Vereinbarkeitspolitik als Karrierepolitik - empirische Befunde und theoretische Überlegungen

Abstract

"Empirical Findings and Theoretical Considerations Recent research on the compatibility of family and work suggests decoupling as typical strategy businesses pursue with regards to societal expectations for family-friendly policies. The article presents three qualitative organizational case studies which basically confirm this diagnosis. However, it also brings to light findings that cannot be subsumed under the neoinstitutional explanatory model, including work-life balance policies as career policies. This gives rise to further theoretical considerations: Based on the pragmatist theory of differentiation (Renn 2006) this decoupling is reframed as context-sensitive translation. The case studies show that such a strategy opens up new possibilities of analysis: they can also be understood in terms of control theory, mechanisms of domination and inequality. The article concludes by proposing two theses which interpret the conditions for reconciling work and family life as unintended consequence of political regulation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gottwald, M. (2014): Vereinbarkeitspolitik als Karrierepolitik - empirische Befunde und theoretische Überlegungen. In: Gender, Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 26-42. DOI:10.3224/gender.v6i3.18544