Flexible Working and the Division of Housework and Childcare: Examining Divisions across Arrangement and Occupational Lines.

Autor/inn/en	Chung, Heejung; Booker, Cara
Titel	Flexible Working and the Division of Housework and Childcare: Examining Divisions across Arrangement and Occupational Lines. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Flexible Arbeit und die Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung: Untersuchung der Aufteilung über Vereinbarungs- und Berufsgrenzen hinweg.
Quelle	In: Work, employment & society, 37 (2023) 1, S. 236-256 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0170; 1469-8722
DOI	10.1177/09500170221096586
Schlagwörter	Familie; Mutter; Vater; Geschlechterrolle; Gleichstellung; Arbeitsteilung; Beruf; Eltern; Familie; Großbritannien; Hausarbeit; Mutter; Vater; Geschlechterrolle; Auswirkung; Qualifikation; Gleichstellung; Kinderbetreuung; Eltern; Kinderbetreuung; Arbeitszeitflexibilität; Hausarbeit; Arbeitsteilung; Beruf; Qualifikation; Dual Career Couple; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study we examine how flexible working is associated with the division of housework and childcare among dual-earner heterosexual couples with young children. Although flexible working may enable better work-family integration, it can also reinforce traditional divisions of domestic labour where women perform more housework and childcare. The degree to which this occurs may vary across arrangements due to differences in the flexibility and permeability of boundaries. We also expect occupational variations but in a paradoxical manner; the constraints and resources workers have may cause the associations to conflict with assumptions based on gender role attitudes. Results show that arrangements that allow more boundary blurring, such as homeworking, are associated with more traditional divisions of childcare but not necessarily of housework. Flexitime, especially for the lower-skilled/paid occupations, enables a more egalitarian division of labour, possibly because it is used to maximise households' working hours and income." The study refers to the period 2010-2017. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1