Search results for "Sociology and Political Science"

Positive parenting and parenting stress among working mothers in Finland, the UK and the Netherlands : Do working time patterns matter?

2017

This study explored the effects of working time patterns on positive parenting and parenting stress, and the moderating effects of working hours, the unpredictability of work schedules, and autonomy over working time in a European context. This cross-national survey study compared Finnish (n = 337), Dutch (n = 283) and British (n = 317) mothers with children under the age of 13, using structural equation modeling with a multigroup procedure. We found a connection between working time patterns and positive parenting but the nature of the connection differed between countries. In all three countries, no relationship was found between working time pattern and parenting stress, while unpredict…

Childcare and parental work schedules: a comparison of childcare arrangements among Finnish, British and Dutch dual-earner families

2015

This study examined the association between parental work schedules and non-parental childcare arrangements among dual-earner families in Finland, the Netherlands and the UK. Data from the ‘Families 24/7’ web-survey were used, including 937 parents with children aged 0-12 years. Results showed a negative association between non-standard work and formal childcare across all countries. A similar association was found for using a combination of formal and informal childcare, whereas solely using informal childcare was not associated with work characteristics. Country differences showed that, compared with Finland, the probability of using formal childcare was lower in the Netherlands, whereas …

Relationships of work–family coping strategies with work–family conflict and enrichment: The roles of gender and parenting status

2012

This study investigated individual work–family coping strategies (WFCS). We focused on four types of coping efforts and behaviours that employees take up in order to balance their work and family life: (1) ‘Being super at work/home’, (2) ‘Being good enough at work/home’, (3) ‘Prioritizing at work/home’ and (4) ‘Delegating at work/home’. We examined the relationships between WFCS and work–family conflict and between WFCS and work–family enrichment. In addition, we investigated whether parenting status and gender relate to the use of WFCS and their potential moderator role in the linkage between WFCS and work–family conflict and enrichment. The study was based on a sample of Finnish health ca…

Work-family conflict and enrichment and perceived health: Does type of family matter?

2011

The present study examined work-family conflict and enrichment and perceived health (stress symptoms, life satisfaction) according to the following family types: 1 = two-parent families with 1–2 children, 2 = two-parent families with 3 or more children, 3 = single-parent families with 1 or more children, 4 = childless co-habiting/married couples. We also studied whether work-family conflict and enrichment show direct and interaction (buffering) effects on perceived health, and whether these effects vary by family type. Empirically, the study was based on a heterogeneous sample of Finnish employees (N = 5097). The results showed that parents reported more family-to-work conflict, family-to-w…

Online user comments across news and other content formats: Multidisciplinary perspectives, new directions

2017

A Closer Look at Economic Context in Identity Distress, Identity Development, and Adjustment to University

2020

In this study, national rates of youth unemployment were used as a proxy for economic disruption and stability in Spain and Canada, respectively. Identity distress was examined in relation to ident...

Poner el trabajo al servicio de un proyecto de vida : estrategias contra la precariedad

2019

A partir de 20 historias de vida, este artículo se propone presentar las estrategias que algunos jóvenes italianos altamente cualificados han encontrado para eludir la doble amenaza de la precariedad laboral y de la invasión del trabajo en la vida. Centrando sus biografías en un proyecto de innovación social o ligado a la vertiente expresiva del trabajo, los jóvenes investigados se han enfrentado a un destino de explotación, incertidumbre, fragmentación e individualización del itinerario laboral y vital, común a una generación entera. Se ha utilizado la técnica de la entrevista en profundidad. La investigación ha permitido identificar en sus discursos las siguientes estrategias: 1) colocar …

Les médiévistes et le don. Avant et après la théorie maussienne

2008

The medievalists, as well the anthropologists and the sociologists, have forgotten that « gift-counter-gift » or « gift-exchange » (Gegengabe, Widergabe, Gebentausch), concepts used by Marcel Mauss in his classical « Essai sur le don », have been forged at the nineteenth century by the historians of the medieval german law and language (Jacob Grimm, Karl von Amira, Richard M. Meyer...), in a context of criticism against the capitalism. Thus, the concepts historicity seems essential to a reasoned use of theory in social sciences.

Investment Treaty Arbitration as Public International Law , written by Eric De Brabandere

2016

Monde professionnel et marché des travaux forestiers

2008

L’histoire du monde des travaux forestiers, en Franche-Comte, montre qu’il existe un interet commun aux differents acteurs de ce monde, qui se traduit par une certaine fermeture du marche du travail. En effet, conserver cet optimum collectif necessite d’inscrire tous les intervenants dans un systeme d’interdependances qui regule, entre autres, l’attribution des marches et le flux des nouveaux entrepreneurs de travaux forestiers (bucherons, debardeurs, sylviculteurs). La place professionnelle, systeme qui organise la reciprocite entre un acteur et son monde professionnel, permet d’apporter un eclairage different sur les fondements et la conservation de la cooperation. Cette place est constit…