Identifying Gendered Outcomes of Gender-Neutral Policies

Quinn, Peggy

doi:10.1177/088610999601100205

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“…European evidence, for example, suggests that despite offering longer periods of parental leave, men's use of this leave remains low (OECD Social Policy Division, 2007). Thus, despite the discourse of gender‐neutrality, policy implementation often negatively impacts women (Quinn, 1996).…”

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The legitimation and reproduction of discourse‐practice gaps in work‐life balance

2013

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PurposeCritical scholarship on work‐life balance (WLB) and its associated practices maintains that workplace flexibility is more than a quasi‐functionalist response to contemporary problems faced by individuals, families or organisations. Beginning with Fleetwood's contention that WLB discourses have become “detached” from their associated practices, this paper aims to explore how workplace practices support or challenge dominant WLB discourses evident in socio‐cultural, political and organisational sources.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyse individual and group interview transcripts derived from 122 white‐collar employees in two different organisational contexts (one public, one private) in the construction industry in Australia.FindingsFour major themes were identified in the data, which illustrate discourse practice gaps. First, the demands facing this particular industry/sector were framed as heightened and unique. Second, productivity was prioritised, dominating employees' care‐giving and lifestyle concerns. Third, employees' caring responsibilities were communicated as personal and individual choices. Fourth, commitment and efficiency were judged on the basis of presence in the workplace.Research limitations/implicationsEven in industries that have embraced WLB, workplace practices legitimate and reinforce the status quo, and maintain a gap between the promises of WLB and its potential to ameliorate conflict and assist workers to span the boundaries of paid work and other life domains.Originality/valueWhile the practices demonstrated in the research are focused on one industry, the study provides a critical analysis of how the contextually‐influenced meaning of WLB is constructed, created and contested in these workplaces and the effects it produces.

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The legitimation and reproduction of discourse‐practice gaps in work‐life balance

2013

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“…Many countries put an effort to introduce legal solutions to support employees' reconciliation of work and private life and to promote gender equality in the spheres traditionally reserved almost exclusively for women or for men. Most of social policies supporting employees' WLB are written in gender-neutral language but it was observed already in 1990s that the effects of these policies often depended on gender [1,2].…”

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Use of work–life balance benefits guaranteed by law in Poland – Do size of the enterprise and gender matter?

Merecz-Kot

Drabek

Stańczak

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Med Pr

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Our analysis brought unexpected results on the lack of common availability of the WLB benefits guaranteed by the law in the case of employees who worked on the basis of employment contracts. We also found that women used most of child rearing benefits guaranteed by the law more often than men, which might reflect still a traditional division of child care responsibilities in Poland. Med Pr 2017;68(5):575-581.

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“…In Australia, the role of social workers as agents of feminist resistance in specialist services for female victims of sexual assault has only recently been studied (Carmody,1995). In the broad field of social policy, the gendered nature of policy has also been receiving more attention (see Figueira-McDonough, 1993;Hallett, 1996;Pascall, 1986;Quinn, 1996;Williams, 1989;Wilson, 1987).…”

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Submerged Voices: Coordinators of Sexual Assault Services Speak of Their Experiences

Carmody¹

1997

Affilia

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This article reports on a study of a small group of social workers who are or have been coordinators of health-based sexual assault services in New South Wales, Australia. What does working in this area of practice mean for these women? How has being daily witnesses to sexual assault affected their lives professionally and personally? This article aims to give voice to and thereby gain some understanding of these workers' experiences.

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Identifying Gendered Outcomes of Gender-Neutral Policies

Abstract: (Figueira-McDonough, 1993). In the past few decades, a number of policy-analysis models have been developed to guide policy analysts in asking appropriate questions and gathering the necessary information for an informed evaluation and usable suggestions for improvement (see

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The legitimation and reproduction of discourse‐practice gaps in work‐life balance

The legitimation and reproduction of discourse‐practice gaps in work‐life balance

Use of work–life balance benefits guaranteed by law in Poland – Do size of the enterprise and gender matter?

Submerged Voices: Coordinators of Sexual Assault Services Speak of Their Experiences

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