Women, Work and Family - final exam Flashcards
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary part time work?
Voluntary part time work: people choose part time work due to demands on their time
Involuntary part time work refers to situations where one wants full time work but they cannot find it. This form of work is increasing and is higher when the economy is poor
Outline different types of flexibility initiatives
- teleworking
- flex time
- flex place
- job sharing
What are some of the issues with employment equity?
- creates a male backlash
- doesn’t include all workplaces
- could include other vulnerable groups
- administration burden
What is the definition of workplace harassment?
Workplace harassment refers to objectionable, unwelcome conduct, comments or actions at any event or location related to work which can reasonably be expected to humiliate, offend, degrade, intimidate etc.
Outline the MeToo movement
- Spread virally in 2017 in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace
- Followed the Hollywood scandal with Harvey Weinstein (and subsequently a long line of others)
- People (high profile and not) tweeted their experiences
- In Canada, the result has been a great increase in number of calls to rape crisis centres and women’s shelters
- Conversation regarding harassments and assaults in Canada has taken on stream before the Hollywood movement, but that movement helped increase the sense of urgency for progress toward long term change
Summarise Good and Cooper’s work
Discusses sexual harassment in the service sector. Found there are different responses - formal and informal. Draws attention to sexual harassment from customers rather than colleagues.
What is the link between sexual harassment and emotional labour?
Jobs within the service sector require a huge level of emotional labour. Additionally, in order to deal with uncomfortable situations, women often have to resort to emotional labour to manage them.
According to Good and Cooper, why are people discouraged from reporting sexual harassment?
Social norms and working conditions discourage employees from complaining formally about harassment
Who is the key theorist that discuss hours of work?
Fudge
Who are the key theorists that discuss balancing work and family?
Doucet
McDaniel
Also Hari (2017) discusses the work-life balance in relation to technology
Who are the key theorists that discuss policies on inequality?
Leck (2002) and Baines and Freeman
Who are the key theorists that discuss maternity leave/unemployment and the state?
Albanese
Little
Who are the key theorists that discuss childcare?
Baker
Sempruch
Who are the key theorists that discuss older workers?
Mandell and Wilson
Grady
Who are the key theorists that discuss sexual harassment?
Kensbock et al (2015)
Good and Cooper
