• Promotes international debate and collaboration
• Legitimises reflexivity in research in practice

Readership

Community, Work & Family is an essential resource for social scientists, including: psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, social, community and health workers, human resource professionals, managers and public policy makers, as well as those at the receiving end of professional services and public and organisational policies. Material published in the journal is relevant for research and teaching on a wide range of academic and professional courses, and the development of policy and practice.

Contributors

The Journal publishes reports consistent with the aims and distinctive nature of the Journal, and that cover one or more aspects of community, work and family. It includes qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research, as well as work conceived as action, participatory or evaluation research. In addition, theoretical papers, review articles and reports of innovative practice are featured. Commentaries are be invited and each issue will contain a ‘Voices’ section to present accounts of people who are seldom heard.

Abstracting

Community, Work & Family is indexed in Caredata Abstracts, Caredata CD and Sociological Abstracts.

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