Marjan Nadim
Biographic Data
| ID | 131186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjan Nadim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjan |
| FAMILY NAME | Nadim |
| SIGNATURE | NADIM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Social Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7517-4676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia
Work devotion in academia is often described as a cultural mandate that defines work as a calling deserving of undivided allegiance. Critical perspectives point to how this ideal worker norm has gendered consequences and produces performance expectations that only a worker without care responsibilities can satisfy. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 92 PhD holders, this study examines the range of strategies women and men use to navigate and ref…
The impact of online harassment on trust: Survey evidence from Denmark and Norway
Online harassment is shown to have democratic consequences by limiting freedom of expression, disrupting public discourse, reinforcing prejudice and hostility, and creating barriers for online participation. However, there has been less attention to how online harassment relates to trust, which is a key component of well-functioning democracies. This study investigates the relationship between experiences with online harassment and different form…
How do minorities decide what is racist? Dealing with unease through interpretations and strategic action
Vilhelm Auberts minneforelesning 2023
Et mer polarisert samfunn
Making sense of hate: Young Muslims' understandings of online racism in Norway
For active internet users, exposure to racist content has become commonplace. However, little scholarly attention has been given to experiences of racism online. Building on a qualitative study, this article examines how young Muslims in Norway make sense of online racism and hateful content targeting their group identities. The article develops an analytical framework for studying lay understandings of online racism by analysing how young Muslim…
Gendered Consequences of Social Mobility: Second-Generation Immigrants' Work-Care Considerations in High-Status Occupations in Norway
Across Europe, children of low-educated migrants are entering high-status occupations. While the research literature has accounted for the determinants of this social mobility, few studies have explored how social mobility affects the lives of second-generation immigrant men and women in different ways. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 62 descendants of migrants in high-status occupations in Norway, this article asks how second-generation wome…
The Hierarchy of Care Work: How Immigrants Influence the Gender-Segregated Labor Market
The devaluation of care work is regarded as a main explanation for the dominance of women in care work. However, less attention has been paid to how such devaluation affects not only the gender balance of jobs but also their ethnic and racial composition. This article examines patterns of gender and ethnic segregation and inequality within different types of care work. Using high-quality linked administrative register data covering the period 200…
Navigating to the Top in an Egalitarian Welfare State: Institutional Opportunity Structures of Second-generation Social Mobility
A large body of work has demonstrated the substantial intergenerational mobility experienced by children of immigrants, yet the institutional determinants of incorporation are poorly understood. Building on insights from neo-classical assimilation theory, this article analyzes in-depth interviews with 62 high-achieving children of labor immigrants from Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Morocco and investigates how they maneuvered through Norway’s educ…
Innledning til spesialnummer om 22. juli‐kommisjonen
The impact of having a child with special needs: Labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers
This article compares how having a child with special needs shapes the labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers. We use longitudinal data from Norwegian public registers including all women who gave birth between 2001 and 2005 ( N = 104,988), and follow the mothers from two years before birth to four years after birth. We find generally large differences in employment and income among immigrant and majority mothers. Majority mo…
Embracing gender equality: Gender-role attitudes among second-generation immigrants in Norway
The consequences of immigration for gender equality is of high public concern. A key issue is to what extent the children of immigrants adopt the more gender-egalitarian workâ family attitudes and practices prevalent in the societies where they have grown u
Men doing women's dirty work: Desegregation, immigrants and employer preferences in the cleaning industry in Norway
The literature on gender desegregation has documented the gendered nature of employment hierarchies and opportunities, but less work has examined how the influx of immigrants in the labour market might affect employment hierarchies and gender segregation. This study examines employers' perceptions of ‘the suitable cleaner' — a traditionally female‐dominated occupation that has received a substantial number of male immigrant workers. Departing fro…
Silencing Women? Gender and Online Harassment
While gendered online harassment has received increased attention in academic and public debates, there is a lack of empirical studies examining gender differences in experiences with online harassment. Relying on two independent large-scale population surveys carried out in Norway, this article examines whether women experience more—and different—online harassment than men, to what extent different types of online harassment silence its targets,…
Ethnic niche formation at the top? Second-generation immigrants in Norwegian high-status occupations
As an increasing number of highly educated second-generation immigrants are entering the labour market, their occupational trajectories are of growing interest. This article examines processes of mainstream inclusion and ethnic niche formation among second-generation individuals in three high-status professions in Norway: medicine, law and business and finance. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 62 descendants of labour migrants from Pakistan, T…
Gendered effects of intensified care burdens: Employment and sickness absence in families with chronically sick or disabled children in Norway
Using longitudinal register data from Norway, the article examines the impact of having a child with intensified care needs on maternal and paternal employment, within a gender equality promoting welfare state. The hypothesis is that parents with a chronically sick or disabled child will have lower employment probabilities, lower labour earnings and higher sickness absence than parents with a healthy child, and that mothers are more affected than…
Undermining the Male Breadwinner Ideal? Understandings of Women's Paid Work among Second-Generation Immigrants in Norway
The traditional male breadwinner model, where men are responsible for economic provision while women are responsible for the home, is in decline across the western world as women are increasingly taking up paid employment. However, the meaning of breadwinning in the context of people's everyday family lives has received little academic attention. Based on qualitative interviews, this article analyses how the adult children of Pakistani immigrants…
Generalisering og bruken av analytiske kategorier i kvalitativ forskning
Reinterpreting the Relation between Motherhood and Paid Work: Second-Generation Immigrant Women in Norway
A pertinent question in contemporary Europe is whether the children of immigrants will reproduce the gender-complementary practices and ideals of the immigrant generation, which often include strong expectations that women should prioritize family obligations over the pursuit of paid work. This article analyses the cultural and moral understandings at stake in second-generation women's reflections on and practices of combining motherhood and paid…
Transnational Marriages and Second-Generation Women's Employment
This article studies transnational marriages among the second generation and analyses the processes through which transnational marriages shape second-generation women's attachment to work. Based on in-depth interviews with second-generation women of Pakistani descent in Norway, along with some of their husbands, the article identifies three processes through which transnational marriages can shape women's attachment to work: 1) conflicting expec…
Sharam Alghasi, Elisabeth Eide og Thomas Hylland Eriksen (red.): Den globale drabantbyen: Groruddalen og det nye Norge
Silencing Women? Gender and Online Harassment
While gendered online harassment has received increased attention in academic and public debates, there is a lack of empirical studies examining gender differences in experiences with online harassment. Relying on two independent large-scale population surveys carried out in Norway, this article examines whether women experience more—and different—online harassment than men, to what extent different types of online harassment silence its targets,…
Men doing women's dirty work: Desegregation, immigrants and employer preferences in the cleaning industry in Norway
The literature on gender desegregation has documented the gendered nature of employment hierarchies and opportunities, but less work has examined how the influx of immigrants in the labour market might affect employment hierarchies and gender segregation. This study examines employers' perceptions of ‘the suitable cleaner' — a traditionally female‐dominated occupation that has received a substantial number of male immigrant workers. Departing fro…
Gendered effects of intensified care burdens: Employment and sickness absence in families with chronically sick or disabled children in Norway
Using longitudinal register data from Norway, the article examines the impact of having a child with intensified care needs on maternal and paternal employment, within a gender equality promoting welfare state. The hypothesis is that parents with a chronically sick or disabled child will have lower employment probabilities, lower labour earnings and higher sickness absence than parents with a healthy child, and that mothers are more affected than…
Navigating to the Top in an Egalitarian Welfare State: Institutional Opportunity Structures of Second-generation Social Mobility
A large body of work has demonstrated the substantial intergenerational mobility experienced by children of immigrants, yet the institutional determinants of incorporation are poorly understood. Building on insights from neo-classical assimilation theory, this article analyzes in-depth interviews with 62 high-achieving children of labor immigrants from Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Morocco and investigates how they maneuvered through Norway’s educ…
Undermining the Male Breadwinner Ideal? Understandings of Women's Paid Work among Second-Generation Immigrants in Norway
The traditional male breadwinner model, where men are responsible for economic provision while women are responsible for the home, is in decline across the western world as women are increasingly taking up paid employment. However, the meaning of breadwinning in the context of people's everyday family lives has received little academic attention. Based on qualitative interviews, this article analyses how the adult children of Pakistani immigrants…
Reinterpreting the Relation between Motherhood and Paid Work: Second-Generation Immigrant Women in Norway
A pertinent question in contemporary Europe is whether the children of immigrants will reproduce the gender-complementary practices and ideals of the immigrant generation, which often include strong expectations that women should prioritize family obligations over the pursuit of paid work. This article analyses the cultural and moral understandings at stake in second-generation women's reflections on and practices of combining motherhood and paid…
The Hierarchy of Care Work: How Immigrants Influence the Gender-Segregated Labor Market
The devaluation of care work is regarded as a main explanation for the dominance of women in care work. However, less attention has been paid to how such devaluation affects not only the gender balance of jobs but also their ethnic and racial composition. This article examines patterns of gender and ethnic segregation and inequality within different types of care work. Using high-quality linked administrative register data covering the period 200…
Making sense of hate: Young Muslims' understandings of online racism in Norway
For active internet users, exposure to racist content has become commonplace. However, little scholarly attention has been given to experiences of racism online. Building on a qualitative study, this article examines how young Muslims in Norway make sense of online racism and hateful content targeting their group identities. The article develops an analytical framework for studying lay understandings of online racism by analysing how young Muslim…
Embracing gender equality: Gender-role attitudes among second-generation immigrants in Norway
The consequences of immigration for gender equality is of high public concern. A key issue is to what extent the children of immigrants adopt the more gender-egalitarian workâ family attitudes and practices prevalent in the societies where they have grown u
Ethnic niche formation at the top? Second-generation immigrants in Norwegian high-status occupations
As an increasing number of highly educated second-generation immigrants are entering the labour market, their occupational trajectories are of growing interest. This article examines processes of mainstream inclusion and ethnic niche formation among second-generation individuals in three high-status professions in Norway: medicine, law and business and finance. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 62 descendants of labour migrants from Pakistan, T…
The impact of having a child with special needs: Labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers
This article compares how having a child with special needs shapes the labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers. We use longitudinal data from Norwegian public registers including all women who gave birth between 2001 and 2005 ( N = 104,988), and follow the mothers from two years before birth to four years after birth. We find generally large differences in employment and income among immigrant and majority mothers. Majority mo…
Transnational Marriages and Second-Generation Women's Employment
This article studies transnational marriages among the second generation and analyses the processes through which transnational marriages shape second-generation women's attachment to work. Based on in-depth interviews with second-generation women of Pakistani descent in Norway, along with some of their husbands, the article identifies three processes through which transnational marriages can shape women's attachment to work: 1) conflicting expec…
How do minorities decide what is racist? Dealing with unease through interpretations and strategic action
Sharam Alghasi, Elisabeth Eide og Thomas Hylland Eriksen (red.): Den globale drabantbyen: Groruddalen og det nye Norge
Reinterpreting the Relation between Motherhood and Paid Work: Second-Generation Immigrant Women in Norway
A pertinent question in contemporary Europe is whether the children of immigrants will reproduce the gender-complementary practices and ideals of the immigrant generation, which often include strong expectations that women should prioritize family obligations over the pursuit of paid work. This article analyses the cultural and moral understandings at stake in second-generation women's reflections on and practices of combining motherhood and paid…
Transnational Marriages and Second-Generation Women's Employment
This article studies transnational marriages among the second generation and analyses the processes through which transnational marriages shape second-generation women's attachment to work. Based on in-depth interviews with second-generation women of Pakistani descent in Norway, along with some of their husbands, the article identifies three processes through which transnational marriages can shape women's attachment to work: 1) conflicting expec…
Generalisering og bruken av analytiske kategorier i kvalitativ forskning
Undermining the Male Breadwinner Ideal? Understandings of Women's Paid Work among Second-Generation Immigrants in Norway
The traditional male breadwinner model, where men are responsible for economic provision while women are responsible for the home, is in decline across the western world as women are increasingly taking up paid employment. However, the meaning of breadwinning in the context of people's everyday family lives has received little academic attention. Based on qualitative interviews, this article analyses how the adult children of Pakistani immigrants…
Gendered effects of intensified care burdens: Employment and sickness absence in families with chronically sick or disabled children in Norway
Using longitudinal register data from Norway, the article examines the impact of having a child with intensified care needs on maternal and paternal employment, within a gender equality promoting welfare state. The hypothesis is that parents with a chronically sick or disabled child will have lower employment probabilities, lower labour earnings and higher sickness absence than parents with a healthy child, and that mothers are more affected than…
Men doing women's dirty work: Desegregation, immigrants and employer preferences in the cleaning industry in Norway
The literature on gender desegregation has documented the gendered nature of employment hierarchies and opportunities, but less work has examined how the influx of immigrants in the labour market might affect employment hierarchies and gender segregation. This study examines employers' perceptions of ‘the suitable cleaner' — a traditionally female‐dominated occupation that has received a substantial number of male immigrant workers. Departing fro…
Silencing Women? Gender and Online Harassment
While gendered online harassment has received increased attention in academic and public debates, there is a lack of empirical studies examining gender differences in experiences with online harassment. Relying on two independent large-scale population surveys carried out in Norway, this article examines whether women experience more—and different—online harassment than men, to what extent different types of online harassment silence its targets,…
Ethnic niche formation at the top? Second-generation immigrants in Norwegian high-status occupations
As an increasing number of highly educated second-generation immigrants are entering the labour market, their occupational trajectories are of growing interest. This article examines processes of mainstream inclusion and ethnic niche formation among second-generation individuals in three high-status professions in Norway: medicine, law and business and finance. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 62 descendants of labour migrants from Pakistan, T…
Embracing gender equality: Gender-role attitudes among second-generation immigrants in Norway
The consequences of immigration for gender equality is of high public concern. A key issue is to what extent the children of immigrants adopt the more gender-egalitarian workâ family attitudes and practices prevalent in the societies where they have grown u
The impact of having a child with special needs: Labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers
This article compares how having a child with special needs shapes the labour market adaptations of immigrant and majority mothers. We use longitudinal data from Norwegian public registers including all women who gave birth between 2001 and 2005 ( N = 104,988), and follow the mothers from two years before birth to four years after birth. We find generally large differences in employment and income among immigrant and majority mothers. Majority mo…
The Hierarchy of Care Work: How Immigrants Influence the Gender-Segregated Labor Market
The devaluation of care work is regarded as a main explanation for the dominance of women in care work. However, less attention has been paid to how such devaluation affects not only the gender balance of jobs but also their ethnic and racial composition. This article examines patterns of gender and ethnic segregation and inequality within different types of care work. Using high-quality linked administrative register data covering the period 200…
Navigating to the Top in an Egalitarian Welfare State: Institutional Opportunity Structures of Second-generation Social Mobility
A large body of work has demonstrated the substantial intergenerational mobility experienced by children of immigrants, yet the institutional determinants of incorporation are poorly understood. Building on insights from neo-classical assimilation theory, this article analyzes in-depth interviews with 62 high-achieving children of labor immigrants from Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Morocco and investigates how they maneuvered through Norway’s educ…
Innledning til spesialnummer om 22. juli‐kommisjonen
Et mer polarisert samfunn
Making sense of hate: Young Muslims' understandings of online racism in Norway
For active internet users, exposure to racist content has become commonplace. However, little scholarly attention has been given to experiences of racism online. Building on a qualitative study, this article examines how young Muslims in Norway make sense of online racism and hateful content targeting their group identities. The article develops an analytical framework for studying lay understandings of online racism by analysing how young Muslim…
Gendered Consequences of Social Mobility: Second-Generation Immigrants' Work-Care Considerations in High-Status Occupations in Norway
Across Europe, children of low-educated migrants are entering high-status occupations. While the research literature has accounted for the determinants of this social mobility, few studies have explored how social mobility affects the lives of second-generation immigrant men and women in different ways. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 62 descendants of migrants in high-status occupations in Norway, this article asks how second-generation wome…
Vilhelm Auberts minneforelesning 2023
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia
Work devotion in academia is often described as a cultural mandate that defines work as a calling deserving of undivided allegiance. Critical perspectives point to how this ideal worker norm has gendered consequences and produces performance expectations that only a worker without care responsibilities can satisfy. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 92 PhD holders, this study examines the range of strategies women and men use to navigate and ref…
The impact of online harassment on trust: Survey evidence from Denmark and Norway
Online harassment is shown to have democratic consequences by limiting freedom of expression, disrupting public discourse, reinforcing prejudice and hostility, and creating barriers for online participation. However, there has been less attention to how online harassment relates to trust, which is a key component of well-functioning democracies. This study investigates the relationship between experiences with online harassment and different form…
How do minorities decide what is racist? Dealing with unease through interpretations and strategic action
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Immigration (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Norwegian (6 works) · Ethnic group (4 works)