Why Spanish Working Fathers Do not Request the Reconciliation Measures Available in Their Companies?

Many working fathers would be potential users of the existing reconciliation measures but they do not request them. One barrier they encounter is the lack of sensitivity on the part of corporate culture to men who want to balance work and family life. We use a sample of Spanish wage-earner fathers a...

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Autores: Belope Nguema, Sabina, Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés, Escot Mangas, Lorenzo, Pozo García, Eva María Del
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/12309
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12309
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reconciliation measures
Work–family conflict
Familia (Sociología)
Trabajo
5103.02 Filiación, Familia y Parentesco
Descripción
Sumario:Many working fathers would be potential users of the existing reconciliation measures but they do not request them. One barrier they encounter is the lack of sensitivity on the part of corporate culture to men who want to balance work and family life. We use a sample of Spanish wage-earner fathers and path analysis to analyze— following Sen’s capability approach—how companies that support the use of reconciliation measures by fathers can reduce the gap between theoretical rights to and effective use of reconciliation measures, which leads to a decrease in levels of work–family conflict experienced by these working fathers.