Vacations for Work, but with Family
		Associated Press sites: "Traveling for Work once meant sacrificing precious time away from homw. But as the American workplace becomes more flexible about letting employees juggle their duties with family life, people...are finding it easier to bring their spouses and kids whereever their jbs may take them". 62% of U.S. business travelers say thay do combine pleasure with business, and 2/3 of those bring family along. Smart conference planners choose good vacation spots and provide hotels with baby sitting services. TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU DO DOUBLE DUTY AS A BUSINESS TRAVELER ON OUR BLOG http://www.lifebalancenow.blogspot.com

		MULTI TASKING INEFFECTIVE
		Multitaskers aren't necessarily getting more done, a new survey finds. According to a study by Harris Interactive, 67% say they clean the house, cook and take cre of their kids simultaneously, while 47% say they read or write e-mail while talking on the phone. Half say they use call phones while driving. All told, 90% of American adults say they multitask. But nearly 6 out of 10 say that despite being busier, they feel they're getting less done. "Studies have shown that multitasking too often decreases rather than increases productivity, resulting in in-effeciency, sloppy thinking and mistakes.," said Mariette DiChristina, executive editor of Scientific American MIND, the magazine that commissioned the study by Harris Interactive.

		STAY-AT-HOME DAD'S MISS
		Dads miss the people, the people they saw every day. One Dad's male friends come over Monday afternoons for fantasy war gaming, one way he stays in touch. They have advice for other fathers who are considering a domestic job similar to his. If a man's going to stay at home, he's going to have to be comfortable with it. "Maybe you should be in your 40s before you start having kids because then you're so laid back."

		DISPARITY OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES
		Even as women joined the work force in record number during the 1990s, their overall share of executive and management jobs dwindled, according to a study by Peopleclick Research Institute. Executive jobs held by women dropped 13.1 percentage points, from 31.9 percent to 18.8 percent between 1990 and 2000, researchers found when comparing U.S. Census data. And although the number of women in all management jobs grew by 1 million during the decade, their share of such jobs decreased slightly from 37.2 percent to 36.5 percent. As women's shares decreased, minorities advanced. In 2000, minorities held 16.7 percent of management jobs, up from 13 percent a decade earlier, according to Peopleclick, based in Raleigh, N.C. "The data is surprising," said Murray Simpson, an economist and senior consultant for Peopleclick Research Institute. "During the 1990s, employers, and in particular federal contractors for whom this statistic is particularly important, were engaged in affirmative action programs. The expectation was that this would have led to gains in the share of women who held executive management poisitions." One theory is that because it was assumed that women were doing better, many employers focused more heavily on promoting minorities to top management, said Kathy Barton, Peopleclick's vice president of marketing. A 2002 study by the General Accounting Office backs up Peopleclick's conclusions. Comparing census data from 1995 and 2000, the GAO found not only that the female managers continued to lag in advancement, but also that the wage gap between female and male managers widened toward the end of the decade. The GAO study included 10 industries that employ 71 percent female workers in the United States and 73 percent of the country's managers. By Karin Rives (Raleigh N.C. News & Observer)