scholarly journals Scenarios for the Equal Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in the Transition to Parenthood in Germany

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Dechant ◽  
Florian Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Equal Division ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
High Level ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

On the basis of a qualitative longitudinal study of 14 German couples, the conditions that are necessary and sufficient for an equal division of labour in the transition to parenthood are examined in an explorative way. Based on the assumption that couples with educational homogamy on a high level are probably more prone and sufficiently assertive to establish egalitarian relationships, we show that such arrangements cannot be sustained or achieved without the existence of specific contiguous conditions. A comparison of attitudes, family values and norms with actual everyday routines also suggests in many cases the well-known “verbal open-mindedness and rigid behaviour”.

Towards an Equal Division of Paid and Unpaid Work: the Case of the Netherlands

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janneke Plantenga ◽  
Joop Schippers ◽  
Jacques Siegers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Equal Division ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

scholarly journals Gender Divisions of Paid and Unpaid Work in Contemporary UK Couples

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne McMunn ◽  
Lauren Bird ◽  
Elizabeth Webb ◽  
Amanda Sacker
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Gender Divisions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Conflict Interaction ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

This article uses data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study to describe how contemporary British couples divide a range of work types. Our findings support the hypothesis, suggested by previous authors, that a shared egalitarian ideology is required for gender equality in divisions of work. In response to bargaining theories, the article also hypothesises that differentials in educational attainment within couples are more strongly associated with gender divisions of work when a couple’s gender ideology is in conflict. Interaction analysis does not support this hypothesis.

scholarly journals ‘She has mellowed me into the idea of SPL’: unpacking relational resources in UK couples’ discussions of Shared Parental Leave take-up

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Twamley
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Listening Guide ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Relational Resources ◽  
First Time ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

This article undertakes an in-depth examination into how two couples negotiate the sharing of parental leave, to understand how ‘relational resources’ may be drawn on in transforming gendered practices. The couples are selected from a longitudinal study of 42 first-time parents taking various combinations of leave. Drawing on a ‘listening guide’ approach, I analyse the interactions observed in couple interviews with a couple that shares, and another couple that does not share leave. I show that in trying to convince their partners to take leave, both women draw on gendered scripts, either in how the interaction is managed, or by the discourses that are drawn on. Moreover, fathers’ work context strongly mediates negotiations, as all participants judge this to trump other considerations regarding leave, reinforcing men’s attachment to the workplace. More research is needed to understand how these process shape divisions of paid and unpaid work in the long term.

scholarly journals Redefining graduate employability and work-integrated learning: Proposals for effective higher education in disrupted economies

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Career Pathway ◽  
Work Integrated Learning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

Employability features more prominently on the agenda of higher education institutions when the economy falters or changes: the majority of students, and their families, expect a degree to deliver a career pathway as well as an education. This paper explores some of the trends and predictions in the rapidly changing world of work and proposes a re-worked definition of employability (based on Yorke’s widely-accepted definition from 2006): that employability means that students and graduates can discern, acquire, adapt and continually enhance the skills, understandings and personal attributes that make them more likely to find and create meaningful paid and unpaid work that benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy. Likewise, work-integrated learning requires sharper definition than an ‘umbrella term’. This paper proposes that work-integrated learning includes a range of learning tasks that either resemble those expected of working graduates in their early careers, or are proximal to the workplaces or spaces, physical or digital, where professional work occurs. Determining the appropriate spread of tasks across a degree is best done by mapping assessments, ensuring there are more high level tasks in the latter years so that students are prompted to focus on the skills, understandings and personal attributes that make them more likely to find and create meaningful paid and unpaid work that benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy.

Why victimized by peers promotes cyberbullying in college students? Testing a moderated mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chen Zhang ◽  
Lin-Xin Wang ◽  
Kai Dou ◽  
Yue Liang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Online Bullying ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
High Level

Cyberbullying is a major youth social problem over the world and it has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes. However, few studies investigated how offline peer victimization affect cyberbullying and the potential relations between family factors and cyberbullying remains unknown. The current study addresses this gap in knowledge by examining the victimized by peers is associated with higher moral disengagement which further promotes college student’s bullying online. A three-wave longitudinal study, each wave spanning six months apart, was conducted in a sample of 521 Chinese college students (Mage = 22.45, SD = 4.44, 59.3% girls). Results of moderated mediation model shown that peer victimization at T1 predicted more cyberbullying at T3 through moral disengagement at T2, after controlling for demographic variables and cyberbullying at T1. T2 moral disengagement significantly mediating the association between T1 peer victimization and T3 cyberbullying. In addition, high level of negative parenting strengthened the effect of moral disengagement at T2 on cyberbullying at T3. The prevention and intervention for both offline and online bullying victimization are discussed.

scholarly journals Unpaid Work and Care During COVID-19: Subjective Experiences of Same-Sex Couples and Single Mothers in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-243
Author(s):  
Lyn Craig ◽  
Brendan Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Single Mothers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Subjective Reports ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

This paper draws on data from Work and Care During COVID-19, an online survey of Australians during pandemic lockdown in May 2020 (n = 2,722). It focuses on how subsamples of lesbian, gay, and bisexual mothers and fathers in couples (n = 280) and single mothers (n = 480) subjectively experienced unpaid work and care during lockdown compared with heterosexual mothers and fathers in couples, and with partnered mothers, respectively. During the pandemic, nonheterosexual fathers’ subjective reports were less negative than those of their heterosexual counterparts, but differences between heterosexual and lesbian/bisexual mothers were more mixed. Unlike their partnered counterparts, more single mothers reported feeling satisfied than before with their balance of paid and unpaid work and how they spent their time overall during the pandemic, perhaps because they avoided partnership conflicts and particularly benefited from relaxed commuting and child care deadlines.

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