Father Influences on Employed Mothers' Work–Family Balance

Fagan, Jay; Press, Julie E.

doi:10.1177/0192513x07311954

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“…Jobs with low supervisor support have been associated with greater work to family conflict, particularly for low-wage workers (Karimi and Nouri 2009;Swanberg 2005). Fagan and Press (2008) found that a father bringing home stress from work was associated with mothers perceiving higher levels of work to family conflict. Minotte (2011) found that single parents with less schedule control experienced higher amounts of work to family conflict.…”

Section: Theoretical Perspective and Previous Researchmentioning

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Shift Work and Work to Family Fit: Does Schedule Control Matter?

Tuttle

Garr

2012

J Fam Econ Iss

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We used the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce to investigate the effects of shift work on individuals. We investigated if shift workers would have poorer work to family fit than workers with regular day schedules or flexible schedules. We also investigated if control of work schedule would moderate the possible negative effects of shift work. Results indicate that shift work is associated with increased work to family conflict, especially for women. In addition, the results indicate that women have greater work to family conflict compared to men when workers have more work schedule control. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Section: Theoretical Perspective and Previous Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shift Work and Work to Family Fit: Does Schedule Control Matter?

Tuttle

Garr

2012

J Fam Econ Iss

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“…Work and family responsibilities, and their consolidation under the mantle ‘work–life balance’ are the focus of much scholarly attention. As declared by Fagan and Press, ‘parenting and paid work demands continue to challenge … families in the 21 st century, [and] researchers are increasingly interested in studying the intersection of work and family’ (, p. 1136). There is an array of publications detailing the dynamics between work and family life across a diverse range of themes and classifications, such as the economy (Fleetwood, ; McDowell, ; Perrons, ); employment (Berman, ; Byrne, ; Cohen et al ., ); the family (Caproni, ; Greenhaus and Powell, ; Hill et al ., ; Tausig and Fenwick, ); human resources (Felstead et al ., ; Hyman and Summers, ; Lockwood, ); sociology (Bond, ; Campbell Clark, , ; Warren, ) and women (Doherty, ; Drew and Murtagh, ; Smithson and Stokoe, ).…”

Section: The Working Fathers' Literaturementioning

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Fathers at Work: A Ghost in the Organizational Machine

Burnett¹,

Gatrell²,

Cooper³

et al. 2012

Gender Work & Organization

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This article first provides a review of fatherhood in the gender and organization literature on work and family, and the body and (in)visibility. It observes how organizational assumptions which frame fathers as breadwinners, ignoring their paternal role, remain extraordinarily persistent because policies (no matter how long established) do not necessarily change social attitudes and behaviours. The article then draws upon original qualitative data to demonstrate how while male workers may feel valued as employees, they often feel invisible at work in their paternal role. Fathers perceive that, while family‐friendly policies might in theory be available to ‘parents’ these are in practice targeted at working mothers. The article considers why working men's paternity is so often ignored, as though fathers are a ghost in the organizational machine. A recommendation for the establishment of a fatherhood and motherhood passport is made.

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“…Research found that burnout crosses over between husbands and wives (Westman & Etzion, 1995), which suggests that the stress transmitted to the family domain may leave the partner ill-equipped to deal with work demands in that the partner is distracted by the stress of the incivility experience. For instance, when fathers bring home stress from work, it undermines mothers' abilities to balance both work and family demands (Fagan & Press, 2008). Recent research also provides evidence of the crossover of one partner's stress to negatively influence the experience of family-towork conflict of the other partner (Song, Foo, Uy, & Sun, 2011).…”

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You cannot leave it at the office: Spillover and crossover of coworker incivility

2011

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SummaryThis study examines the spillover and crossover effects of a specific chronic stressor, coworker incivility, on target marital satisfaction, partner marital satisfaction, and partner family-to-work conflict and on how the transmission of stress from the workplace to the family domain (as perceived by the target's partner) mediates these relationships. Using a matched data set of 190 job incumbents and their partners, the findings reveal that coworker incivility demonstrates both spillover and crossover effects on these outcomes important to the family. Evidence indicates that incivility targets do not leave the stress of incivility at work but instead bring it home to the family domain where it influences relationships with and outcomes of their partners. Implications of these findings and avenues for future research are discussed.

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Father Influences on Employed Mothers' Work–Family Balance

Cited by 41 publications

References 52 publications

Shift Work and Work to Family Fit: Does Schedule Control Matter?

Shift Work and Work to Family Fit: Does Schedule Control Matter?

Fathers at Work: A Ghost in the Organizational Machine

You cannot leave it at the office: Spillover and crossover of coworker incivility

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