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Masculinity in flux? : Male managers navigating between work and family
Marija NorvaišaitėAnna-maija LämsäRaminta Pučėtaitėsubject
Cultural Studiesmale managersmedia_common.quotation_subject0507 social and economic geographyContext (language use)fatherhoodperhe-elämä050701 cultural studiessukupuolimaskuliinisuusEmpirical researchArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)050602 political science & public administrationgendermasculinitySociologyequalitytyöelämämedia_common05 social sciencesGender studiesLithuaniaisyys0506 political sciencetasa-arvoWork (electrical)post-Soviet contextMasculinitywork-family integrationmiehetFlux (metabolism)johtajatdescription
The article sheds light on male managers’ experience as fathers in a post-Soviet context in Lithuania. This empirical study of 12 male managers’ experiences of work-family integration (WFI), their ways of coping with negative experiences, and the role of organizations in reducing conflict and enriching WFI, reveal the emergence of a new paternal identity: fathers who perceive their role as caregivers but for whom this is still subordinate to the dominant role of the breadwinner. Relying on their wife is a man’s dominant coping strategy. Organizations are perceived as family unfriendly. The managerial implications of the need for organizational support are discussed. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-31 |