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Working time arrangements and family time of fathers: How work organization(s) shape fathers’ opportunities to engage in childcare

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  • Reimer, Thordis

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This analysis takes the diagnosis of a gap between German fathers’ attitudes and practices as starting point to analyze the influence of the work organization on a father’s time with his children. With qualitative interview data and quantitative diary data, the fathers´ ideals and their practices are confronted systematically. It is found that fathers´ work time arrangements may influence the availability of time they have for their children. Here, not only the amount of time is crucial but also the possibilities for the flexible organization of work. However, work organizations influence childcare practices mainly through the work culture which shapes the employed fathers´ anticipated options.

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  • Reimer, Thordis, 2015. "Working time arrangements and family time of fathers: How work organization(s) shape fathers’ opportunities to engage in childcare," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 26(3), pages 227-252.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:mamere:mrev-2015-03-reimer
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    1. Jamie Atkinson, 2022. "Involved fatherhood and the workplace context: A new theoretical approach," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 845-862, May.
    2. Stefanie Kley & Thordis Reimer, 2023. "Exploring the Gender Gap in Teleworking from Home. The Roles of Worker’s Characteristics, Occupational Positions and Gender Equality in Europe," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 185-206, August.
    3. Wanger, Susanne & Zapf, Ines, 2018. "For better or worse? : How more flexibility in working time arrangements and fatherhood affect men's working hours in Germany," IAB-Discussion Paper 201809, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    4. Krug, Gerhard & Bähr, Sebastian & Diener, Katharina & Abraham, Martin, 2020. "Do parents' flexible working hours affect fathers' contribution to domestic work? : evidence from a factorial survey," IAB-Discussion Paper 202012, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].

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    Keywords

    fathers´ childcare; work organizations; fathers’ work time arrangements; work culture;
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    JEL classification:

    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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