If you dare to ask: self-perceived possibilities of Spanish fathers to reduce work hours

Time scarcity is a reality for most mothers and fathers of young children who work full-time. Though the Spanish law recognizes a specific right to a reduced schedule for care reasons, fathers very rarely make use of this policy. Many of them simply think that, in their current employment circumstan...

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Published in:Community, work & family work & family, 2018-08, Vol.21 (4), p.482-498
Main Author: Fernandez-Lozano, Irina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent mothers
Children
Clerical personnel
conciliación
Economic structure
Employment
empresas familiarmente responsables
España
Family-friendly companies
Fathers
Gender
gender roles
Intersectionality
Occupations
Parents & parenting
roles de género
Scarcity
Social stratification
Spain
tiempo de trabajo
WLB
Work
Working hours
Working mothers
working time
Young mothers
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Summary:Time scarcity is a reality for most mothers and fathers of young children who work full-time. Though the Spanish law recognizes a specific right to a reduced schedule for care reasons, fathers very rarely make use of this policy. Many of them simply think that, in their current employment circumstances, they 'can't' cut down on work hours. This analysis focuses on the subjective perception that employees have of their difficulty to reduce work hours. Using a nationally representative sample of Spanish employees in charge of young children, and drawing on intersectionality perspectives, we propose that several stratification systems (e.g. gender and economic structure) overlap framing the subjective experience of how easy or difficult it is to adopt a reduced schedule. We confirm that fathers in middle-level service occupations (e.g. clerical workers) may be those most likely to be 'undoing gender' at work, as they differ significantly from other fathers in their perception that for them it would be easier to reduce their work hours.
ISSN:1366-8803
1469-3615
DOI:10.1080/13668803.2017.1365692