I am father : an analysis of masculine identities of professionally employed fathers and their parental leave decisions
| dc.contributor.author | Rice, Joseph Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Runté, Mary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-08T21:11:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-08T21:11:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description | x, 85 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This 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.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10133/2572 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Management, c2008 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Management | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Project (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Parental leave | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fathers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Work and family | en_US |
| dc.title | I am father : an analysis of masculine identities of professionally employed fathers and their parental leave decisions | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |