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Narratives of spousal support for the careers of men in managerial posts (2017)

Heikkinen, S., & Lämsä, A.-M. (2017). Narratives of spousal support for the careers of men in managerial posts. Gender, Work and Organization, 24(2), 171-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12157

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JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Heikkinen, Suvi
Lämsä, Anna-Maija

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Heikkinen, Suvi; Lämsä, Anna-Maija

Lehti tai sarja: Gender, Work and Organization

ISSN: 0968-6673

eISSN: 1468-0432

Julkaisuvuosi: 2017

Volyymi: 24

Lehden numero: 2

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 171-193

Kustantaja: Blackwell Publishers

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12157

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53335

Tiivistelmä

This article analyses the narratives of men managers to see how they perceive their wives' support in relation to their careers. Our aim is to focus on different forms of spousal support and explore how the support can evolve in the course of the men's careers. We are also interested in what kind of gender relations men produce when narrating their experiences of spousal support for their career. The research material comprises interviews with 29 managers who are fathers. In contrast to many previous studies, the results here suggest that spousal support is not a fixed or uncomplicated phenomenon but is constructed as various and flexible by men: negotiated , enriching and declining. The narrative analysis, in which we detected three different story‐lines — romance, ‘happily‐ever‐after’ and tragedy — shows that the most positive narratives in terms of life satisfaction and career success were those in which spousal support was constructed as negotiated and men were willing to be flexible and adaptable in their gender relations with their spouse. More attention to a father's work and family integration is needed in the field of management and organizations.

YSO-asiasanat: miehet; isät; työura

Vapaat asiasanat: managers; spousal support; doing gender; narratives

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