The “New” Dad: Navigating Fathering Identity Within Organizational Contexts

Humberd, Beth K.; Ladge, Jamie; Harrington, Brad

doi:10.1007/s10869-014-9361-x

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“…The reason for focusing on this possible interaction is due to recent research showing that parent's work-life balance is bound up with both their own perceptions of their roles and also the scope that their work provides for them to meet these perceptions (Humberd et al 2015;Reid 2015). For example, workplace flexibility may be available but if parents see their roles as primarily an employed breadwinner, they may not take advantage of this flexibility.…”

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The Effect of a First Born Child on Work and Childcare Time Allocation: Pre-post Analysis of Australian Couples

2016

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This paper uses Australian data from a national representative sample of Australian couples having their first child. Using data from before and after the birth of the child on a range of variables, including economic resources, gender attitudes, workplace flexibility, and availability of non-parental childcare, we first model the factors are associated with the decision to remain in work or not after the birth of the first child. The main finding here is that childbirth has a major impact on mothers' paid work-time, whereas for fathers it has very little impact. Factors that are related to a mother's decision to remain in work or not include the absolute (but not relative) pay of each parent, the father's workplace flexibility, and paid parental leave available to the mother. We then model the factors that govern, for those mothers remaining in paid work, how much paid work they undertake. We find that changing employers is related to mothers' work hours, as are absolute post-birth salaries, as is the relative pay of each partner. As with the decision to work or not, the availability of paid parental leave to the mother is significantly related to the amount of work-time for those mothers that do continue to work. Similarly, the use of external childcare is positively associated with maternal work hours. Finally, we model the factors that determine childcare time allocation and find that for neither parent do pre-birth economic resources significantly affect childcare time, once a decision about basic work patterns has been made. Gender role attitudes affect childcare time decisions, unlike work time decisions.

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The Effect of a First Born Child on Work and Childcare Time Allocation: Pre-post Analysis of Australian Couples

2016

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“…This is not surprising given that most fathers are employed, predominantly full-time and often for long to very-long hours (14). Work remains a key organising principle for fathers, and a fundamental social institution that regulates fathers' own well-being and that of their families (11,12,66).…”

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“…While the changes to paid and unpaid work for mothers have been documented (6)(7)(8)(9), postpartum fathers are also responding to the substantive increased demands of infant M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 4 caregiving, sleep disruption and changes to the couple relationship while still seeking to perform at work. Social ideologies of contemporary fatherhood encourage fathers to be engaged, involved and nurturing, yet fathers face an additional and powerful normative imperative to remain instrumental workers and 'breadwinners' (10)(11)(12)(13). Ninety-five per cent of fathers are employed in the postpartum, the majority on a full-time basis (1).…”

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What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

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“…Indeed, prior research suggests that working husbands invest a comparable amount of time to elder care as their employed wives and take on significant elder care responsibilities (Hammer & Neal, 2008). In response to these trends, researchers have begun to highlight the need for organizations to acknowledge and respect men’s work-family interface (Gregory & Milner, 2011; Humberd et al, 2014). …”

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Double- and Triple-Duty Caregiving Men: An Examination of Subjective Stress and Perceived Schedule Control

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Based on the stress process model of family caregiving, this study examined subjective stress appraisals and perceived schedule control among men employed in the long-term care industry (workplace-only caregivers) who concurrently occupy unpaid family caregiving roles for children (double-duty child caregivers), older adults (double-duty elder caregivers), and both children and older adults (triple-duty caregivers). Survey responses from 123 men working in nursing home facilities in the U.S. were analyzed using multiple linear regression models. Results indicated that double- and triple-duty caregivers appraised primary stress similarly to workplace-only caregivers. However, several differences emerged with respect to secondary role strains, specifically work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intentions. Schedule control also constituted a stress buffer for double- and triple-duty caregivers, particularly among double-duty elder caregivers. These findings contribute to the scarce literature on double- and triple-duty caregiving men and provide practical implications for recruitment and retention strategies in the healthcare industry.

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The “New” Dad: Navigating Fathering Identity Within Organizational Contexts

Cited by 77 publications

References 40 publications

The Effect of a First Born Child on Work and Childcare Time Allocation: Pre-post Analysis of Australian Couples

The Effect of a First Born Child on Work and Childcare Time Allocation: Pre-post Analysis of Australian Couples

What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

Double- and Triple-Duty Caregiving Men: An Examination of Subjective Stress and Perceived Schedule Control

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