Company Culture and Men's Usage of Family Leave Benefits in Sweden

Haas, Linda; Hwang, Philip

doi:10.2307/584738

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“…Haas and Hwang, 1995;Halrynjo & Lyng, 2010) or class contexts (Plantin, 2007;Stefansen & Farstad, 2010;Stefansen & Aarseth, 2011). Studies on shifts in masculinity ideals (e.g., Aarseth, 2009;Bekkengen, 2002;Johansson & Klinth, 2008) are a part of this strand, and our study also clearly links to this topic.…”

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Involved fatherhood in the Nordic context: dominant narratives, divergent approaches

Farstad

Stefansen

2015

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Abstract:This paper focuses on narratives and practices of 'involved fatherhood', the ideal of an emotionally present and nurturing father. The geographical context of the study is Iceland, one of the ´father-friendly´ Nordic welfare states. Of particular concern in this paper are connections between involved fatherhood and constructions of masculinity. The emergence of involved fatherhood is often linked to changes in masculinity ideals, from 'old' to 'new'. Our analysis, which is based on qualitative interviews with parents of young children, indicates a more complex picture. Our point of departure is the narrative of involved fatherhood which is dominant in Nordic policy formation. This narrative is strongly linked to early childhood care and the development of fathers' individual caring practices -often presented as a prerequisite for gender equal parenting. Other types of fathering are positioned in contrast, representing outdated and deficit forms of fathering. Our analysis suggests, however, that involved fatherhood is portrayed and enacted through practices linked to both 'orthodox' and 'inclusive' masculinity, both among middle-class fathers who identify with the primary carer narrative and a more diverse group of fathers who do not. We conclude that involved fatherhood comes in different forms that should be further explored in terms of their respective potential and limitations for gender equal parenting.

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Involved fatherhood in the Nordic context: dominant narratives, divergent approaches

Farstad

Stefansen

2015

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“…Father friendly organizations will be ones where there is also informal support from co-workers and supervisors, flexibility in use of policies, and assumptions that both genders should take leave and that neither gender is more likely to be cheating the system (Haas & Hwang, 1995;Sallee, 2011). Our findings suggest that accommodations for different pressures for lab time in STEM fields, the work status of one's partner, the physical aspects of child-birth, and the desire some faculty may have to work part-time during leave complicate the picture.…”

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Parental Leave Usage by Fathers and Mothers at an American University

Lundquist

Misra

O’Meara

2012

Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Me

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“…Father-friendly policies have helped produce social change (Sullivan et al 2009), as more fathers are taking time off of work than in the past (Almqvist 2008). Fathers started to use even more parental leave once the ''daddy months'' were created (Haas and Hwang 1995;Sullivan et al 2009). There has been a slow, but steady trend over the past decade where the fathers' part of the total parental leave days has increased by an odd percent per year (Försäkringskassan 2010).…”

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“…However, many fathers simply signed over their month to the mothers. Thus, the Swedish government re-evaluated this policy and made the ''daddy month'' non-transferable, forcing fathers to use it or lose it (Haas and Hwang 1995). In 2002, the Swedish government gave fathers (as well as mothers) a guaranteed, two-months parental leave that only they could use (or lose) Hwang 2008, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%