The Role of Partners and Workplaces in British and Swedish Men’s Parental Leave Decisions

Kaufman, Gayle; Almqvist, Anna‐Lena

doi:10.1177/1097184x17727570

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“…Such expectations clash with those of being an involved father, and men who request flexibility for caring purposes may be seen as deviating from this expectation, as well as deviating from gender norms, because work devotion is tightly linked to masculine identity (Borgkvist et al, ; Williams et al, ). Although higher‐status workers such as managerial and professional men are more likely to have access to flexibility (Atkinson & Hall, ; Kossek & Lautch, ), they are also less likely to use it because of normative expectations around long working hours and presenteeism at the workplace (Burnett et al, ; Kaufman & Almqvist, ).…”

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Fathering and Flexible Working Arrangements: A Systematic Interdisciplinary Review

Ewald

Gilbert

Huppatz

2020

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Much of the existing literature and research in the area of fathers' flexible work has been disciplinary specific, resulting in a fragmented understanding of the topic. The objective of this systematic review is to overcome some of the limitations of the existing body of literature by adopting an interdisciplinary approach and exploring the dominant themes in the literature across disciplines surrounding flexible working arrangements, including parental leave, for fathers. The content of 121 articles from the years 2008–2019 was analyzed using thematic synthesis to identify recurring themes, which resulted in the development of four top‐level themes—gender norms and ideals, a failure of policy, incompatible workplace norms and expectations, and social class and flexibility—and a primary theme, the invisible and stigmatized father in the workplace. The findings suggest that men's caring responsibilities need to become more visible in the workplace via changes to practice and policy.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fathering and Flexible Working Arrangements: A Systematic Interdisciplinary Review

Ewald

Gilbert

Huppatz

2020

J of Family Theo & Revie

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“…The juxtaposition of evolving expectations in relation to work and parenting roles leaves fathers in a difficult position. While required to meet changing expectations regarding their level and type of parental involvement, the accounts presented, and previous research, suggest that fathers are typically not provided with the cultural and institutional support required for them to achieve this kind of fathering (Hunter, Riggs, and Augoustinos 2017;Locke and Yarwood 2017;Marsiglio, Lohan, and Culley 2013;Pedulla and Thebaud 2015;Suwada 2017;Kaufman and Almqvist 2017). However, in engaging the above discourses and choosing not to challenge these barriers, the accounts deployed by fathers maintained traditional, gendered parenting roles while simultaneously assigning blame for their lack of involvement elsewhere.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…From a broader perspective, it is evident that in the Australian policy climate, resources have inherently privileged a traditional narrative in relation to parenting and work, and continue to do so (Brennan 2011). It seems that the ability of fathers to incorporate the spheres of work and home, and for fathers to truly be more involved, requires further social change, normalization, and policy support (see also Johansson and Klinth 2008;Kaufman and Almqvist 2017;Suwada 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“Unfortunately I’m a Massively Heavy Sleeper”: An Analysis of Fathers’ Constructions of Parenting

Borgkvist

Eliott

Crabb

et al. 2018

Men and Masculinities

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Expectations for fathers have changed over the past few decades—research has shown that many men express more egalitarian views toward fatherhood and being more involved in parenting, particularly in the caretaking and emotional aspects of parenting. However, despite intentions expressed before parenthood, parenting will often play out along more traditional, gendered lines. In this research, we demonstrate how discourses used by fathers might work to maintain gendered divisions in relation to parenting and work. Data were collected through semistructured interviews that covered men’s experiences of work and parenting. Discourse analysis was employed to analyze the data. We identified that while participants expressed a desire to be involved fathers, often this did not transpire. Participants’ inability to, or decisions not to be, actively involved was accounted for in various ways, and suggested a tension between what fathers recognize they should be doing, and what they are doing, as parents.

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“…And different nations have different work cultures and workplace expectations, creating different social and cultural environments in which decisions about work and career are made (e.g. Kaufman and Almqvist 2017;Collins 2019).…”

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Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career

Hoegaerts¹,

Bland²,

Salminen³

et al. 2020

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Glass ceilings, the gender pay gap, leaky pipelines, old boy networks, calls for women to lean inthe seemingly never-ending deluge of reports of workplace inequalities and sexual harassment suggests that men's homosocial networks are alive and well and an enduring norm in twenty-first century work cultures. Recent critical representations and examinations of the workplace leave little doubt about the fact that stale gender norms and conventions still prevail. After the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood and the (Western) world, critical voices against harassment of women in the workplace spread globally (most notably perhaps Bollywood and the Indian media industry). Similarly, the #KuToo movement (after kutsu, and kutsū, denoting shoes and pain respectively) made waves in the Japanese media, drawing attention to the sartorial restrictions placed on women's presence in the workplace. Despite increasing numbers of women entering the global workforce since the 1980s, the most lucrative careers, especially in the private sector, still primarily seem to be more easily accessible to men (Moghadam 1999). Scholars have pointed towards intrinsically gendered practices and power-imbalances as characteristics of many modern workplaces for decades. A more analytical approach to men's and women's 'place' in the context of work is (re)gaining momentum outside research circles as well. While noting that workplaces and organisations remain largely implicitly masculine is politically pertinent, it does little to elucidate how masculinity and careers are linked, how workers do masculinity and how masculinity does cultural work for the reproduction and/or contestation of (post)industrialism, capitalism and neoliberalism. This book focuses on the multiple and diverse masculinities 'at work' in the processes of professionalisation and career management that typify modern working life. Spanning both historical approaches to the rise of 'profession' as a marker of masculinity, and critical approaches to the current structures of management, employment, and workplace hierarchies, we set out to question what role men and masculinities play in cultural understandings, affective experiences, and mediatised representations of a professional 'career'. The collection contributes to understanding a range of men's practices and masculinities associated with work and careers as well as the diversity of social, cultural, and professional contexts in which they take shape.

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The Role of Partners and Workplaces in British and Swedish Men’s Parental Leave Decisions

Cited by 29 publications

References 48 publications

Fathering and Flexible Working Arrangements: A Systematic Interdisciplinary Review

Fathering and Flexible Working Arrangements: A Systematic Interdisciplinary Review

“Unfortunately I’m a Massively Heavy Sleeper”: An Analysis of Fathers’ Constructions of Parenting

Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career

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