Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Approval of minutes: Motion to approve the minutes from the October 24-24, 2003 Technical Committee meeting was approved. Introductions: Robert G. Del Campo was introduced as a new member of the project. Dr. Del Campo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization Studies at the University of New Mexico. He brings a valuable business perspective to the group. Announcements: The following committee members will not be participating in the project after this year: Brenda Bryant (California), Susan Mannon (Utah), Cynthia Schmiege (Idaho), and Susan Traver (Idaho). Annual Report and Station Reports: Electronic copies of all station reports were distributed via email before the Technical Committee Meeting. Hard copies were provided at the meeting for those missing station reports. Brenda Bryant led a discussion of the critical review, the first draft of which she was responsible for putting together. Brenda expressed difficulty in writing up the critical review and making it cohesive since it was unclear how certain stations addressed various objectives of the project. For example, some stations measured specific types of transitions, while others did not. Sandy Bailey pointed out that the original proposal set out to use two common measures: role balance (Marks and MacDermitt) and identity (Callero). Anisa Zvonkovic, however, noted that not all stations followed this procedure. Sandy concurred and added that different stations interpreted identity and transitions differently. Anisa agreed to finish up the critical review. Edits and/or additions to the critical review should be sent to Anisa using track changes by November 24, 2004. Anisa will complete and disseminate a second draft of the critical review by December 8, 2004. Sandy agreed to take over the running publications list. Edits and/or additions to this list are due to Sandy by November 24, 2004. Administrative Advisor Report: Linda Fox distributed updated guidelines for multi-state projects, which everyone should have on file. These updated guidelines are also available on-line. Linda responded to a question about who makes up the review committee for multi-state proposals. Each committee consists of representatives from agricultural extension, agricultural experiment stations, and human and agricultural sciences. Three members of the committee are assigned to read each proposal. These assignments are not made until late in the process. The group submitting the proposal is also responsible for providing names of four external reviewers. Suggestions for possible external reviewers should be sent to Linda by November 24. Include the name, phone number, and email of the person. The current list of possible reviewers includes: * Bonnie Braun (University of Maryland)-Linda; * Angela Wiley (Illinois)-Anna Mae; * Caroline Crocell (CSREES)-Anna Mae; * Ramona Marotz-Baden (Montana State)-Sandy; * Deb Gentry (Illinois)-Sandy; Report from USDA: Anna Mae Kobbe reported on new staff people at the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. First is Dr. Mary McPhail Gray (mgray@csrees.usda.gov), who is the new Deputy Administrator for Families, 4-H, and Nutrition. As such, she works closely with Anna Mae in acting as a liaison between various institutions and the federal government. Other new staff people include: * Dr. Caroline Crocoll (ccrocoll@csrees.usda.gov), the new National Program Leader for Family Life and Human Development; * Dr. Suzanne LeMenestrel (slemenestrel@csrees.usda.gov), the new National Program Leader for Youth Development Research; * Dr. Barbara Stone (bstone@csrees.usda.gov), the new National Program Leader for Professional Development and Youth Development; CSREES is also currently interviewing for two positions in maternal health and nutrition research. Obesity research continues to be a key priority for the federal government. Human development is a critical part of this issue, but is perhaps not getting enough attention. For example, the relationship between work intensification and food consumption is not being adequately addressed. We may want to contact Dr. Caroline Crocell to have our research on work-family issues highlighted on the CSREES website in this regard. The marriage initiative also continues to be a priority area. Other important issues include the war, Medicare, social security, debt, and job outsourcing. The administration will continue to emphasize performance-based budgeting, in which impacts of research will need to be shown (e.g. pounds lost for obesity research). Anna Mae suggested collaborating with other multi-state teams working on related issues. Projects in the north central and southern regions, for example, are working on welfare reform. Another group is looking at family economic issues. We may want to do a CRIS search to see if there are any possibilities for collaboration with these groups. Proposal Update: Brenda Bryant introduced the new project proposal developed by a sub-committee at a summer weekend retreat in Lake Tahoe. The committee consisted of Brenda Bryant, Susan Mannon, Randy Weigel, and Anisa Zvonkovic. Brenda remarked that the collaborative process worked really well at this meeting. In particular, the group began by discussing research ideas and topics that were meaningful to each member. As such, each member became very invested in the project. To achieve this kind of collaboration in the future, Brenda suggested that we change the meeting time from the fall to the summer. Following Brenda's introduction, the issue was raised whether the topic was interesting enough given federal priorities. The general consensus was that lifestyle issues figure prominently among federal government priorities. As a result, the topic was deemed timely and important. There were some suggestions that we include a paragraph at the very beginning of the proposal that tied in the issue of healthy lifestyles, but it was agreed that we would just tweak some of the sentences to convey this connection. Randy Weigel commented that we may want to tweak the target audiences since two people on the proposal sub-committee have backed out of the project. To this end, Bob Del Campo suggested we broaden female immigrants to include Latinas in general. The other two target populations "female professionals and female ranchers/farmers" were deemed acceptable as is. The group agreed that these target audiences need to be defined in the proposal. Randy will obtain the specific definition of female farmer/rancher from the Census of Agriculture. Anisa will obtain the occupational categories that will help specify female professionals. Latinas will be defined as foreign-born women from Latin America, as well as self-identified first and second-generation Latin American immigrants. The following stations will focus on Latinas and female professionals: New Mexico and Oregon. The following stations will focus on female ranchers and farmers: Montana and Wyoming. Each station will attempt to recruit women for the focus groups from diverse class backgrounds and family structures. Other suggestions for the proposal included: * Model 1, developed by Brenda and Anisa, will be added to the proposal just after the figure depicting Griswold's (1994) cultural diamond model. Sandy and Anisa accepted the responsibility for inserting Model 1 into the proposal. * The introduction of the Methods section should feature a short paragraph that specifies the details of focus group and content analysis research. Again, Sandy and Anisa accepted responsibility for making this addition. * The plans for Year 5 should be changed such that reaching out to magazine editors is no longer an objective. The group agreed that the focus should be on discovering the central issues of the target populations, determining if these issues are being addressed in the media, and (if not) addressing the needs of the target populations. The title agreed on by the group was The Changing Landscape of Women in Rural America: Understanding Work, Family, and Personal Issues. A key issue raised by several people was the importance of close collaboration in this next project. Given the need to distinguish ourselves as a multi-state research project, and not a coordinating committee, we need to stress common measures/methods and collaborative research. This will involve creating a shared data set. Anisa voiced concern about issues of authorship, data ownership, and station resources for coding. These will need to be worked out at the next Technical Committee meeting. Linda suggested that we make efforts to increase membership in the multi-state project both to account for the people dropping out and to improve the quality of our proposal. Anisa suggested we think about the current proposal and invite people to join the group based on where there are expertise gaps, such as media analysis. Bob voiced some concern that efforts to recruit new members were unsuccessful in years past. He also pointed out that just two stations are necessary for a multi-state project, and that having fewer people might be better for collaboration purposes. Suggestions for recruitment included: * Ag communications person -Anna Mae and Sandy; * Email listserves -Anna Mae and Randy; * Scholar in Pennsylvania -Anisa; * Shawn Brotherson (rural couples) -Anisa, Anna Mae, and Randy; * Stacey Hedrick (South Dakota) -Randy ; * Barbara Petty (County educator, Idaho) -Anna Mae; * Kelly Brownell (Yale-environmental influences affecting health)-Anna Mae; * Angela Wiley -Anna Mae; Susan will send the second draft of the proposal to everyone alongside the meeting minutes. Edits/additions assigned in these minutes should be provided to Sandy by December 1, 2004. Sandy will send the third draft out on December 3. Responses to this third draft should be made to Sandy by December 15. Bob and Randy are responsible for completing Appendix E of the proposal. The deadline for the proposal is January 15. Any necessary revisions will be requested around the end of March, and will be due by May 15. Acceptance/rejection of the proposal should be made by mid-July. Officers for 2005: In 2005, Randy Weigel will be chair and Anisa Zvonkovic will be secretary. For the sake of the proposal, Randy will now serve as the point person. Next year, the meeting will be in Portland, Oregon, with Bozeman, Montana as a back-up location. The meeting will take place from October 7-8, with October 6 as a travel day.

Objectives: 1. To determine the effects of work and family transitions on identity; 2. To examine the impact of identities of work and family transition outcomes; 3. To determine the effects of work and family transitions on well-being; 4. To examine the association between identity and well being; Objective 1 Oregon studied women who travel extensively in their work as project managers, programmers, etc. and enhanced the sample size. It was found that these women work hard in advance of trips to buffer their families from having to take on her normal work at home. Women expressed frustration in that they could not be more available to their children. In contrast to what happens when men have travel demands in their employment, women compiled plans, posting lists of their children's extra school activities, made special arrangements, limiting the need for fathers to take on these responsibilities. Wyoming reports that ranch/farm family stress impacts producers and their families. It prevents producers and their families from seeking help for personal or family challenges. Montana found that after divorce, the perception of co-workers, friends, and family members is important in how divorced persons view competence in parenting and the work component of their lives. Overall, work and family transitions of individuals affect how they view themselves in relation to others and remain dependent upon how others view their transitions. Employers and family members can be important in helping individuals manage their transitions constructively. Objective 2 Utah found that maintaining informal relationships in the community appears to contribute to overload at work and home. New Mexico found that the less acculturated the Mexican-Americans in the sample were, the more commitment they had for their work. This suggests that recent immigrants have an unusual commitment for work that needs to be recognized. Following divorce, Montana found that non-custodial parents seem to throw themselves into work more than custodial parents, perhaps to counter the loss of time with their children. Wyoming reports that the impact of an agricultural crisis, including agra-terrorism threatens ranchers and farmers. This can lead to considerable stress for first responders in an agricultural crisis. In general, stations are finding that the impact of identities on work and family transition outcomes is related to the nature of the identities. One application of this finding could be that employers capitalize on this knowledge by providing individual recognition for the heightened commitment during times of transition. Objective 3 California reported that among youth working more than 15-20 hours per week, most can tolerate this schedule without an undesirable toll on their psychological well-being. California also found an increase in substance abuse (i.e. marijuana and alcohol) to be associated with exposure to work stress. Working long hours at a young age may be promoting a lifestyle that promotes health risks among adolescents whose mothers enter full-time employment. Maintaining access to emotional availability of a parent, not physical availability was critical for youth to maintain a feeling of well-being. Oregon found that traveling for work and reaching a travel saturation (an average of 46 nights away per year) was more characteristic of employees with seniority. Upon return home there was a back log of work both at home and the office. It was reported that most women struggled to get back into the office routine. In Montana depression, self-esteem and positive affect were closely linked to life satisfaction of custodial parents following divorce. This was not found to be true for non-custodial parents. Generally, transitions tend to require a shift of focus but still require stability in having emotional needs met for self and family. Objective 4 New Mexico found that among Anglo-Americans having a strong sense of who they were as individuals was positively related to experiencing their marriage as one of quality and being satisfied with family relationships. New Mexico also found that there was no apparent need for Mexican-Americans regardless of level of acculturation to have a strong sense of individuality to experience well-being in their marriage and family relationships. There appear to be some differences in how identity affects family relationships depending on ethnicity.

I. Refereed Journal Articles Bailey, S. J. & Zvonkovic, A. M. (2003). Parenting from a distance: Parents perceptions of social and institutional support. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 39(3/4) 59-80. Barnett, K., Del Campo, R. & Del Campo, D. (2003) Work and family balance among dual earner working class Mexican-Americans: Implications for therapists. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 25 (3), 3 53-366 Kiger, G. (2004, June 28). How to Avoid Divorce: Don't Make Her Clean the Loo. Retrieved on October 18, 2004 from http://www.hardnewscafe.usu. edu/opinion/ours/0628_kiger.html Stevens, D.P., Minnotte, K.L., & Kiger, G. (2004). Differences in work-to-family and family-to-work spillover among professional and nonprofessional workers. Sociological Spectrum, 24, 535-551. Weigel, R.R. (2004). Ranching in the West: Is it hazardous to your health? Traumatology: An International Journal, 10(3), p. 165-178. Weigel, R.R. (2003). Why ranchers and farmers are reluctant to seek counseling and how family practitioners can help. The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues, 8(2). On-line: http://www. ces. ncsu. edu/depts/fcs/pub/8(2)/weigel. html. II. Presentations Del Campo, R. Coping with burnout. KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), October 16, 2003. Del Campo, R. How to argue constructively, KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), October 30, 2003. Del Campo, R. Resolving stress during the holidays. KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), December 18 & 22, 2003. Del Campo, R. How to get people to like you. KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), January 5, 2004. Del Campo, R. Dealing with depression. KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), January 26, 2004. Del Campo, R. Fighting Loneliness. KTSM-TV Newschannel 9 (NBC affiliate in El Paso, TX), February 16, 2004. Del Campo, R. Avoiding burnout in your life. KOBE Talk Radio 1450 AM Morning Show(Las Cruces, NM), September 13, 2004. Traver, S. (2004, March). The Search Institute Survey results in Bonner county: Implications for families in poverty. Presentation in Sandpoint, Idaho. Traver, S. (2004, October). Using poverty research to inform day -to- day interaction with low income families in schools and social service settings. Presentation in Sandpoint, Idaho. Traver, S. (2004, October). University of Idaho extension's role in community change. Presentation in Sandpoint, Idaho. Tranel, J., Hewlett, J., Rosenberg, H., & Weigel, R.R. (2003). Labor management in agriculture: A critical management function. Western Economics Forum, 2(2), p. 8-13. Bailey, S. J. (January, September, 2004) Balancing home and work life. MSU Extension New Agent Orientation, Bozeman, MT. Weigel, R.R. (2004, June). When ranchers and farmers face disaster. A presentation .at the Scotts Bluff County Emergency Management Training, Gering, NE. Weigel, R.R. (2004, April). The ranching culture: A legacy or liability? A presentation at the University of Wyoming, College Of Agriculture's Animal Science seminars, Laramie, WY. Weigel, R.R. (2004, February). When cowboys, and their families, get the blues. A presentation at the Colorado Farm Show, Greeley, CO. III. Papers Presented at Scholarly Meetings Del Campo, R.G., Del Campo, D., Del Campo, R.L., Blancero, D. A touch of class: work-family balance for professional and working-class Hispanics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA, August, 2004. Stevens, D.P. (2004, October). Testing the "economy of gratitude": Emotion work and domestic labor. Paper presented at the Great Plains Sociological Association, Fargo, North Dakota. Brower, C., & Mannon, S.E. (2004, April). Crying over spilled milk: Gender, identity and work- family conflict. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Clark, H. (2004, April). Ties that bind or confine? Effects of community and relationships on work-family spillover for men and women. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Smith, K.L., Stevens, D.P., & Kiger, G. (2004, April). Predictions of emotion-work performance in dual earner couples. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Stevens, D.P., & Kiger, G. (2004, April). Domestic labor and marital satisfaction among dual- earner couples. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bailey, S. J. & Goetting, M. (October, 2004).Communication and stress. Montana Women in Agriculture Conference, Miles City, MT. Traver, S, Walters, L.A., and Schmiege, C. (2004, May). White picket fence dreams in a post-modern world: Low-income women and perceptions of control. Poster session accepted at the annual meeting of the Children, Youth and Families at Risk Conference, Seattle, WA. Weigel, R.R. (2004, April 22). Ranching in the West: Is it hazardous to your health? Proceedings: Rocky Mountain Disaster Mental Health. Casper, WY. Weigel, R.R. (2003, November). Quality of Life in the Rockies: Is it hazardous to your mental health? Wyoming Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, Laramie, WY. Zvonkovic, A., Mannon, S., Bryant, B., & Bailey, S. (2004). A critical look at messages concerning family, work, and personal fulfillment in popular womens magazines: A working paper. Paper prepared for the Pre-Conference on Theory Construction and Research Methodology, National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL: November. Peters, C., Zvonkovic, A., & Notter, M. (2004). Work and family involvement among women whose jobs require travel. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL: November. Zvonkovic, A., Peters, C., Notter, M. & Marks, S. (2004). Support on the home and work fronts: Experiences of women who travel for work. Paper presented at the International Association of Relationship Researchers meeting, Madison, WI: July. Zvonkovic, A. & Peters, C. (2003). Facilitating worker identity and involvement: A qualitative study of women who travel for work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC: November. Zvonkovic, A. (2003). Weaving Work and Family in the Academy. Presentation to the Graduate Women's Network, Oregon State University: December. Hoag, D., Parsons, J., Hewlett 3., Weigel, R.R., Newkirk, J., & Bastian, C. (2004, August). Multi-state risk management education efforts in the West: Challenges and opportunities. Symposium presented at the Western Agricultural Economics Annual Meeting, Honolulu, NI. Weigel, R.R. (2004, April). The ranching culture: Why it's hazardous to a cowboy's health. Presentation at the Crisis in Rural Health Conference, Casper, WY. Weigel, R.R. (2003, October). The personal nature of agriculture: Farm/ranch families & stress. A seminar presentation at the United States Department of Agricultural Risk Management Agency's National Conference on Risk Management Education, San Diego, CA. Zvonkovic, A. (2003). Weaving Work and Family: Challenges and Stresses for Women. Lecture for the Business and Professional Women's Association of Mid-Willamette Valley Oregon: January. IV. Theses/Dissertations Clark, H.D. (2004). Ties that bind or confine? The effect of relationships and community on work-family spillover for men and women. Unpublished master's thesis, Utah State University, Logan. Preheim, K.L. (2004). Marital satisfaction among dual-earner couples: The effects of work and family factors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan. Turner, N. Identity, self esteem and satisfaction with family life: a comparison of working class Mexican-American and Anglo-American Families (Unpublished Master's thesis, May, 2004, Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico State University). V. Extension Publications Bailey, S. 3., Paul, L., & Dennee, P. (2004). Family Mealtime. (MT200403 fiR). Montana State University: Extension Service. DelCampo, Diana S. & DelCampo, Robert L. (June, 2004) New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service: Dealing with stress at work and at home. Highlands University Campus, Las Vegas, New Mexico. DelCampo, Diana S. (June, 2004) Managing stress at work and at home. Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service. Written Curriculum Materials- Original DelCampo, Diana S. (June, 2004) Values and stress at work and at home. Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service. Lombard, P. & Bailey, S. J. (2004). Understanding grief (MT200402 fiR) Montana State University: Extension Service. Bailey, S. J,, Bush, C., & Zartman, M. (April, 2004) Diversity and the workplace: Extending Extension programming to underrepresented populations. Great Falls, MT. VI. In Press Bryant, B. K., Zvonkovic. A., Schmiege, C., Bailey, S., Rauskasas, J., & Peters, C. (in press). Clarifying the World of Work. for our Youth: Vocations, Careers,, and Jobs. Focus, Youth Development Center, UC Davis. Zvonkovic, A., Richards, C., Humble, A. & Manoogian, M. (in press) Lessons about family work and relationships from families of men whose jobs require travel. Family Relations. Zvonkovic, A., Notter, M., & Peters, C. (in press) Family Studies: Situating Everyday Family Life at Work, In Time and Across Contexts. In E. Kossek, S. Sweet, & M. Pitts-Castouphes (Eds.) The Work-Family Handbook. New York: Erlbaum. MacDermid, S., Roy, K. & Zvonkovic, A. (in press). Don't stop at the borders: Theorizing beyond 'work and family'. In V. Bengtson, K. Allen, A. Acock, P. Dilworth-.Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.) Sourcebook of family theories and methods. New York: Sage. Bryant, B. K (in press). Making decisions about teen employment. In Son, C. F., & Hecker, L. L. (Eds.) The therapist's notebook for children and adolescents. Vol.2. New York: Haworth Press. VII. Under Review Bryant, B.K., Zvonkovic, A. Clarifying the World of Work for our Youth. . . (monograph under review). Davis, CA: University of Southern California. Bryant, B., Raskauskas, J., Schmiege, C., Zvonkovic, A., Peters, C., & Bailey, S. Vital Engagement :Preparing our children for satisfying employment tomorrow (monograph under review). Davis, CA: University of Southern California. Minnottee, K.L., Stevens, D.P., & Kiger, G. Gendered Processes of Work and Family Spillover: Marital Satisfaction among Dual-Earner Couples. (under review, Journal of Marriage and Family). Minnottee, K.L,, Stevens, D.P., & Kiger, G. Antecedents of Emotion-Work Performance among Dual-Earner Couples. (Currently under review, Journal of Family Issues). Stevens, D.P., Gary Kiger, and Pamela J. Riley. His, Hers, or Ours? Work-to-Family Spillover, Crossover, and Family Cohesion. (under review, The Social Science Journal). Stevens, D. P, S. Mannon, and G. Kiger. Domestic Labor and Marital Satisfaction: How Much or How Satisfied?. (under review, Marriage and Family Review). Stevens, D. P, K. Minnotte, S. Mannon, and G. Kiger. Examining the Neglected Side of the Work-Family Interface Antecedents of Positive and Negative Family-to-Work Spillover. (under review, Journal of Family Issues). Stevens, D. P., D, K. Minnotte, S. Mannon, and G. Kiger. Testing the'Economy of gratitude': Emotion Work and Domestic-Labor Performance and Satisfaction. (Invited to revise and resubmit, Journal of Marriage and Family) Stevens, D. P and K. Smith. Women's Work and 'Women's Work': LDS Dual-Earner Families, Work-Family Spillover, and Family Cohesion. (under review, Journal of Social Psychology). VIII. Manuscripts in Progress Bailey, S. J. Family and work identities of divorced parents: The relationship to well-being and overall life satisfaction. Traver, S. & Johnson, S. (2004). Impact statement: Poverty education impacts community decision making. Unpublished manuscript, University of Idaho.