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| Author: | Halrynjo, S. Lyng, S. T. |
| Title: | Preferences, constraints or schemas of devotion? Exploring Norwegian mothers' withdrawals from high-commitment careers |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2009 : JUN, VOL. 60:2, p. 321-343 |
| Index terms: | work conflict preferences gender careers equality Norway commitment welfare state |
| Freeterms: | family balance schemas of devotion policies shifts |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The paper drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian mothers who are relinquishing high-commitment careers of law and consultancy and explores the adequacy of established explanations emphasizing constraints vs. individual preferences. Based on the sample. It is argued the following: 1)the approach emphasizing practical constraints does not sufficiently account for the withdrawal from high-commitment careers among these female professionals. 2)the culturally constructed rationalities and schemas of both work and family devotions. 3)mechanisms and steps in a seemingly individual process of making the shift in commitment from a promising career to a family-friendly job. The author analyzes demonstrates how generous parental leave arrangements designed to enhance gender equality and workfamily balance by simply reducing practical constraints may have limited or even counterproductive impact within high-commitment occupations where the `irreplaceability` of workers is taken for granted as well as that unless the culturally (re)produced discourses, demands and expectations of both work and family are exposed and challenged, even intentionally gender neutral workfamily policies will continue to facilitate mothers' career withdrawals, expressed as modified individual preferences. |
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