scholarly journals How individual gender role beliefs, organizational gender norms, and national gender norms predict parents’ work-Family guilt in Europe

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Lianne Aarntzen ◽  
Tanja van der Lippe ◽  
Elianne van Steenbergen ◽  
Belle Derks
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Work Family

Gender role beliefs and fathers’ work-family conflict

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 774-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Hergatt Huffman ◽  
Kristine J. Olson ◽  
Thomas C. O’Gara Jr ◽  
Eden B. King
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traditional Gender Role ◽  
Work Family

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the part that gender roles play in fathers’ work-family experiences. The authors compared two models (gender role as a correlate and as a moderator) and hypothesized that gender role beliefs play an important factor related to fathers’ experiences of work-family conflict. Design/methodology/approach – Participants completed an online survey that consisted of questions related to work and family experiences. The final sample consisted of 264 employed, married fathers. Findings – Results showed a relationship between traditional gender role beliefs and number of hours spent at work and at home. Additionally, number of work hours was related to time-based work-to-family conflict, but not strain-based work-to-family conflict. The results supported the expectation that work hours mediate the relationship between a father's traditional gender role beliefs and time-based work-to-family conflict. Research limitations/implications – Limitations of this study include the use cross-sectional and self-report data. Future research might want to expand the theoretical model to be more inclusive of fathers of more diverse demographic backgrounds, and assess the model with a longitudinal design. Practical implications – A key theoretical implication gleaned from the study is that work-family researchers should include the socially constructed variable of gender roles in their work-family research. Findings provide support for the contention that organizations need to ensure that mothers’ and fathers’ unique needs are being met through family-friendly programs. The authors provide suggestions for specific workplace strategies. Originality/value – This is one of the first studies that focussed on fathers’ experiences of the work-family interface. The results clarify that traditional gender role beliefs give rise to fathers’ gendered behaviors and ultimately work-family conflict.

scholarly journals The Association between Norms and ActionsThe Case of Men’s Participation in Housework

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Grunow ◽  
Nina Baur
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Vacuum Cleaning ◽  
Men’S Involvement

Gender and family researchers are often puzzled by the differences between gender norms and actual behaviour. For example, many previous studies have shown that since the 1970s, attitudes have changed toward more modern gender role beliefs. However, this is generally not reflected in behaviour, this being especially true for men’s involvement in housework and care work. In this paper, we analyse to what extent gender norms correspond with men’s participation in housework. We examine in particular cooking, vacuum-cleaning and doing the laundry, because these activities reflect pronounced variation in norms and actions with regard to modern and traditional gender role attitudes. Going beyond previous research, which assesses the general influence of norms on practices, we investigate the relative impact of different types of gender ideologies, namely the strength with which respondents endorse (1) the male provider and female homemaker model, (2) women’s employment, (3) employment as men’s primary role, and (4) men’s participation in unpaid work. Our empirical findings indicate that positive attitudes towards male contributions to housework are a key predictor of men’s housework.

Gender Role Beliefs and Antigay Prejudice in Chile and the U.S

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela J. Nierman ◽  
Suzanne C. Thompson ◽  
Angela Bryan ◽  
Amanda L. Mahaffey
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Antigay Prejudice ◽  
The U.S

Explicit Gender-Role Beliefs Measure

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Croft ◽  
Toni Schmader ◽  
Katharina Block ◽  
Andrew Scott Baron
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs

Gender-Related Ideological and Structural Macrosocial Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against European Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente ◽  
Jesús L. Megías ◽  
Miguel Moya ◽  
Dominik Schoebi
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Traditional Gender Role

Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is investigated mostly at the individual level, which ignores the role of macrosocial variables and possible interactions between them. We explored how two ideological gender-related macrosocial factors (traditional gender role beliefs and attitudes toward gender equality) and one structural gender-related macrosocial factor (the economic Gender Equality Index) are associated with physical, psychological, and sexual IPVAW in Europe. We examined their interactions with individual-level factors in predicting IPVAW. Secondary analysis ( N = 30,284 heterosexual women) of the 2015 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ Violence Against Women survey revealed that 26.1% of women in Europe reported at least one act of physical, psychological, or sexual violence. Generalized linear mixed models analysis revealed that individual-level factors (women’s education, childhood victimization, equal say about income, partner’s alcohol consumption, and an aggressive partner) were associated with IPVAW. Adding the Eurobarometer of Gender Equality ( N = 28 countries) and the Gender Equality Index ( N = 28 countries), attitudes more favorable to gender equality were related to lower rates of psychological victimization; more traditional gender role beliefs predicted higher rates of sexual victimization. Ideological gender-related macrofactors played an important role in cross-level interactions with individual-level factors. To reduce the rates of IPVAW victimization, clinicians, educators, and policy makers need to focus on individual predictors and macrofactors to promote societal attitudes toward equality and change traditional gender role socialization. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319839367

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