Fathering and flexible working arrangements: A systematic interdisciplinary review

A Ewald, E Gilbert, K Huppatz - Journal of Family Theory & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Much of the existing literature and research in the area of fathers' flexible work has been
disciplinary specific, resulting in a fragmented understanding of the topic. The objective of …

Work–life flexibility for whom? Occupational status and work–life inequality in upper, middle, and lower level jobs

EE Kossek, BA Lautsch - Academy of Management Annals, 2018 - journals.aom.org
We define work–life flexibility as employment-scheduling practices that are designed to give
employees greater control over when, where, how much, or how continuously work is done …

How Effective Are Work-Life Balance Policies? The Importance of Inclusion

WJ Casper, SA Hyde, SG Smith… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
In this manuscript we review research on the effectiveness of work-life balance (WLB)
policies in improving employee and organizational outcomes. We find that while WLB …

[HTML][HTML] Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths

C Verniers, J Vala - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The issue of gender equality in employment has given rise to numerous policies in
advanced industrial countries, all aimed at tackling gender discrimination regarding …

Reconciling female agentic advantage and disadvantage with the CADDIS measure of agency.

A Ma, AS Rosette, CZ Koval - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Contradictory findings about whether agentic women are penalized or rewarded persist in
gender and leadership research. To account for these divergent effects, we distinguish …

Parental leave‐taking and perceptions of workers as good parents

RJ Petts, G Kaufman, TD Mize - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examines whether parental leave‐taking affects perceptions of workers
as good parents, and whether this relationship varies between mothers and fathers …

Why do some gay men identify as “straight-acting” and how is it related to well-being?

CJ Hunt, J Morandini, I Dar-Nimrod… - Archives of Sexual …, 2020 - Springer
Recent literature has described the phenomenon of “straight-acting” gay men: gay men who
identify with traditional heteronormative masculinity. The current study examined predictors …

Work-related impression formation: Reviewing parenthood penalties and investigating a “fatherhood penalty” for single fathers

MC Steffens, S Preuß, C Scheifele - Basic and Applied Social …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We review the evidence that mothers, compared to childless women or fathers, are
discriminated at work (“motherhood penalty”) and that fathers may receive “caregiver …

Fathers' realizations of parental leave plans: Leadership responsibility as help or hindrance?

LK Horvath, T Grether, BS Wiese - Sex Roles, 2018 - Springer
The present study investigates how fathers realized their parental leave plans with particular
consideration of fathers' leadership responsibility as a potential hindrance. Applying the …

Fathers' use of parental leave in a Canadian law enforcement organization

RN Pettigrew, KA Duncan - Journal of Family Issues, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior to 2018, Canadian parents had access to 35 weeks of parental leave; but leave use is
persistently gendered. We examine employee, employment, and organizational …