Name: Karen A. Duncan

Position: Associate Professor and Head
Department of Family Social Sciences

Office:
University of Manitoba
Department of Family Social Sciences
310 Human Ecology Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Phone No.: (204) 474-6702

Fax No.: (204) 474-7592

E-mail: kduncan@cc.umanitoba.ca


Education:
1984 B.Sc.H.Ec. University of Saskatchewan
1988 M.S. The Ohio State University
1993 Ph.D. The Ohio State University

Areas of Specialization:

Family Resource Management
Family Economics
Balancing Work and Family
Home-based Work, Family Business
Valuation of Time

Professional Certification:

PHEc, Professional Home Economist, Manitoba

Current Research Projects:

• Work Arrangements and the Experience of Work-Family Balance
• Expenditure Patterns of Older Canadians

Selected Publications:

Olson, P.D., Zuiker, V.S., Danes, S.M., Stafford, K., Heck, R.K.Z., & Duncan, K.A. (in press.) The impact of the family and the business on family business sustainability. Family Business Compendium. (Abridged from Impact of the Family and the Business on Family Business Sustainability, Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 639-666, 2003)

Wingert, S., Harvey, C. D. H., Duncan, K. A., & Berry, R. E. (2005). Assessing the needs of assisted reproductive technology users of an on-line bulletin board. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 29, 468-478.

Olson, P. D., Zuiker, V. S., Danes, S. M., Stafford, K., Heck, R. K. Z., & Duncan, K. A. (2003). The impact of the family and the business on family business sustainability. Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 639-666.

Tsang, L. L. W., Harvey, C. D. H., Duncan, K. A., & Sommer, R. (2003). The effect of children on marital happiness: Evidence from a longitudinal sample. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 24, 5-26.

Duncan, K. A. (2000). An overview of methodology and findings from the 1997 National Family Business Survey. Canadian Home Economics Journal, 50, 176-180.

Duncan, K. A., Zuiker, V. S., & Heck, R. K. Z. (2000). The importance of household management for the business-owning family. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 21, 287-312.