The Sociology of Arlie Hochschild

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy S. Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Emotion Work ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Gender Division Of Labor ◽  
Work Family

Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her many contributions include her research on emotion and emotion work, the gender division of labor in the household, work–family relations, and the global dimensions of carework. A less visible aspect of Hochschild’s career involves her efforts to nurture, encourage, and engage those inspired by her work. This essay examines Hochschild’s influence as revealed in a new book on work and family life edited by two of her former students. The book offers a look at “Hochschildian sociology” as practiced by those who have expanded and built on her ideas.

scholarly journals Conciliación (laboral y familiar) = Reconciliation (of work and family life)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Palomo Cermeño
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Sexual Division ◽  
Sexual Division Of Labor ◽  
Work Family

 Resumen: La conciliación de la vida personal, familiar y laboral supone un reto para cualquier sociedad que pretenda hacer efectiva la igualdad de género. El actual desarrollo de políticas públicas en este sentido se enfrenta a diversos obstáculos económicos, políticos e ideológicos relacionados con el modo en que se ha conformado y conceptualizado históricamente la división sexual del trabajo en torno a dos espacios separados y jerarquizados: el público y el privado. Se revisa el marco normativo español y europeo en el que se insertan las diversas medidas de conciliación. Por último, se hace referencia a los debates más actuales en torno a los principales logros y limitaciones de las medidas de conciliación, y a la necesidad de desarrollar una verdadera corresponsabilidad entre mujeres y hombres respecto a las responsabilidades domésticas y de cuidados.Palabras clave: Conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar, corresponsabilidad, cuidados, división sexual del trabajo, igualdad de género, políticas públicas.Abstract: The reconciliation of work and family life is a challenge for any society willing to implement gender equality. The present development of public policies in this sense faces different economic, political and ideological obstacles related to how the sexual division of labor has been shaped and conceptualized historically around two separate and hierarchical public and private spheres. The Spanish and European legal framework in which reconciliation policies are inserted is revised. Finally, present debates on reconciliation measures’ main achievements and constraints as well as the need to develop real co-responsibility between women and men regarding domestic and care work are raised.Keywords: Work/family reconciliation, co-responsibility, care, sexual division of labor, gender equality, public policies.

Social Norms, Choice, and Work

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gendered Division Of Labor

In modern liberal democracies, the gendered division of labor is partially the result of men and women making different choices about work and family life, even if such choices stem from social norms about gender. The choices that women make relative to men’s disadvantage them in various ways: such choices lead them to earn less, enjoy less power and prestige in the labor market, be less able to participate in the political sphere on an equal basis, make them to some degree financially dependent on others, and leave them at a bargaining disadvantage and vulnerable in certain personal relationships. This chapter considers if and when the state should intervene to address women’s disadvantage and inequalities that are the result of gender specialization. It is argued that political liberals can and sometimes must intervene in the gendered division of labor when persons’ interests as free and equal citizens are frustrated.

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.

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.

COMING UNGLUED? WORKPLACE CHARACTERISTICS, WORK SATISFACTION, AND FAMILY COHESION

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne Pedersen Stevens ◽  
Gary Kiger ◽  
Pamela J. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family

Many studies that make use of the spillover model of work and family cite anecdotal stories about how a reduction in work-family spillover will directly enhance family relations. The authors argue that while work-family fit is certainly important, this relationship is complex; there are more basic processes in a marital relationship that mediate the association between work-family spillover and family functioning. This paper focuses on the effect that work has on one sphere of family functioning – family cohesion – considering the mediating roles of work-to-family spillover and negotiated aspects of the marital relationship.

scholarly journals The Reshaping of Daily Time during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lone Parent’s Work-Family Articulation in a Low-Intensity Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Núria Sánchez-Mira ◽  
Laura Bernardi ◽  
Benjamin Moles-Kalt ◽  
Cléolia Sabot
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Home Schooling ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Flexible Schedules ◽  
Work Family

The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have triggered simultaneous changes across multiple life domains within a very short timeframe. This major shock has seriously challenged the ability of families to adapt to unanticipated changes over which they had little control. Switzerland instigated a low-intensity lockdown in response to COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. The resulting alterations to family life included changes to employment situations and working conditions (such as layoffs, temporary unemployment and home-based work) and the need to arrange home-schooling and childcare. This study examines how a sample of individuals with a trajectory of lone parenthood living in French-speaking Switzerland adapted their everyday lives to accommodate the shifting demands in the domains of employment and family responsibilities. Interviews were conducted between April and June 2020 for the longitudinal project “The multiple paths of lone parenthood”. Using this data, we analysed the COVID-related changes to work and family life, focusing on their time structuring. We found that parents who remained employed faced the greatest time pressures, although their experiences varied significantly depending on the adaptability of their work schedules, as well as the child(ren)’s age(s) and degree of autonomy. Home-based work and home-schooling resulted in more flexible schedules, although parents with the greatest work and family demands sought more time-structured organisation to facilitate their articulation. Social support was a crucial buffer for parents with conflicting demands across domains.

scholarly journals Armonizando trabajo y familia en Bogotá-Colombia: la conexión doméstica

Oikos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Milagrosa Hernáez García ◽  
Sandra Idrovo Carlier
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Determinant Factor ◽  
Men’S Involvement

RESUMENEsta investigación busca conocer cómo el ámbito familiar, específicamente el trabajo doméstico, afecta el ámbito laboral, determinando si tiene importancia al conciliar Trabajo – Familia (TF). Es una investigación exploratoria, descriptiva y cualitativa, en la que se emplea la estratificación ya existente en Bogotá y que hace referencia a los niveles socioeconómicos (utilizando los estratos más altos, 5 y 6) aplicándola a varones y mujeres mayores de 40 años que estuvieran trabajando. Los resultados indican que el género es un factor determinante al asumir la responsabilidad del trabajo doméstico, y éste es importante tanto para varones como mujeres al tratar de conciliar TF.Palabras clave: trabajo, familia, conciliación, trabajo doméstico, Colombia Harmonizing work and family in Bogota-Colombia: the domestic connectionABSTRACTThis research looks at the work family interface in Colombia focusing on how the family domain, specifically household work, affects work and therefore determining if it has any relevance in the harmonizing of W-F. It is exploratory, descriptive and mainly qualitative. A survey was handed to a pre-established socio-economical stratified sample of Bogota’s upper class population (5-6), men and women who were 40 years or older, and working. Results indicate that for men and women, household work plays an important role in balancing W-F. They also show a rise in men’s involvement with domestic chores, with gender still being a determinant factor of who assumes responsibility.Keywords: work, family, harmonizing, domestic, Colombia 

Work Family Balance: Challenges, Experiences, and Implications for Families

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Grzywacz ◽  
◽  
Abdallah M. Badahdah ◽  
d Azza O. Abdelmoneium
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

A key objective of the study of work-family balance detailed in this report was to build an evidence base to inform policy creation or refinement targeting work-family balance and related implementation standards to ensure the protection and preservation of Qatari families. Two complementary projects were designed and implemented to achieve this key objective. The first project was a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with 20 Qatari working adults (10 males and 10 females). The interviews were designed to learn the meaning of work-family balance among Qataris, identify the factors shaping work-family balance or the lack thereof, and collect firsthand detailed information on the use and value of policy-relevant work-family balance sup - ports for working Qataris. The second component was a survey designed to describe work-family balance among working Qatari adults, determine potential health and well-being consequences of poor work-family balance, and characterize Qataris’ use of and preferences for new work-family balance supports. The data from the qualitative interviews tell a very clear story of work-family balance among Qataris. Work-family balance is primarily viewed as working adults’ ability to meet responsibilities in both the work and family domains. Although work-fam - ily balance was valued and sought after, participants viewed work-family balance as an idyllic goal that is unattainable. Indeed, when individuals were asked about the last time they experienced balance, the most common response was “during my last vacation or extended holiday.” The challenge of achieving work-family balance was equally shared by males and females, although the challenge was heightened for females. Qataris recognized that “work” was essential to securing or providing a desirable family life; that is, work provided the financial wherewithal to obtain the features and comforts of contemporary family life in Qatar. However, the cost of this financial wherewithal was work hours and a psychological toll characterized as “long” and “exhausting” which left workers with insufficient time and energy for the family. Participants commented on the absolute necessity of paid maternity leave for work-family balance, and suggested it be expanded. Participants also discussed the importance of high-quality childcare, and the need for greater flexibility for attending to family responsibilities during the working day. Data from the quantitative national survey reinforce the results from the qualitative interviews. Work-family balance is a challenge for most working adults: if work-fam - ily balance were given scores like academic grades in school, the majority of both males and females would earn a "C" or lower (average, minimal pass or failure). As intimated in the qualitative data, working females’ work-family balance is statistically poorer than that of males. Poor work-family balance is associated with poorer physical and mental health, with particularly strong negative associations with depression. It appears the Human Resource Law of 2016 was effective in raising awareness of and access to paid maternity leave. However, a substantial minority of working Qataris lack access to work-family balance supports from their employer, and the supports that are provided by employers do not meet the expectations of the average Qatari worker.

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