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Does taking parental leave make you a more likeable worker? Evidence from a survey experiment Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Richard J. Petts, Trenton D. Mize, Gayle Kaufman
Research on perceptions of workers who take paid parental leave largely focuses on the negative consequences associated with leave-taking. However, given widespread support for paid parental leave ...
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Exploring networks of care in the end-of-life context through eco maps: feminist perspectives on caregiving in between family, community, and professionals in Sweden Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Jamie Woodworth
More complex understanding of relationality in care networks around patients with life-limiting illness and their significant others is needed. This is the case not only because care is distributed...
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‘Leaving the child behind was not easy’: lived experiences of mothers returning to work after maternity leave in Ghana Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Joseph Mfum Manukure, Francis Annor, Angela Anarfi Gyasi-Gyamerah
This study explored the lived experiences of employed mothers returning to work after maternity leave in the Ghanaian context. Using a qualitative research approach, in-depth interviews were conduc...
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Increasing father engagement among minoritised fathers through proactive service support and outreach: insights from a participatory pilot study Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Anna Tarrant, Laura Way, Linzi Ladlow
Based on analyses of multi-perspective data generated from a small participatory and exploratory pilot study called Diverse Dads, this article considers how service engagement with minoritised fath...
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The effect of burnout on parenting self-efficacy and satisfaction with life in academician mothers: the case of Turkey Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Eda Gülbetekin, Yunus Tunç
The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between burnout and parenting self-efficacy and satisfaction with life among academician mothers. Correlational survey model was used in the st...
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Paid leave to care for sick children – the limitations and opportunities at work Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Katarina Boye
One particularly understudied aspect of the gendered division of work and care is paid leave to care for sick children (CSC). Even though fathers in Sweden take a relatively large share of CSC, fat...
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Gender, work, and the family’s morning rush hour: the strain associated with preparing children for the day Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Casey Scheibling, Marisa Young, Melissa A. Milkie, Scott Schieman
Dual-earner parents face the challenge of getting children ready for school or daycare while often simultaneously preparing for work. Although this morning routine is at the heart of the work–famil...
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Depressive symptoms, gender equality and belongingness among older partnered individuals in Sweden Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Linda Kridahl, Ann-Zofie Duvander
Approximately one-third of all older adults in Sweden report periods with depressive symptoms. The study aims to find explanations for older partnered individuals’ depressive symptoms by focusing o...
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When business is personal: a mixed methods examination of workaholism in family business leaders Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Malissa A. Clark, Jenell L. S. Wittmer, Angie Jones
Family business leaders are heavily devoted to their business, but to what degree does this manifest as workaholism? To examine this question, a mixed methods approach was used which included onlin...
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South African managers self-regulating their after-hours smartphone usage: a revised perspective of work-family border theory Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Edward Peter Greenwood White, Andrew Thatcher
In a prior quantitative study, we found that South African managers could be categorised into three different border-keeper groups to integrate or segment their work and home domains when receiving...
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Work hours, job characteristics and life satisfaction among working mothers and fathers Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Edel Walsh, Aileen Murphy
Families where both parents are employed outside the home are now commonplace. Having multiple life roles can be enriching however, as gender equality isn’t guaranteed, the well-being impacts may m...
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Work-family justice – meanings and possibilities: introduction to the work and family researchers network special issue Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Melissa A. Milkie, Heejung Chung, Ameeta Jaga
Work-family justice is a key organizing concept centering intellectual and policy work that calls attention to tensions and challenges in work and family integration and highlights key solutions. T...
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Work-family justice: its meanings and its implementation Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Caitlyn Collins, Ameeta Jaga, Nancy Folbre, M. Rosario Castro Bernardini, Sherry Leiwant, Vicki Shabo, Melissa A. Milkie, Janet Gornick
It's an incredibly important moment to focus on work-family scholarship – and to consider research related to ‘just’ work and care in unsettling and challenging times. Against this backdrop, the 20...
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More than employment policies? Parental leaves, flexible work and fathers’ participation in unpaid care work Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Kim de Laat, Andrea Doucet, Alyssa Gerhardt
This article explores two policy pathways – parental leave and flexible work –as complementary policy interventions aimed at promoting gender equality in unpaid care and household work. Drawing on ...
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What do prospective parents know about family welfare incentives? Evidence from Hungary and the United States Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Erica Mildner
Countries facing population decline have increasingly turned to family welfare incentives to encourage higher fertility. Quantitative analyses have revealed mixed evidence that these policies are e...
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Beyond the womb: a mosaic of organizational advocacy for reproductive justice Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Nicole Dillard, Taylor Cavallo
Within the US, recent calls for greater work-family justice have not only forced organizations to re-conceptualize work, but to re-define the role of organizations themselves. This shift has been s...
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Pandemic impacts, cultural conflicts and moral dilemmas among faculty at a Hispanic-serving research university Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Mary Blair-Loy, Stephen Reynders, Beth Mitchneck, Avesta Baraki, Rebecca Lewison, John Crockett
More research is needed on how the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped professional cultures and its implications for equity and justice. We conducted focus groups with STEM faculty at an exemplar case un...
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In-work poverty and family policy in Italy: from a frozen to a thawing landscape? Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Giovanni Amerigo Giuliani, Nicola De Luigi
The article investigates in-work poverty (IWP) in Italy through the lens of family policies. Adopting a longitudinal perspective, the work scrutinizes whether and to what extent the configuration o...
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‘No rest from the mess’: an intersectional analysis of young women’s pandemic lives in Aotearoa New Zealand Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Holly Thorpe, Nida Ahmad, Mihi Nemani, Grace O'Leary
This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the everyday lives of young women living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Engaging a feminist intersectional and youth studies approach and drawing up...
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From public to private: the gendered impact of COVID-19 pandemic on work-life balance and work-family balance Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Hind Elhinnawy, Morag Kennedy, Silvia Gomes
This article provides insights into the ways flexible, hybrid and work-from-home arrangements have impacted women during COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK. Based on 10 in-depth interviews with women liv...
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What happened to parents’ work-family conflict from before to during COVID-19? Findings from a longitudinal Australian study Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Stacey Hokke, Shannon K. Bennetts, Jasmine Love, Liana Leach, Sharinne B. Crawford, Amanda R. Cooklin
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted the lives of working parents, yet there are limited longitudinal data examining the impact on parents’ work-family conflict. This study aimed to (i) describe parents’ work-to-family conflict (WtFC) and family-to-work conflict (FtWC) before and during the pandemic, including change and stability over time, and (ii) identify which parents were at
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Technostress and work-family interface in the face of COVID-19-related remote work: the moderator role of goals setting and prioritization skills Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Fortuna Procentese, Flora Gatti, Emiliano Ceglie
ABSTRACT During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Italy, a nationwide lockdown required a massive shift to remote work – that is, from workers’ houses. The risk of conflict between work and family domains increased due to the collapse of both into private houses and may have been further burdened due to no training being issued to help workers adjust to these changes in their work activities
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The influence of employees’ work-to-family experiences on their spouses’ intentions to provide social support Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Niannian Dong, Mian Zhang, Xiaoye Wang
ABSTRACT According to the conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory, this paper explores how job incumbents’ work-to-family conflict and enrichment influence their spouses’ satisfaction with their work-family balance, which in turn impacts their spouses’ intentions to provide social support for the job incumbents’ work issues. We employed a mixed-method design. Study 1 involved a
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Social contagion in employees’ assessment of work-life practices: a framework of social contagion processes, assessment dimensions, and national context Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Ariane Ollier-Malaterre
ABSTRACT Although employees increasingly need support to reconcile work and family, many lack a thorough knowledge of work-life practices such as flexible work arrangements, leaves, and dependent care programs, or they hesitate to use them. Building on social network and social contagion research, this paper argues that employees assess work-life practices not in isolation but through relational processes
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Mothers’ experiences of family life during COVID-19: a qualitative comparison between Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Laura Cox, Elin Alfredsson, Elia Psouni
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic amplified demands on parents regarding balancing childcare and working from home. How parents distribute responsibilities differs culturally, and governments undertook varied strategies to address COVID-19. Research indicates that the pandemic resulted in increased burden for mothers, but also that it created a novel situation in which parenting and working styles could
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Behind the scenes: gendered household labor schemas of managers and helpers Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Krista M. Brumley, Megan Edgar St. George
ABSTRACT ‘She cooks; I’ll clean the dishes’. ‘My wife picks up the kids. I drop them off’. If we consider the physical tasks only, we have an incomplete picture of the division of household labor. The thinking, planning, and managing of family work remains unaccounted for and hidden. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 22 heterosexual parents in the US, we analyze both the physical and mental household
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Progress towards gender equality in paid parental leave: an analysis of legislation in 193 countries from 1995–2022 Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Alison Earle, Amy Raub, Aleta Sprague, Jody Heymann
ABSTRACT Gender inequality in infant caregiving contributes to gender inequality in paid work, especially since workers often become parents during pivotal career stages. Whether women and men have equal access to paid leave for infant care can meaningfully shape patterns of caregiving in ways that have long-term economic impacts. We used a longitudinal database of paid leave policies in 193 countries
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Conceptual framework of information communication technology and local value (Ugahari) in work-life balance Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Suhal Kusairi, Aji Purba Trapsila, Suriyani Muhamad, Norizan Abdul Razak
ABSTRACT There has been an increase in information communication technology (ICT) and work-life balance studies in the last decade. Technology has mixed impacts on work-life balance, both positive and negative. The positive side of information technology for studying work-life balance is its ability to manage domain boundaries flexibly and simultaneously. It is possible to integrate roles to meet demand
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Marital structure and domestic gender role practice: implications for subjective well-being of working mothers teaching in Nigerian primary schools Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Uju I. Nnubia, Vivienne N. Ibeanu, Franca O. Okechukwu
ABSTRACT The study examined the association of marital structure and domestic gender role practice, with the subjective well-being of working mothers in Nigeria. Marital structure was measured as the type of marriage and living arrangement with husband, while domestic gender role practice was assessed as breadwinning and house chore role practices. Using a sample of 1335 married female primary school
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Dependent on one’s past? how lifetime employment shapes later life work-care reconciliation Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Ariane Bertogg, Jason Settels
ABSTRACT This article investigates the association between older Europeans’ earlier employment biographies and their probability of leaving the labour market when becoming a caregiver. Based on theoretical ideas about life course path-dependencies and gender role socialisation, we argue that accumulated durations of lifetime employment are associated with both labour market exits in general, and conditional
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Intimate partner violence: understanding employment stability through latent class analysis Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Kathryn Showalter, Mi Sun Choi, Katherine Marçal, Rujeko O. Machinga-Asaolu
ABSTRACT Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) adversely impact their careers. This study determines how employment factors (e.g. hours, scheduling, and support levels) differ in a sample of mothers and how those differences influence abuse.. This cross-sectional study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCW). We chose the fourth wave because the data enables
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Negotiating business and family demands: the response strategies of highly educated Indian female entrepreneurs Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-05-27 Jasmine Banu, Rupashree Baral, Katherina Kuschel
ABSTRACT This study explores how highly educated Indian women entrepreneurs prioritize and manage the work and family role boundaries. It also explores whether boundary management strategies vary based on motherhood and business stages. We explored these issues by interviewing twenty-five financially successful well-educated women entrepreneurs from five cities (Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad
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Centering race equity within youth workforce development: utilizing critical race theory Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Adrianna Spindle-Jackson, Shamekka Kuykendall, Milagros Ramirez, Mary Elizabeth Collins
ABSTRACT COVID-19 has exacerbated stark racial and class inequities long present in the United States and other countries. As a field, workforce development supports and serves individuals at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities, with youth being a particularly important target population. The workforce development field can benefit from critically considering how racial equity can
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Knowing your place: the role of occupational status in fathers’ flexible working Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Alina Ewald, Emilee Gilbert, Kate Huppatz
ABSTRACT This study explored how fathers’ occupational status shapes their constructions, experiences, and negotiations of Flexible Working. In particular, we examined whether occupational status impacted men’s access to, and the acceptability of using FWAs for the purposes of care. Data from semi-structured interviews with 43 working fathers from diverse occupational roles within the Australian financial
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If unpartnered at the birth of a child, how would you fare? A life-course perspective on contemporary single motherhood Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Thomas Lorentzen, Liv Johanne Syltevik
ABSTRACT In this article, we use population-based administrative data and multichannel sequence analysis to investigate the trajectories of single mothers in Norway who had a child while unpartnered in 1993, 2001 and 2008. Our observation period is from 1994 to 2015. This period covers several structural transformations in Norwegian society and changes in family policies and welfare policies concerning
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How do women balance multiple roles during the post-maternity-leave period? Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Bruno Felix, Sabrina Zanotti Galon, Rubens de Araujo Amaro
ABSTRACT The complex lives of women have made role management a challenge because, in addition to holding down time-consuming jobs, women are responsible for family management. The objective of this study is to identify the tactics used by women during the post-maternity-leave period to reconcile conflicting role-related demands when the women return to work. Through a qualitative investigation that
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Time-intensive occupations and the motherhood gap in authority Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Rebecca Glauber
ABSTRACT Mothers experience diminished opportunities for advancement in the workplace, but it is unclear how particular occupational conditions help or hinder their attainment of occupational authority. In the current study, I analyze data from a panel survey of contemporary U.S. workers to examine the link between motherhood, women’s power and authority, and their underrepresentation in time-intensive
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More or less help? A longitudinal investigation of positive and negative consequences of divorce for informal helping Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Marlou J. M. Ramaekers, Ellen Verbakel, Gerbert Kraaykamp, Tanja van der Lippe
ABSTRACT As divorce rates have risen, scholars have expressed concern that a breakdown of traditional family bonds might negatively influence community life. This study examines the impact of divorce on one form of community involvement, namely informal community helping, and whether this impact depends on household income, having adult children and being full-time employed. We hypothesized that informal
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‘You don’t know how big this heart is’: parental accounts of Triple X super-daughters’ life course and emerging community citizenship Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Kate Attfield
ABSTRACT Triple X is largely unheard of: in global medical science where there is only a partial knowledge, and in welfare and community-based institutions which have virtually no knowledge of it at all. This article focusses on the unheard voices of Triple X families: on the reflections of ten UK parents on nurturing their daughters with Triple X throughout their childhood and into adulthood and the
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All’s not fair in love and work: financial distress, work-family spillover, and relationship satisfaction in newly-married couples Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Toby M. Driggs, Ashley B. LeBaron-Black, Matthew T. Saxey, E. Jeffrey Hill, Spencer L. James, Jeremy B. Yorgason, Erin K. Holmes
ABSTRACT Using Social Exchange Theory (SET) and an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), we examine direct and indirect associations among financial distress, work-family spillover, and relationship satisfaction. Data come from wave 3 of the Couple Relationships and Transition Experiences (CREATE) study: a dyadic, nationally-representative sample of U.S. newlyweds (N = 1,044 opposite-sex, dual-earner
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Does job insecurity stimulate citizen participation? evidence from Chile and Korea Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Yunsoo Lee
ABSTRACT Research has been conducted on job insecurity and participation in the workplace. However, to date, empirical research on the relationship between job insecurity and citizen participation is extremely scarce. To fill the void, the aim of this study is to examine the nexus between job insecurity and citizen participation in Chile and South Korea where embraced the New Public Management principle
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Analysis of sex, age and socioeconomic differences in time use: evidence from a Latin American country Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Beatrice Avolio, Martín Moreno
ABSTRACT This study researches the individual effects of sex, age, and socioeconomic status and their simultaneous effect on people's time use in the Latin American context. The study uses data from a large-scale survey carried out in Lima city (Peru) specifically for this study. Findings suggest that time use is not only differentiated by sex but is also differentiated by age and socioeconomic status
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How fathers’ values matter for work–family decisions and partner support: a capability approach Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-02-06 J. S. M. Den Brinker, T. A. M. Kooij, M. L. Van Engen, P. Peters, J. J. L. Van der Klink
ABSTRACT This qualitative study identified the values of 26 Dutch dual-earner fathers underlying their actual division of paid and unpaid work, and the role work decisions favoring their family, referred to as Family Relatedness of Work Decisions (FRWD), and received partner support played in realizing these values. We used the capability approach as theoretical framework to compare individuals on
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The impact of paid family leave on employers: evidence from New York Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-01-29 Ann Bartel, Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher Ruhm, Meredith Slopen, Jane Waldfogel
ABSTRACT To study the impacts of New York’s 2018 Paid Family Leave (PFL) policy on employer outcomes, we designed and fielded a survey of small firms in New York and a control state, Pennsylvania, which does not have a PFL policy. We match each NY firm to a comparable PA firm and use difference-in-differences models to analyze within-match-pair changes in outcomes. Contrary to common concerns about
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What are the potential impacts of work-study conflict for adolescents’ mental health? Findings from a national Australian cohort study Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Tianying Wang, Amanda Cooklin, Lyndall Strazdins, Yixuan Zhao, Liana Leach
ABSTRACT Around half of all Australian adolescents combine their final years of secondary education with a part-time job and this may be creating pressure that impacts their mental health. However, there is virtually no national population-based research investigating how work-study conflicts for young people might adversely affect mental health. This study used data from Wave 7 of the Longitudinal
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The Canadian family-friendly community resources study for better balance, health and well-being Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Marisa Young, Diana Singh
ABSTRACT The Canadian Family-Friendly Community Resources for Better Balance, Health, and Well-Being study (FFCR) is the first study in North America to comprehensively examine the impact of regional community context on work-family conflict, health, and wellbeing. The study was designed to collate data from disparate sources on a variety of community characteristics across Canada over time, including
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Adjusting paid jobs to informal caregiving: a qualitative study in the Netherlands Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Nicole Hoefsmit, Marijke Akkerman, Anja Padberg, Marjon Schiltman
ABSTRACT Increasingly many individuals are expected to combine informal caregiving with paid jobs. We assume that individuals may aim for reconciliation of both by engaging in job crafting, which concerns making adjustments to tasks, relations and cognitions regarding their jobs. This research note presents a qualitative study that aims to explore the experiences of individuals who combine informal
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The educational gradient in formal childcare use – the role of employment opportunities and (in)formal childcare availability Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Naomi Biegel, Julie Maes
ABSTRACT This paper investigates three potential mechanisms of educational differentials in formal childcare uptake in Belgium, a country characterised by high availability, but also pronounced gradients in childcare uptake. We investigate whether and to what extent educational differentials can be accounted for by (i) differences in employment opportunities of mothers with different educational backgrounds
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Single fathers and work–family conflict in white- and blue-collar jobs Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Aimzhan Iztayeva
ABSTRACT Existing research points towards an overall intensification of parenting expectations including newer expectations for fathers’ involvement in caregiving. At the same time, the ideal worker norm persists, and employers continue to expect men’s full and uninterrupted work commitment. This article explores what these competing expectations attached to work and parenting mean for single fathers
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Explaining the positive relationship between state-level paid family leave and mental health Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Elizabeth Coombs, Nick Theobald, Anna Allison, Natalie Ortiz, Amy Lim, Brittany Perrotte, Adrienne Smith, Pamela Winston
ABSTRACT As of April 2021, nine states and the District of Columbia had enacted state-specific paid family leave (PFL) programs, offering partial wage replacement to parents after the birth of a child. The Biden Administration also proposed the development of a national solution through the American Families Plan. Despite these advances, concerns with workforce disruptions and economic costs have hindered
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Not just daycare: Nordic mothers in research, development and innovation navigating work and childcare Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Hanna-Mari Ikonen, Minna Salminen-Karlsson, Gilda Seddighi
Nordic welfare policies mitigate work–childcare reconciliation; however, they are not enough for mothers working in intensive work cultures. In addition, there are differences among the three Nordi...
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Gender differences in time allocation to paid and unpaid work: evidence from urban households in Guatemala, 2000–2014 Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Ilya Espino, Ana Hermeto, Luciana Luz
This paper examines the effects of individual and household characteristics on time allocation decisions for both women and men, and how these effects have evolved in Urban Guatemala using data fro...
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A review and research agenda of work-life balance: an agentic approach Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Puja Khatri, Shalu Shukla
ABSTRACT This article reviews extant work-life literature to identify person-centered variables reflective of the agentic approach in crafting a balance between work and personal life. 49 articles are selected following the systematic literature review paradigm. Qualitative analysis of the studies elicited individual strategies, competencies, resources, and other attributes employed in managing work
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Gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study of teacher stress and work-life balance Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Aaron Leo, Elizabeth A. Holdsworth, Kristen C. Wilcox, Maria I. Khan, José Antonio Mola Ávila, Jessie Tobin
ABSTRACT There is a growing concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women, especially those with children. Female educators, and, in particular, those with childcare responsibilities, have also reported higher levels of stress and work-life challenges as compared to their male counterparts. It is unclear exactly which factors are behind these disparities. However, while
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The influence of shared parental leave and care on lone mothers’ financial resources: the case of Iceland Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-09-13 Íris Dögg Lárusdóttir, Guðný Björk Eydal, Ásdís A. Arnalds
ABSTRACT Since 2000, Iceland has had an equal parental leave quota for both parents regardless of their marital status or a child’s legal residency. Lone mothers’ much-reported disadvantages and poverty risks have been found to be effectively alleviated by generous parental leave policies by promoting their employment. This study asks if the Icelandic parental leave policy works in favour of lone-parent
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The impact of autonomy at work on dementia family carers’ ability to manage care-related emergencies, and use technology to that end: semi-structured interviews in Scotland Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Alice Spann, Camille Allard, Annie-Claude Harvey, Katherine Zwerger, Marieke Spreeuwenberg, Mark Hawley, Luc de Witte
ABSTRACT Most people with dementia (PwD) are cared for by unpaid family carers, many of whom must balance caring with paid work. This regularly entails dealing with care-related emergencies (CRE). This study aims to explore the impact of carers’ autonomy at work regarding breaks, schedule, and place on their ability to manage CRE, and use technology to that end. We conducted interviews with 16 working
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How does work design influence work-life boundary enactment and work-life conflict? Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Édith Martineau, Mélanie Trottier
The COVID-19 pandemic led many workers to integrate their work lives within their homes because of mandatory telework. Given that this new arrangement may affect their work-life balance, the presen...
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Supported here and supported there: understanding family-supportive supervisor behaviors in a telework context Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-07-30 Candice L. Thomas, Lauren D. Murphy, Madeline L. Billeaud, Alexius E. Strasburg, Haley R. Cobb
ABSTRACT Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, work and life has became more blended as more workers have shifted to a telework context. Due to these notable changes in work and life, it is important to consider how supervisors are supporting their employees and how employees feel supported regarding their nonwork responsibilities. Here, we qualitatively and quantitatively assessed how well traditional
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(Un)deserving of work-life balance? A cross country investigation of people’s attitudes towards work-life balance arrangements for parents and childfree employees Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Silvia Filippi, Mara Yerkes, Michèlle Bal, Bryn Hummel, John de Wit
Work-life balance (WLB) represents a fundamental part of people’s well-being and is a key policy priority at national and organizational levels in many industrialized countries. Yet a significant g...
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Health and related behaviours of partners of fly-in fly-out workers in Australia: a cross-sectional study Community, Work & Family Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Dominika Kwasnicka, Suzanne Robinson, Daniel Powell
The recurrent absence of workers from home associated with fly-in fly-out (FIFO) work practice has the potential to affect the partners of the workers. This study aimed to examine the mental and ph...