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<div class="csl-entry">Mikats, J., Zedlacher, E., & Hartner-Tiefenthaler, M. (2025, July 27). <i>Blue-Collar Fathers’ Temporal Strategies for Childcare in a Compressed Workweek and its Implications</i> [Conference Presentation]. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Kopenhagen, Denmark. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/225837</div>
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/225837
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dc.description.abstract
In the blue-collar sector, the 4-day week is often implemented through compressed work schedules (CWS). There is a lack of research on how four longer working days shape fathers’ involvement in childcare and gender equality in the family. We used a grounded theory approach to analyze 32 semi-structured interviews with workers from nine Austrian blue-collar organizations. Drawing on practice theory, we identified three temporal strategies that workers employed to deal with the reduced time for non-work in CWS: skipping, squeezing in, and postponing activities. Through these strategies, fathers create quality time on weekends, but reduce their daily involvement in childcare. By spotlighting three cases of blue-collar fathers with distinct family arrangements, we integrate this temporal perspective into a relational care approach: The fixed temporality of CWS fosters more unequal or dichotomous gender relations in the family, as the father’s daily childcare activities must be delegated to another caregiver. Fathers who remain involved in daily childcare do so under time pressure and at the expense of self-care. The findings imply that the introduction of a 4-day workweek must be accompanied by a reduction in working hours and organizational responsibility for fathers’ involvement in childcare in order to achieve gender equality.
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dc.description.sponsorship
Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich
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dc.language.iso
en
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dc.subject
compressed work
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dc.subject
blue-collar sector
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dc.subject
fathers
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dc.title
Blue-Collar Fathers’ Temporal Strategies for Childcare in a Compressed Workweek and its Implications
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dc.type
Presentation
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dc.type
Vortrag
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dc.contributor.affiliation
Webster Vienna Private University, Austria
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dc.contributor.affiliation
Webster Vienna Private University, Austria
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dc.relation.grantno
9999999
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dc.type.category
Conference Presentation
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tuw.project.title
Four is more? - Ein Vergleich von unterschiedlichen Modellen der 4-Tage-Woche mit einer Begleitstudie in niederösterreichischen Betrieben
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tuw.researchTopic.id
X1
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Beyond TUW-research focus
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tuw.researchTopic.value
100
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E330-01 - Forschungsbereich Arbeitswissenschaft und Organisation
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tuw.author.orcid
0000-0003-0449-1364
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tuw.author.orcid
0000-0003-1597-3975
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tuw.event.name
85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
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tuw.event.startdate
01-01-2009
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tuw.event.enddate
01-01-2009
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tuw.event.online
On Site
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tuw.event.type
Event for scientific audience
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tuw.event.place
Kopenhagen
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tuw.event.country
DK
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tuw.event.presenter
Zedlacher, Eva
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tuw.event.track
Multi Track
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wb.sciencebranch
Soziologie
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wb.sciencebranch
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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wb.sciencebranch
Psychologie
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
5040
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
5020
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
5010
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wb.sciencebranch.value
40
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wb.sciencebranch.value
50
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wb.sciencebranch.value
10
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no Fulltext
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item.languageiso639-1
en
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Publications
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none
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http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cp
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item.openairetype
conference paper not in proceedings
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crisitem.project.funder
Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich
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crisitem.project.grantno
9999999
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crisitem.author.dept
Webster Vienna Private University, Austria
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crisitem.author.dept
E330 - Institut für Managementwissenschaften
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crisitem.author.dept
E330-01 - Forschungsbereich Arbeitswissenschaft und Organisation
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crisitem.author.orcid
0000-0003-0449-1364
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crisitem.author.orcid
0000-0003-1597-3975
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crisitem.author.parentorg
E300 - Fakultät für Maschinenwesen und Betriebswissenschaften
