Holth, L, Bergman, A and Mackenzie, R (2017) Gender, availability, and dual emancipation in the Swedish ICT sector. Work, Employment and Society, 31 (2). pp. 230-247. ISSN 0950-0170
Abstract
Set in the context of the Swedish state’s agenda of dual emancipation for women and men, the article shows how a global ICT consultancy company’s formal gender equality goal is undermined by competing demands. Employing the concept of availability, in preference to work-life balance, the research found women opted out of roles requiring high degrees of spatial and temporal availability for work, in favour of roles more easily combined with family responsibilities. Such choices led to poor career development, plus the loss of technological expertise and confidence. These outcomes were at odds with the company’s gender equality aims, as well as government objectives to make it easier for women and men to combine work and family, and increase the number of women within ICT.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, The Authors. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Work, Employment and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | availability; dual emancipation; gendered division of labour; ICT; IT consultants; work and family; work–life balance |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2016 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 07:46 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017016651378 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0950017016651378 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100439 |