Fatherhood and Flexible Working: A Contradiction in Terms?

Simon Burnett (), Caroline Gatrell (), Cary Cooper () and Paul Sparrow ()
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Simon Burnett: Lancaster University Management School
Caroline Gatrell: Lancaster University Management School
Cary Cooper: Lancaster University Management School
Paul Sparrow: Lancaster University Management School

Chapter Chapter 9 in Creating Balance?, 2011, pp 157-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter derives from a desire to investigate the issues of modern fatherhood in the context of flexible working practices and gender; offering a broad-scale analysis as to the extent to which predominantly Western, employed, white-collar, middle-class fathers are embracing flexibility and under what familial and workplace circumstances. In so doing, we highlight the tensions and correlations between traditional notions of fathers as economic providers who go “out” to work and the emergence of late modern ideas concerning the dynamism between fatherhood and more flexible modes of working. Our focus on the work-life situation of fathers in senior roles is both timely and relevant to the growing body of research on work-life balance and male working patterns, which identifies white-collar fathers as under-researched and insufficiently catered for within policy.

Keywords: Domestic Labour; Flexible Mode; Flexible Working; Domestic Chore; Familial Responsibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16199-5_9

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