A Systematic Reflection Upon Dual Career Couples

Rusconi, Alessandra; Solga, Heike

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“…It is time to move beyond the 'work-family' frame that now constrains research and theory (see also recent reviews by Crane and Hill, 2009;Crouter and Booth, 2009;Greenhaus and Allen, 2010;Korabik, Lero, and Whitehead, 2008;Kossek and Lambert, 2005;Owens and Suitor, 2007;Pitt-Catsouphes, Kossek, and Sweet, 2006;Rusconi and Solga, 2008;Smith, 2009 -where some of these issues are raised). First, it excludes other contexts: community, culture, economy, policy, biography, region, neighborhood, workplace.…”

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From ‘work–family’ to the ‘gendered life course’ and ‘fit’: five challenges to the field

Moen

2011

Community, Work & Family

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper * introduces the concepts of the 'gendered life course' and 'life-course fit' in order to provide a broader, dynamic, and contextual perspective on the match or mismatch characterizing the social environments confronting workers, their families, and their communities. It summarizes five challenges confronting scholars of community, work, family, and policy: (1) updating outdated concepts and categories; (2) incorporating the gendered life course and family strategies to improve fit; (3) recognizing social change; (4) seeking work-time policy transformation, not simply assimilation or accommodation; and (5) focusing on prevention. In doing so, it provides a very brief history of the workfamily intersection from a US vantage point, along with an overview of organizational response by employers to the 'work-family' conundrum. There is a growing recognition that a sense of fit or misfit in terms of rising temporal demands, limited temporal resources and outdated work-hour constraints on workers and families has become a public health issue. The next step is for employers and policy makers to break open the time clocks around paid workthe tacit, taken-for-granted beliefs, rules and regulations about the time and timing of work days, work weeks, work years, and work lives. ZusammenfassungDieser Beitrag stellt die Konzepte des "geschlechtsspezifischen Lebenslaufs" und der "Lebenslaufanpassung" vor.

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Section: 'Work-family' Frame Too Narrowmentioning

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From ‘work–family’ to the ‘gendered life course’ and ‘fit’: five challenges to the field

Moen

2011

Community, Work & Family

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“…Different negotiation patterns can be observed within couples (Rusconi and Solga, 2008;Becker and Moen, 1999;Livingston, 2011). For many years, negotiation within couples has often resulted in the traditional model where the woman scales back for the benefit of the partner's occupational career.…”

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“…With respect to coupled careers, some authors have argued that various external factors shape intra-couple bargaining processes (Rusconi and Solga, 2008 to receive more support from their partners. The theoretical background to this will be further developed below in a discussion of the "doing gender" approach.…”

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“…Vertical and horizontal dimensions of segregation, gender role beliefs, and the public provision of welfare services all provide explanations for gender inequalities in the labor market. However, much less is known about the social mechanisms at work within couples (Rusconi and Solga, 2008). Following the notion of "linked lives" (Elder, 1994) and "coupled career" (Han and Moen, 1999), the present study investigates the provision of social support for career advancement within partnerships.…”

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“…Rather, the partner's resources appear to be more relevant for women, particularly in non-traditional partnerships. Moreover, a partner's stock of resources and resource allocation within partnerships is shaped by shared restrictions determined by external factors affecting the couple (Solga and Rusconi, 2011;Rusconi and Solga, 2008). Examples of these include a lack of child care provision, prevailing traditional gender roles, or high unemployment rates .…”

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Shall I Help You My Dear? Examining Variations in Social Support for Career Advancement within Partnerships

Golsch

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. of career development and current job of both partners. Family-specific variables and regional differences are also taken into account. The results of the analysis, although cross-sectional,give some initial insights into patterns of social support within couples.

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A Systematic Reflection Upon Dual Career Couples

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From ‘work–family’ to the ‘gendered life course’ and ‘fit’: five challenges to the field

From ‘work–family’ to the ‘gendered life course’ and ‘fit’: five challenges to the field

Shall I Help You My Dear? Examining Variations in Social Support for Career Advancement within Partnerships

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