Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance: Glass Handcuffs and Working Men in the U.S.

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Sarah Blithe

Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance

Glass Handcuffs and Working Men in the U.S.

Sarah Blithe

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Routledge
10 June 2015

Social discrimination; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology: work & labour; Personnel & human resources management

Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

"Pressure to achieve work-life ""balance"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face considerable organizational and economic constraints which hamper their ability to maintain a reasonable ""balance"" between paid work and other life aspects—and it is not only women who struggle. Increasingly men find it difficult to ""do it all."" Women have long noted the near impossibility of balancing multiple roles, but it is only recently that men have been encouraged to see themselves beyond their breadwinner selves.

Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance describes the work-life practices of men in the United States. The purpose is to increase gender equality at work for all employees. With a focus on leave policy inequalities, this book argues that men experience a phenomenon called ""the glass handcuffs,"" which prevents them from leaving work to participate fully in their families, homes, and other life events, highlighting the cultural, institutional, organizational, and occupational conditions which make gender equality in work-life policy usage difficult. This social justice book ultimately draws conclusions about how to minimize inequalities at work.

Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance is unique as it laces together some theoretical concepts which have little previous association, including entrepreneurialism; leave policy, occupational identity, and the economic necessities of families. This book will therefore be of particular interest to researches and academics alike in the disciplines of Gender studies, Human Resource Management, Employment Relations, Sociology and Cultural Studies."

By: Sarah Blithe
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.050kg
ISBN: 9781138856776
ISBN 10: 1138856770
Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 June 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface Part I: Overview 1. Outlining the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon Part II: Historical Context for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon 2. Organizational Inequality 3. Situating Leaves of Absence Policies Part III: Causes for the Glass Handcuffs 4. ""But I was a Programmer Before I was a Dad"": Occupational Uniqueness and Occupational Identity 5. ""It is my responsibility to find the right balance"": Entrepreneurialism as a constraint 6. It’s Kind of a Man Thing: Gendered expectations about work and home 7. ""Who needs time off?"" Resisting and mitigating leaves of absence 8. Economic dependence Part IV: Finding the Key: Why Understanding the Glass Handcuffs Matters 9. Impacts of the Glass Handcuffs 10. Conclusions Appendices A. Studying Men: Methods and Standpoint Theory B. Interview Guide C. Data Analysis References Index"

Sarah Jane Blithe is Assistant Professor Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA