Rhona Rapoport

Rhona Valerie Rapoport (29 January 1927 – 24 November 2011) was a South African social scientist known for her research into work-life balance.

[1] Rapoport's 60 years of research and writing focused on work, life, gender, equity, and diversity.

[1] She earned an undergraduate degree in social sciences from the University of Cape Town in 1946, and a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics.

[2] She worked at the Centre for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons Graduate School of Management in Boston during the 1990s and wrote or co-wrote more than 20 books.

[1] For two decades, Rapoport worked as a consultant for the Ford Foundation, where she developed the technique of action research to support the participants in her studies.