Work/family life by 2040: Between a gig economy and traditional roles

Futures ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 102544
Author(s):  
Guillermina Benavides Rincón ◽  
Yolanda Montes Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Traditional Roles

scholarly journals Work-Family Life Courses and Psychological Distress: Evidence from Three British Birth Cohort Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 100429
Author(s):  
Anne McMunn ◽  
Rebecca Lacey ◽  
Diana Worts ◽  
Diana Kuh ◽  
Peggy McDonough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Courses ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Work–family life course patterns and work participation in later life

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai Stafford ◽  
Rebecca Lacey ◽  
Emily Murray ◽  
Ewan Carr ◽  
Maria Fleischmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals An Institutional Logics Perspective on the Gig Economy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Frenken ◽  
Taneli Vaskelainen ◽  
Lea Fünfschilling ◽  
Laura Piscicelli
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
The Self ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Institutional Challenges ◽  
Traditional Roles

We witness rising tensions between online gig-economy platforms, tax agencies, regulators and labor unions. In this paper, we use the framework of institutional logics as an analytical lens and scheme to understand the fundamental institutional challenges prompted by the advent of the online gig economy. We view gig-economy platforms as corporations that organize and self-regulate markets. In doing so, they span two parallel markets: the market for platforms competing to provide intermediation services and the market for the self-employed competing on platforms to provide peer-to-peer services. Self-regulation by platforms also weakens the traditional roles of the state. While the corporation and market logics empower the platform, they weaken self-employed suppliers as platforms' design constrain suppliers to grow into a fully-fledged business by limiting their entrepreneurial freedom. At the same time, current labor law generally does not classify suppliers as employees of the platform company, which limits the possibility to unionize. The current resolutions to this institutional misalignment are sought in "band aid solutions" at the level of sectors. Instead, as we argue, macro-institutional reform may be needed to re-institutionalize gig work into established institutional logics.

scholarly journals Family-Friendly Policy and Work-Family Conflict Mitigation: The Role of Work-Family Boundary Negotiation

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Hooi-Ching Khor ◽  
Azura Abdullah Effendi
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Human Resource Policy ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Negotiation Style ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Conflict Mitigation

Family-friendly policy is impossible to fit all working individuals. The circumstance has been revealed in work-family literature which relationship between the policy use and the work-family conflict mitigation has been found inconsistent. Little focus is given in the past studies to ensure the human resource policy is truly useful in meeting individuals’ needs. Work, family or both work and family life could be important to individuals. The distinctive life centrality requires individuals to negotiate with the significant others who have influence on their work and family life arrangements to access and use the preferred and needed family-friendly policy. Boundary management practices seem to be useful for working individuals to reduce work-family conflict. This conceptual paper aims to propose work-family boundary negotiation to buffer the relationship of family-friendly policy use and work-family conflict. Boundary theory is the underlying theory embedded to explain the phenomena. Boundary negotiation style that could be employed for accessing the policy and managing work-family boundary effectively is identified. Future directions and implications for research on negotiation in dealing with work-family issue are discussed.

Geschlechterungleichheiten im Arbeitsleben und subjektiven Wohlbefinden von Erwerbstätigen während der COVID-19-Pandemie

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 293-315
Author(s):  
Mareike Bünning ◽  
Lena Hipp
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Family Situation ◽  
Work Family

Wie hat sich die COVID-19 Pandemie auf geschlechtsspezifische Ungleichheiten im Arbeitsleben und dem subjektiven Wohlbefinden Erwerbstätiger ausgewirkt? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage analysiert dieser Beitrag drei Wellen einer nicht zufallsbasierten Onlinestichprobe für den Zeitraum Mitte März bis Anfang August 2020 und umfassen damit den Zeitraum des ersten Lockdowns. Die Ergebnisse unserer multivariaten Analysen zeigen: Frauen, Eltern und insbesondere Mütter waren überdurchschnittlich von Arbeitszeitreduzierungen betroffen. Bei der Wahrscheinlichkeit im Homeoffice zu arbeiten gab es nur geringfügige Unterschiede nach Geschlecht und Familiensituation. Die Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit, dem Familienleben und dem Leben insgesamt ging bei Frauen, Eltern und insbesondere Müttern überproportional stark zurück. Die beobachteten Unterschiede verringern sich gegen Ende des Lockdowns wieder, jedoch unterschiedlich stark für die einzelnen Ergebnisdimensionen. Abstract: Gender Inequalities in Employment and Subjective-Wellbeing among the Employed during the COVID-19 Pandemic How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected gender inequalities in employment and the subjective well-being of the employed? To answer this question, we analyze three waves of a non-randomized online-survey from mid-March to the beginning of August 2020. The results of our multivariate analyses show: Women, parents, and especially mothers were disproportionately affected by working-time reductions. The likelihood of working from home differed only marginally by gender and family situation. Declines in satisfaction with work, family life and life in general were stronger among women, parents, and especially mothers. The observed differences decreased towards the end of the lockdown-phase, though to different extends for different outcomes.

Relation Between Work-Family Life Conflict and Organizational Cynicism in Women

2019 ◽  
pp. 113-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yavuz Kağan Yasim
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Software Analysis ◽  
Organizational Cynicism ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Work Family

The quantity and quality of women's employment has long been a worldwide issue and has particular resonance in Turkey. In Turkey, the banking sector is of particular significance due to its high number of female employees. Thus, owing to this phenomenon, the main focus of the chapter is on the banking sector. One of the greatest problems facing working women in life is work-family conflict, kind of role conflict. Furthermore, in recent years, organizational cynicism has long been a central plank in many studies. This study thus examines women's conflict with work and family life along with organizational cynicism and its numerous lower dimensions. Data gathered from 182 female bankers was analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Program of Social Sciences) software. Analysis of the results would suggest that some demographic variables have a significant impact upon organizational cynicism and the conflict between work and family life conflict. Also, there is a positively significant correlation in medium level between the variables.

Work and Family in Times of Crisis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lillian T. Eby ◽  
Melissa Mitchell ◽  
Lauren Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Outcomes ◽  
Crisis Theory ◽  
Crisis Events ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual

This chapter considers the effects of nonwork crises on the work–family interface. Drawing from Crisis Theory (Caplan, 1961, 1964), we develop a framework to understand how crisis events may affect work and family life over time. In so doing, we examine the short- and long-term work–family outcomes of crisis, and consider potential moderators of the associations between the experience of a crisis event and these outcomes. Next, we apply the framework to a number of exemplar nonwork crises internal and external to the individual and family, including addiction, relationship loss, natural disasters, and military deployment. We conclude by identifying research priorities related to understanding work and family in times of crisis.

“Your Kids or Your Job”

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Miller-Day
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Wage Work ◽  
Cumulative Disadvantage ◽  
Government Mandates ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Low Wage Work

Contexts of poverty seem to magnify vulnerabilities in mothers, especially women who have few resources for coping and little support in parenting. Adding to the challenges of poverty are government mandates to move women off of welfare into the workforce. Focusing on the experiences of four mothers who moved from welfare into the low-wage workforce and then back to unemployment, this study offers a description of how these mothers and their adolescent children navigate and make sense of low-wage work, family life, and cumulative disadvantage.

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