I am father : an analysis of masculine identities of professionally employed fathers and their parental leave decisions

dc.contributor.authorRice, Joseph Robert
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management
dc.contributor.supervisorRunté, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-08T21:11:23Z
dc.date.available2011-12-08T21:11:23Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionx, 85 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis project attempts to apply Hearn’s (2004) proposed seven aspects of the hegemony of men by investigating the decision-making process of male professors deciding whether to exercise parental leave benefits available to them. Focusing on the parental leave decision allows me to gather detailed data about how men relate their family and work obligations into their perceptions of masculinity and their identities as fathers. Recognizing that parental leave taken by men is socially progressive, it may constitute a weakness in the hegemony of men as described by Hearn (2004). The motivation behind fathers’ parental leave decisions may go beyond legalities and organizational policies. Masculinity’s predetermined gender roles combined with identity may be a source of contradictory influences on the decision to pursue parental leave rights provided by the Canadian government. Therefore, I studied the extent to which the hegemony of men influences the individual’s decision-making process.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2572
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Management, c2008en_US
dc.publisher.facultyManagementen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProject (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management)en_US
dc.subjectParental leaveen_US
dc.subjectFathersen_US
dc.subjectWork and familyen_US
dc.titleI am father : an analysis of masculine identities of professionally employed fathers and their parental leave decisionsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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