A comparative study on the effect of work-family balance policies and gender role attitudes on mothers’ economic participation

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Ryu Yunkyu ◽  
Yoonsook Ha
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work Family

European gender cultures

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-122
Author(s):  
Vera Lomazzi ◽  
Isabella Crespi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Gender Regimes ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Positive Effect

Wondering whethergender mainstreaming really supports the shift to a more gender-egalitarian Europe,this chapter explores the intertwined relation between individual gender role attitudes, gender regimes,and gender cultures in Europe. It investigates how structural aspects, which determine the opportunities available for men and women to achieve their goals, as well as cultural features, which establish socially constructed, predominant family models and legitimised gender roles, contribute to explaining individuals’ beliefs in gender equality. The chapter reports empirical evidence of the positive effect of work-family balance policies, which enshrines the gender mainstreaming principles, on the promotion of gender egalitarian beliefs. Thesepolicies and workplace practices allow working parents to combine their professional and personal responsibilities, directly affecting their opportunity structures. Because of such realistic opportunities, people tend to express more egalitarian views. At the same time, the implementation of work-family balance policies transmits a certain idea of a lifestyle model and family pattern, legitimising them through structural elements that contribute to changing current gender regimes.

scholarly journals Gender Equality in Europe and the Effect of Work-Family Balance Policies on Gender-Role Attitudes

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Lomazzi ◽  
Sabine Israel ◽  
Isabella Crespi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
National Income ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Family Model ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

This study starts from the assumption that the context of opportunities for work-family balance affects individual attitudes toward gender roles, a main indicator of support for gender equality. Compared with extant research, the present study adopts a more articulated definition of “opportunity structure” that includes national income level and social norms on gender attitudes, measures of gender-mainstreaming policies implemented at the company level (flextime), and different work-family balance policies in support of the dual-earner/dual-caregiver family model (e.g., parental-leave schemes and childcare provisions). The effects of these factors are estimated by performing a cross-sectional multilevel analysis for the year 2014. Gender-role attitudes and micro-level controls are taken from the Eurobarometer for all 28 European Union (EU) members, while macro-indicators stem from Eurostat, European Quality of Work Survey, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Our results show that both institutional and workplace arrangements supporting the dual-earner/dual-caregiver family model are associated with more egalitarian gender-role attitudes This is particularly true concerning availability of formal childcare for 0- to 3-year-olds among institutional factors, as well as work-schedule flexibility among workplace factors, probably as they enable a combination of care and paid work for both men and women.

Father Influences on Employed Mothers' Work–Family Balance

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1136-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Fagan ◽  
Julie Press
Keyword(s):  
Family Involvement ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Successful Work ◽  
Employed Mothers ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work Family

This study employed the ecological systems perspective and gender ideology theory to examine the influence of fathers' paid work–family crossover and family involvement on self-reports of work–family balance by employed mothers with children under the age of 13 ( N = 179). Multiple regression analyses revealed that fathers' crossover factors had a significant influence on mothers' perceptions of successful work–family balance. Mothers reported lower levels of work–family balance when fathers brought more stress from work to home. Mothers with more traditional gender ideologies reported higher levels of work–family balance when the father had a flexible job and when he was more involved in child care.

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