A more equal deal? Employer-employee flexibility, gender and parents' work-family tensions in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential of flexible scheduling to alleviate work-family tensions and replace female part-time work has not been thoroughly explored. Specifically, research has not acknowledged that employees' schedule control may be conditioned by organizational demands for availability and commitment.

Objective

We examine the links between flexibility and gendered patterns of work-family reconciliation by considering how work arrangements balance employer demands and employee control and how they relate to work-family tensions.

Methods

Using mixed-methods, we combine a survey of Swedish parents (n = 2320) with interviews of survey respondents (n = 40). First, we identify clusters of flexible work arrangements and explore differences between mothers and fathers. Seco

SUBMITTER: Gronlund A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9697062 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature