The Intersection between Working Life and Parenthood: A Literature Review

Arja Tyrkko
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Arja Tyrkko: National Institute for Working Life

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2002, vol. 23, issue 1, 107-123

Abstract: This article aims at investigating the research concerning the interplay between working life and parenthood in an effort to sort out what is interesting to discuss and study further. The relationship between working life and parenthood is discussed focusing on the working life. Parenthood puts into focus the extent to which there is room for adjusting to demands from other life spheres when engaged in paid work. The investigation shows the importance of taking into account the gendered structures and practices in working life when trying to explain individual adjustment strategies. Approaches which are built upon a holistic research design, have proven to be valuable strategies in analyses of such complex phenomena as the adjustment between working life and family life.

Keywords: adjustment strategies; balancing working life and parenthood; gendered working life; working parents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X02231006

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