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2019-09-26Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/20943
What Helps and What Hinders? Exploring the Role of Workplace Characteristics for Parental Leave Use and Its Career Consequences
dc.contributor.authorSamtleben, Claire
dc.contributor.authorBringmann, Julia
dc.contributor.authorBünning, Mareike
dc.contributor.authorHipp, Lena
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-16T12:52:35Z
dc.date.available2019-12-16T12:52:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-26none
dc.date.updated2019-10-08T06:37:28Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/21692
dc.description.abstractThe division of parental leave among couples today is still unequal—even in countries with progressive leave schemes. Given the gendered nature of the workplace, we examine how organizational characteristics relate to fathers’ uptake and length of parental leave as well as to the perceived career consequences of leave uptake among those fathers who took leave. In our mixed methods study, we draw on unique quantitative and qualitative data on different-sex couples with young children in Germany (2015). We find that the fear of professional repercussions and the lack of a replacement at work inhibit fathers both from taking leave in general and, for those who take leave, from taking it for more than two months. Interestingly, however, the majority of fathers who took leave did not think that their leave negatively affected their professional advancement. This positive evaluation was independent of the length of leave. We compared fathers’ perceived leave consequences to those of mothers, who tended to have a more negative view of the impact of taking leave on their careers. Both fathers and mothers were more likely to report negative career consequences if they worked in organizations that promoted a strong ideal worker norm, that is, where employees thought that they were expected to prioritize paid work over their private life.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights(CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 Internationalger
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectparental leaveeng
dc.subjectemploymenteng
dc.subjectworkplace cultureeng
dc.subjectideal worker normeng
dc.subjectgender equalityeng
dc.subjectmixed methodseng
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaftennone
dc.titleWhat Helps and What Hinders? Exploring the Role of Workplace Characteristics for Parental Leave Use and Its Career Consequencesnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/21692-6
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/20943
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages30none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn2076-0760
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3390/socsci8100270none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleSocial Sciencesnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume8none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue10none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber270none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameMDPInone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBaselnone
bua.import.affiliationSamtleben, ; WZB—Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany, DIW—German Institute for Economic Research, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany,none
bua.import.affiliationBringmann, ; WZB—Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany,none
bua.import.affiliationBünning, ; WZB—Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany,none
bua.import.affiliationHipp, ; WZB—Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany, Department of Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam, Germany,none
bua.departmentKultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultätnone

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