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Fathers and flexible parental leave

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  • Berit Brandth

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)

  • Elin Kvande

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)

Abstract

Research on work-family balance has seen flexible work arrangements as a key solution for reconciling work and family, but it has given contradictory results in regard to fathers. This article focuses on flexible parental leave for fathers in Norway, which until now has rarely been studied. Based on interviews with 20 fathers, the article explores their experiences with flexible organization of the leave, which provides them with a menu of choices, and considers how it affects their caring. Findings show that it allows work to invade care, produces a double stress and promotes half-way fathering. Flexible use of the father’s quota tends to confirm fathers as secondary carers instead of empowering them as carers.

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  • Berit Brandth & Elin Kvande, 2016. "Fathers and flexible parental leave," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 30(2), pages 275-290, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:30:y:2016:i:2:p:275-290
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017015590749
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    1. Simon Burnett & Caroline Gatrell & Cary Cooper & Paul Sparrow, 2011. "Fatherhood and Flexible Working: A Contradiction in Terms?," Springer Books, in: Stephan Kaiser & Max Josef Ringlstetter & Doris Ruth Eikhof & Miguel Pina e Cunha (ed.), Creating Balance?, chapter 0, pages 157-171, Springer.
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    1. Ashlee Borgkvist & Vivienne Moore & Jaklin Eliott & Shona Crabb, 2018. "‘I might be a bit of a front runner’: An analysis of men's uptake of flexible work arrangements and masculine identity," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(6), pages 703-717, November.

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