{"title":"Full-time hours, part-time work: questioning the sufficiency of working hours as a measure of employment status","authors":"Clare Stovell, J. Besamusca","doi":"10.1080/13668803.2021.1991888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1991888","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although distinctions between full-time and part-time work are vital for understanding inequalities at work and home, consensus and critical reflection are lacking in how employment status should be defined. Full-time and part-time work are often represented as a binary split between those working under or over a specific number of hours. However, this paper, using exploratory mixed methods, evidences problems with assumptions based on working-hour thresholds and highlights the importance of workplace culture and household contexts. Using the UK Labour Force Survey we reveal ambiguities in the reporting of employment status for 12% of workers when comparing definitions based on number of working days, working hours and self-assessment. Ambiguities are particularly prevalent among working mothers with almost a third, who would be regarded as working full-time using hour-based measures, classified as ambiguous according to the measures used here. In-depth interviews with parents who self-classify as part-time workers, despite working over 35 hours a week, reveal mechanisms behind ambiguity within this group linked to organisational norms, previous working hours and divisions of household labour. The paper therefore argues workplace and household contexts are crucial to understanding employment status and recommends this should be taken into account in new multidimensional measures.","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"69 1","pages":"63 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90524012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of partners’ resources on women’s employment in Mexico","authors":"Victoria San Juan Bernuy, Diederik Boertien","doi":"10.1080/13668803.2021.1993139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1993139","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We analyse how women’s participation in the labour market is influenced by their partner’s resources in Mexico. Theory predicts opposing partner effects: specialization and bargaining theory predicts a negative association between partners’ resources and women’s work status, whereas social capital and gender equality approaches suggest a positive effect. In order to test these hypotheses, we structure our study around three main research questions. Is women’s employment positively related to their partners’ earnings? Does men’s education influence women’s work status within couples? Did the role of partner characteristics change over time? To answer these questions, we use data from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment of Mexico collected in 2005 and 2017. Our results show that women are more likely to be employed if they have a low-earning partner , whereas men’s education is positively associated with women’s employment. These associations become stronger over time, suggesting an increasing importance of partner characteristics for women’s employment status.","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"2 1","pages":"97 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87266488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Australian women on returning to work after miscarriage","authors":"Melanie Keep, Samantha Payne, J. Carland","doi":"10.1080/13668803.2021.1993140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1993140","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Miscarriage, defined in Australia as spontaneous pregnancy loss occurring before 20 weeks gestation, is the most common adverse pregnancy outcome, occurring in up to one in four pregnancies. Given the frequency of miscarriage and increasing participation of women in the Australian workforce, the aim of this study was to describe women’s experiences of returning to work, including workplace support, following early pregnancy loss. Six hundred and seven women completed a cross-sectional online survey about their experiences returning to work and the workplace support they received following their miscarriage. The majority (84.7%) of participants reported taking leave of a median(IQR) duration of 7(10) days following their miscarriage. Paid leave (sick or annual leave) was the most common type of leave taken, with most (93.3%) respondents indicating that they would take paid bereavement leave if offered. Women’s reasons for disclosing or keeping private their miscarriage overlapped, aligning with the themes of managing their return-to-work experience and workplace culture. Most women reported receiving informal support provided by colleagues and managers. Women affected by miscarriage who were surveyed reported wanting formal leave options to be provided by their workplace and further support, including acknowledgement by managers, human resources and colleagues.","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"21 3 1","pages":"258 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90401158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee health and well-being after a crisis – re-imagining the role of workplace inclusion","authors":"Ipshita Pal, E. Galinsky, Stacy S. Kim","doi":"10.1080/13668803.2021.1987859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1987859","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Covid-19 left many employees with life-altering challenges— deaths or illnesses of loved ones, health problems, and economic upheavals. Even during ordinary years, adverse events affect around 50% of employees, exacerbating work/non-work demands and depleting personal resources. In order to identify supports for employee recovery from the pandemic and similar crises, we examine inclusive relational practices. Drawing on a conservation-of-resources framework, we posit that inclusive practices are a greater resource for employees following adverse life-events. Using data on U.S. employees from the 2016 National Study of the Changing Workforce, we examine relationships between workplace inclusion and self-rated health, presenteeism and work-to-personal/family spillover. We find that inclusive practices are negatively associated with poorer health/well-being, with benefits significantly higher for employees following adverse life-events. Our study contributes to work-life and diversity-inclusion scholarships by studying dimensions of inclusion rarely captured in nationally-representative data and replicating prior evidence in a more diverse sample of U.S. employees. This is the first study to investigate the role of relational practices among coworkers and between employees and their leaders, in aiding recovery following adverse life-events. Findings indicate that workplace inclusion may be an underutilized resource for supporting recovery from the pandemic and in a post-Covid world.","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"27 1","pages":"30 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86379723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abraham Stefanidis, Margaret E. King‐Sears, N. Kyriakidou
{"title":"School bells are ringing, but can parents attend? Responses from employed parents of children with SEND","authors":"Abraham Stefanidis, Margaret E. King‐Sears, N. Kyriakidou","doi":"10.1080/13668803.2021.1984210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1984210","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 This study’s purpose is to examine the work-family conflict of employed parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those parents’ engagement in the schooling of their children. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, 206 parents from the United Kingdom completed a questionnaire about their school engagement and their work-family strain. Response data were examined employing descriptive and correlation analyses, as well as hierarchical moderated regression. Findings reveal that the higher the parents’ work-family conflict, the lower their school engagement. Moreover, the age of children with SEND moderates the relationship between employed parents’ work-family conflict and engagement in their children’s schooling. Specifically, for parents with younger children, the negative impact of work-family conflict on parental school engagement is not as prevalent as it is for those with older-aged children. Drawing on Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory, we explore parents' dilemma when they determine where to expend their limited reservoir of resources. Because children with SEND benefit in multiple ways when their parents are engaged in their schooling, we provide recommendations regarding how schools and organizations can operate to promote parental school engagement.","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"15 1","pages":"170 - 189"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91134603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intrarole Conflict and a Casework-Community Work Composite Role","authors":"J. Hanmer","doi":"10.4324/9781003190844-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190844-12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77180344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Staff Supervision in Community Work","authors":"Patrick Harris","doi":"10.4324/9781003190844-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190844-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83808760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fieldwork Teaching in Community Work","authors":"Barbara D. Holmes, R. Bryant","doi":"10.4324/9781003190844-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190844-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"285 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76866619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Consultant in Community Work","authors":"Catherine Briscoe","doi":"10.4324/9781003190844-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190844-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79133350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Staff Development in Community Work in Social Service Departments\u0000 *","authors":"David N. Thomas, W. Warburton","doi":"10.4324/9781003190844-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190844-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47218,"journal":{"name":"Community Work & Family","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83112906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}