scholarly journals Father Identity, Involvement and Work-Family Balance: An In-depth Interview Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina McLaughlin ◽  
Orla Muldoon
Keyword(s):  
Interview Study ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Father Identity ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

A Conceptual Model of Work-Family Balance Among Qatari Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 002202212110112
Author(s):  
Peipei Hong ◽  
Azza O. Abdelmoneium ◽  
Abdallah M. Badahdah ◽  
Joseph G. Grzywacz
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Family Expectations ◽  
Scientific Advancement ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

Work-family balance is shrouded in conceptual ambiguity and WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) understanding, which impedes scientific advancement and subsequent practical solutions. This qualitative study constructs a conceptual model of work-family balance among Qatari adults. Based on grounded theory methods, in-depth interview data from 20 Qatari adults (10 women and 10 men) indicated that work-family balance means meeting both work and family expectations. “Work” is driven primarily by family financial needs and therefore it must be undertaken for the sake of the family. However, work-family balance is an idealized goal; the demands of work, rising needs of the family, and insufficient supports make work-family balance impossible. Nevertheless, working adults actively pursue work-family balance through negotiation of expectations with role-related partners and adaptation to varying circumstances in work and family domains. Overall, the findings suggest that work-family balance is viewed by Qataris as a socially and relationally constructed concept.

Feminist Convergences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Rottenberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
Market Rationality ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Political Boundaries ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Liberal Thought

This chapter examines Ivanka Trump’s Women Who Work in conjunction with Megyn Kelly’s memoir Settle for More and Ann-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished Business. It first demonstrates how Women Who Work should be read as a neoliberal feminist manifesto. Trump’s how-to-succeed guide encourages the conversion of “aspirational” women into generic human capital by reworking motherhood in managerial terms, whereby women are exhorted to carefully manage the time they spend with their children. Yet, the notion of a happy work-family balance continues to serve as the book’s ideal, rendering it part of the neoliberal feminist turn. The chapter then provides a comparative analysis of all three “how-to” books, revealing how an identical market rationality undergirds all three—despite being authored by women who identify with opposing political camps. It thus highlights how neoliberal rationality’s colonization of more domains of our lives has undone conceptual and political boundaries constitutive of liberalism and liberal thought.

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