Workplace gender equality in the post-pandemic era: Where to next?

M Foley, R Cooper - Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and accelerated many gendered labour market
inequalities in Australia and around the world. In this introduction to our special …

Gender in the gig economy: Men and women using digital platforms to secure work in Australia

B Churchill, L Craig - Journal of Sociology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores the characteristics, experiences, and motivations of men and women
who secure work through digital platforms. Drawing on quantitative survey data–the first of …

Working from home: Do formal or informal telework arrangements provide better work–family outcomes?

C Troup, J Rose - Community, Work & Family, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Telework arrangements include a suite of options that workplaces provide to meet the
growing demand for greater work flexibility and as a strategy to promote work–family …

Mothers' and fathers' involvement in home activities with their children: Psychosocial factors and the role of parental self-efficacy

R Giallo, K Treyvaud, A Cooklin… - Early child development …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Parent involvement in play, learning, and everyday home activities is important for promoting
children's cognitive and language development. The aims of the study were to (a) examine …

Hour-glass ceilings: Work-hour thresholds, gendered health inequities

H Dinh, L Strazdins, J Welsh - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Long workhours erode health, which the setting of maximum weekly hours aims to avert.
This 48-h limit, and the evidence base to support it, has evolved from a workforce that was …

Parents' transitions into and out of work-family conflict and children's mental health: Longitudinal influence via family functioning

H Dinh, AR Cooklin, LS Leach, EM Westrupp… - Social Science & …, 2017 - Elsevier
The demands arising from the combination of work and family roles can generate conflicts
(work-family conflicts), which have become recognized as major social determinants of …

Youth underemployment: A review of research on young people and the problems of less (er) employment in an era of mass education

B Churchill, C Khan - Sociology Compass, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we examine the problem of youth underemployment and how it is
conceptualised, operationalised and understood within wider sociology, with particular focus …

Change and stability in work–family conflict and mothers' and fathers' mental health: Longitudinal evidence from an Australian cohort

AR Cooklin, H Dinh, L Strazdins, E Westrupp… - Social Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Work–family conflict (WFC) occurs when work or family demands are 'mutually incompatible',
with detrimental effects on mental health. This study contributes to the sparse longitudinal …

What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

AR Cooklin, R Giallo, L Strazdins, A Martin… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
One in ten fathers experience mental health difficulties in the first year postpartum.
Unsupportive job conditions that exacerbate work-family conflict are a potential risk to …

Fathers at work: Work–family conflict, work–family enrichment and parenting in an Australian cohort

AR Cooklin, EM Westrupp, L Strazdins… - Journal of family …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Contemporary fathering is characterized by the combined responsibilities of employment
and parenting. Relationships between work–family conflict, work–family enrichment, and …