TY - JOUR
T1 - Fathering Identities and Men’s Engagement With Flexible Working Arrangements
AU - Ewald, Alina
AU - Gilbert, Emilee
AU - Huppatz, Kate
AU - Perin, Kurt
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - This research examines how fathering identities and normative gendered expectations shape the way men engage with a broad range of flexible working arrangements (FWAs). Forty-three heterosexual white-collar Australian fathers participated in this qualitative research, involving one-to-one semi structured interviews which were discursively analysed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. Three fathering identities emerged from the data: “The Present and Visible Father”, “The Involved and Competent Father”, and “The Father as Helper.” The findings demonstrate that fathering identities have a profound impact on men’s flexible working practices, that fathering identity is fluid and complex, and that a tension still exists between the expectations surrounding involved fathering, persistent traditional fathering norms, and the material reality of men’s work practices.
AB - This research examines how fathering identities and normative gendered expectations shape the way men engage with a broad range of flexible working arrangements (FWAs). Forty-three heterosexual white-collar Australian fathers participated in this qualitative research, involving one-to-one semi structured interviews which were discursively analysed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. Three fathering identities emerged from the data: “The Present and Visible Father”, “The Involved and Competent Father”, and “The Father as Helper.” The findings demonstrate that fathering identities have a profound impact on men’s flexible working practices, that fathering identity is fluid and complex, and that a tension still exists between the expectations surrounding involved fathering, persistent traditional fathering norms, and the material reality of men’s work practices.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:77169
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190436332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10608265241245902
DO - 10.1177/10608265241245902
M3 - Article
SN - 1060-8265
VL - 32
SP - 530
EP - 551
JO - Journal of Men's Studies
JF - Journal of Men's Studies
IS - 3
ER -