WorkFamReC - State and company-level work-family reconciliation policies and maternal employment. An analysis from a capability approach perspective

WorkFamReC - 国家和公司层面的工作与家庭协调政策和孕产妇就业。

• 批准号: 381572024
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Kerstin Pull
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl Personal und Organisation
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/381572024?language=en
• 关键词: WorkFamReC; State; company; level; work

Inconsistent results of previous research on the impact of public policies on maternal employment as well as large unexplained variance in maternal employment patterns call for alternative explanations. A recently growing body of literature has theoretically highlighted the importance of the cultural context for maternal work engagement. Nevertheless, there is scarcity of studies which analyse the interaction effects between different aspects of cultural context and the impact of public policies, as well as company work-family reconciliation policies on maternal employment. In our project we aim to contribute to the literature in this respect. Our basic theoretical framework is based on Kurowskas adaptation of Amartya Sens Capability Approach to comparative analysis of family policies (Kurowska 2016a). This framework enables to conceptualize the relationships between different means designed for work-family reconciliation and the observed work engagement of mothers, with a particular focus on the role of cultural context. Our project proposal aims to explore the role of cultural context as a converting factor (Sen 1999) in moderating the impact of public childcare policy and flexible working arrangements at the company level on maternal (capability for) work engagement, work-family reconciliation and work-life balance achievement. When exploring the impact of cultural context, we will particularly focus on attitudes towards maternal employment/parenting/childcare orthodoxies and working environment. We will also look at the relationships between informal and formal childcare, i.e. two types of means which are used to achieve the valued functionings (Sen 1999), such as work engagement, work-family reconciliation and work-life balance. Doing so, we will pay particular attention to appropriate estimation and identification strategies.

先前关于公共政策对孕产妇就业的影响以及孕产妇就业方式的巨大差异的研究结果不一致。从理论上讲，最近不断发展的文献强调了文化背景对于孕产妇工作的重要性。然而，研究很少，可以分析文化背景的不同方面与公共政策的影响之间的相互作用，以及公司与户主和解政策对孕产妇就业的影响。在我们的项目中，我们旨在在这方面为文献做出贡献。我们的基本理论框架基于Kurowskas的适应Amartya Sens能力方法对家庭政策的比较分析（Kurowska 2016a）。该框架使能够概念化用于工作家庭和解的不同手段与观察到的母亲的工作参与之间的关系，并特别关注文化背景的作用。我们的项目建议旨在探讨文化背景作为转变因素的作用（SEN 1999）在调节公共育儿政策和公司层面上灵活的工作安排对孕产妇（能力）工作参与，工作家庭和解和工作生活生活平衡成就方面的影响。在探索文化背景的影响时，我们将特别专注于对母亲就业/育儿/育儿正统观念和工作环境的态度。我们还将研究非正式和正式育儿之间的关系，即用于实现有价值的功能的两种类型的手段（Sen 1999），例如工作参与，工作家庭和解和工作与生活的平衡。这样做，我们将特别关注适当的估计和识别策略。