Why do Spanish fathers still make little use of the family-friendly measures?

Autor:	Sabina Belope-Nguema, Lorenzo Escot, Eva Del Pozo-García, José Andrés Fernández-Cornejo
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	business.industry 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration General Social Sciences 050109 social psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Library and Information Sciences Public relations business Family-friendly 0506 political science
Zdroj:	Social Science Information. 59:355-379
ISSN:	1461-7412 0539-0184
Popis:	This article examines why Spanish fathers still make little use of the family-friendly measures (FFM) they are entitled to. Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach is applied to the analysis of this agency gap in work-family balance (WFB). Males wishing to balance work and family face a series of barriers that inhibit their use of FFM, creating a gap between the theoretical right to use these measures and the real ability to do so. We illustrate this broader issue with qualitative information collected from a Spanish sample (59 semi-structured interviews with 43 salaried fathers, 6 salaried mothers and 10 human resources (HR) managers). Three types of factors (conversion factors) that enhance/limit the capabilities of fathers to use reconciliation measures were considered: individual factors, policy and societal factors, and factors related to the organizational culture of workplaces.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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