Sigtona Halrynjo
Biographic Data
| ID | 254194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sigtona Halrynjo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sigtona |
| FAMILY NAME | Halrynjo |
| SIGNATURE | HALRYNJO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Forskning.no (Norway) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7890-151X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dual Dynamics of Worktime: Gendered Work–Family Dilemmas of Worktime‐as‐Investment and Worktime‐as‐Agreement
This article explores the dynamics of worktime and its implications for work–family reconciliation and gender equality. By introducing the concepts of worktime‐as‐investment in contrast to worktime‐as‐agreement , we explore how time and availability for work operate in different types of careers and identify the underlying logics upholding or reducing work–family struggles and gender inequality. Drawing on 63 in‐depth interviews with Norwegian fi…
(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…
Child-Centered Versus Work-Centered Fathers' Leave: Changing Fatherhood Ideals Versus Persisting Workplace Dynamics
Fathers' parental leave use has often been explained by differing fatherhood ideals among low vs. highly educated fathers. However, recent research reveals that 75% of the educational-level impact stems from workplace differences. Therefore, a deeper understanding of how workplace dynamics interact with both fathers' ideals and actual leave practices is needed. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian fathers with and without higher educatio…
Gender quotas for corporate boards: Do they lead to more women in senior executive management
Purpose The European Union (EU) has recently adopted gender quotas for corporate boards (CBQ), anticipating ripple effects on women’s careers in the companies concerned, as well as throughout the economy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether CBQ has spurred ripple effects and discuss mechanisms hindering or facilitating women’s occupancy of top executive positions. Design/methodology/approach Norway was the first country in the wor…
Motherhood Penalty—Beyond Bias? From Stereotypes to Substitutability Structures
Mothers continue to experience lower wages and slower career progression than fathers. Are mothers penalized due to prejudice or due to the costs of family-friendly work conditions? Our review of experimental studies on motherhood bias reveals a paradox: implicit bias against mothers is evident in many US and European studies, but absent in Scandinavian experimental studies; yet, mothers still face a wage and career gap. We revisit explanations r…
Mer likestilling med fedrekvote?: Naturlige eksperimenter i norsk kontekst
En viktig målsetting med fedrekvoten i foreldrepengeordningen har vært å fremme en jevnere fordeling av familie- og yrkesarbeidet blant foreldre. Både i den offentlige debatten og blant forskere har det vært en klar forventning om at fedrekvoten skal bidra til større likestilling hjemme og ute. Studier av fedrekvotereformer i Norge viser imidlertid ikke klare effekter for de første som er omfattet av reformene. Dette gjelder både innføringen av k…
A woman’s cause? Popular attitudes towards pension credits for childcare in Norway
In many countries – including Norway – concerns about the persistent gender gap in pensions have led to the introduction of child credits that compensate mothers for losing accrued pension rights while they care for small children. In political debates child credits are typically framed as being unequivocally women-friendly. But, although they help to reduce the gender gap in pension income, they tend to discourage mothers’ paid work and favour c…
Gender Balance in Executive Management: Top-Managers’ Understanding of Barriers and Solutions from the Demand–Supply Perspective
Gender Balance in Executive Management: Top-Managers' Understanding of Barriers and Solutions from the Demand–Supply Perspective
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society - Volume 25, Number 2, Summer 2018
Work–Family Dynamics: Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
Mindre spesialisering med fedrekvote: Foreldrepermisjonens potensial for å endre arbeidsdelingenblant foreldre
Økt likestilling mellom mødre og fedre i familie- og yrkesliv, altså mindre grad av kjønnsspesialisering, var et uttalt mål for innføring av fedrekvoten. Forskning gir imidlertid ulike svar på hvorvidt fedrekvoten har bidratt til mer likestilling. Kvalitative studier og studier som ser på statistiske korrelasjoner, viser en klar sammenheng mellom fars permisjonsbruk og mors og fars tilpasning til arbeid og familie på sikt. Kvasi-eksperimentelle s…
Naming and Framing of Intersectionality in Hijab Cases — Does It Matter? An Analysis of Discrimination Cases in Scandinavia and the Netherlands
This article examines how intersectionality is recognized in hijab discrimination cases brought before the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch equality bodies. Hijab cases are regarded as a perfect example of intersectionality, as religion and gender are interwoven in the use of the Muslim veil. The theoretical shift towards intersectionality has influenced substantial revisions of equality policies, bodies and laws. Recognizing intersectionalit…
Is transition support a hurdle to getting a job
This article investigates the impact of school to work transition support for young disabled adults. We specifically examine the claims of what we have termed the ‘hurdle theory’ of transition support, which dominates Norwegian disability research. The fundamental assumption of this theory is that there is a negative relationship between transition support and employment outcomes. We use a cross-sectional sample of 245 young disabled Norwegian ad…
Multidimensional Discrimination in Judicial Practice: A Legal Comparison between Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands
The concept of multidimensional discrimination is claimed to pose considerable challenges for judicial practice. The methods for tackling discrimination on more than one ground have been extensively discussed in the literature but not yet comprehensively analysed empirically. The present study compares and analyses the case law of the Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish equality bodies concerning gender-plus discrimination in the labour market. …
Sluttreplikk til Ragnhild Steen Jensen
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner Basert på spørreskjema- og intervjudata utforsker denne artikkelen betydningen av foreldreskap og arbeid-familietilpasning for karriererealisering blant eliteutdannede kvinner og menn. Vi finner ingen kjønnsforskjell i karriererealisering mellom kvinner og menn uten barn, men derimot en betydelig forskjell mellom mødre og fedre. Analysene viser at preferanser …
Preferences, constraints or schemas of devotion? Exploring Norwegian mothers' withdrawals from high-commitment careers1
Despite decades of focus on gender equality and work-family balance, parenthood still affects mothers' and fathers' careers differently. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian mothers who are relinquishing high-commitment careers of law and consultancy, this paper questions the adequacy of established explanations emphasizing constraints vs. individual preferences. Our sample of female professionals living in a well-developed welfare state…
Men's Work–life Conflict: Career, Care and Self‐realization: Patterns of Privileges and Dilemmas
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of men's work–life reconciliation by developing a typology of work and care adaptations drawing on a sample of 102 European men, aged 21–64, working in different work organizations. The article combines qualitative and quantitative data. Multiple correspondence analysis is used to investigate the men's actual adaptations to work, care and self‐realization. ‘Volume of work’ and ‘volume of…
Preferences, constraints or schemas of devotion? Exploring Norwegian mothers' withdrawals from high-commitment careers1
Despite decades of focus on gender equality and work-family balance, parenthood still affects mothers' and fathers' careers differently. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian mothers who are relinquishing high-commitment careers of law and consultancy, this paper questions the adequacy of established explanations emphasizing constraints vs. individual preferences. Our sample of female professionals living in a well-developed welfare state…
Men's Work–life Conflict: Career, Care and Self‐realization: Patterns of Privileges and Dilemmas
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of men's work–life reconciliation by developing a typology of work and care adaptations drawing on a sample of 102 European men, aged 21–64, working in different work organizations. The article combines qualitative and quantitative data. Multiple correspondence analysis is used to investigate the men's actual adaptations to work, care and self‐realization. ‘Volume of work’ and ‘volume of…
Naming and Framing of Intersectionality in Hijab Cases — Does It Matter? An Analysis of Discrimination Cases in Scandinavia and the Netherlands
This article examines how intersectionality is recognized in hijab discrimination cases brought before the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch equality bodies. Hijab cases are regarded as a perfect example of intersectionality, as religion and gender are interwoven in the use of the Muslim veil. The theoretical shift towards intersectionality has influenced substantial revisions of equality policies, bodies and laws. Recognizing intersectionalit…
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner Basert på spørreskjema- og intervjudata utforsker denne artikkelen betydningen av foreldreskap og arbeid-familietilpasning for karriererealisering blant eliteutdannede kvinner og menn. Vi finner ingen kjønnsforskjell i karriererealisering mellom kvinner og menn uten barn, men derimot en betydelig forskjell mellom mødre og fedre. Analysene viser at preferanser …
Gender Balance in Executive Management: Top-Managers' Understanding of Barriers and Solutions from the Demand–Supply Perspective
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society - Volume 25, Number 2, Summer 2018
Motherhood Penalty—Beyond Bias? From Stereotypes to Substitutability Structures
Mothers continue to experience lower wages and slower career progression than fathers. Are mothers penalized due to prejudice or due to the costs of family-friendly work conditions? Our review of experimental studies on motherhood bias reveals a paradox: implicit bias against mothers is evident in many US and European studies, but absent in Scandinavian experimental studies; yet, mothers still face a wage and career gap. We revisit explanations r…
Child-Centered Versus Work-Centered Fathers' Leave: Changing Fatherhood Ideals Versus Persisting Workplace Dynamics
Fathers' parental leave use has often been explained by differing fatherhood ideals among low vs. highly educated fathers. However, recent research reveals that 75% of the educational-level impact stems from workplace differences. Therefore, a deeper understanding of how workplace dynamics interact with both fathers' ideals and actual leave practices is needed. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian fathers with and without higher educatio…
Mindre spesialisering med fedrekvote: Foreldrepermisjonens potensial for å endre arbeidsdelingenblant foreldre
Økt likestilling mellom mødre og fedre i familie- og yrkesliv, altså mindre grad av kjønnsspesialisering, var et uttalt mål for innføring av fedrekvoten. Forskning gir imidlertid ulike svar på hvorvidt fedrekvoten har bidratt til mer likestilling. Kvalitative studier og studier som ser på statistiske korrelasjoner, viser en klar sammenheng mellom fars permisjonsbruk og mors og fars tilpasning til arbeid og familie på sikt. Kvasi-eksperimentelle s…
Multidimensional Discrimination in Judicial Practice: A Legal Comparison between Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands
The concept of multidimensional discrimination is claimed to pose considerable challenges for judicial practice. The methods for tackling discrimination on more than one ground have been extensively discussed in the literature but not yet comprehensively analysed empirically. The present study compares and analyses the case law of the Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish equality bodies concerning gender-plus discrimination in the labour market. …
Men's Work–life Conflict: Career, Care and Self‐realization: Patterns of Privileges and Dilemmas
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of men's work–life reconciliation by developing a typology of work and care adaptations drawing on a sample of 102 European men, aged 21–64, working in different work organizations. The article combines qualitative and quantitative data. Multiple correspondence analysis is used to investigate the men's actual adaptations to work, care and self‐realization. ‘Volume of work’ and ‘volume of…
Preferences, constraints or schemas of devotion? Exploring Norwegian mothers' withdrawals from high-commitment careers1
Despite decades of focus on gender equality and work-family balance, parenthood still affects mothers' and fathers' careers differently. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian mothers who are relinquishing high-commitment careers of law and consultancy, this paper questions the adequacy of established explanations emphasizing constraints vs. individual preferences. Our sample of female professionals living in a well-developed welfare state…
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner
Fars forkjørsrett – mors vikeplikt? Karriere, kjønn og omsorgsansvar i eliteprofesjoner Basert på spørreskjema- og intervjudata utforsker denne artikkelen betydningen av foreldreskap og arbeid-familietilpasning for karriererealisering blant eliteutdannede kvinner og menn. Vi finner ingen kjønnsforskjell i karriererealisering mellom kvinner og menn uten barn, men derimot en betydelig forskjell mellom mødre og fedre. Analysene viser at preferanser …
Sluttreplikk til Ragnhild Steen Jensen
Is transition support a hurdle to getting a job
This article investigates the impact of school to work transition support for young disabled adults. We specifically examine the claims of what we have termed the ‘hurdle theory’ of transition support, which dominates Norwegian disability research. The fundamental assumption of this theory is that there is a negative relationship between transition support and employment outcomes. We use a cross-sectional sample of 245 young disabled Norwegian ad…
Multidimensional Discrimination in Judicial Practice: A Legal Comparison between Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands
The concept of multidimensional discrimination is claimed to pose considerable challenges for judicial practice. The methods for tackling discrimination on more than one ground have been extensively discussed in the literature but not yet comprehensively analysed empirically. The present study compares and analyses the case law of the Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish equality bodies concerning gender-plus discrimination in the labour market. …
Naming and Framing of Intersectionality in Hijab Cases — Does It Matter? An Analysis of Discrimination Cases in Scandinavia and the Netherlands
This article examines how intersectionality is recognized in hijab discrimination cases brought before the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch equality bodies. Hijab cases are regarded as a perfect example of intersectionality, as religion and gender are interwoven in the use of the Muslim veil. The theoretical shift towards intersectionality has influenced substantial revisions of equality policies, bodies and laws. Recognizing intersectionalit…
Work–Family Dynamics: Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
Mindre spesialisering med fedrekvote: Foreldrepermisjonens potensial for å endre arbeidsdelingenblant foreldre
Økt likestilling mellom mødre og fedre i familie- og yrkesliv, altså mindre grad av kjønnsspesialisering, var et uttalt mål for innføring av fedrekvoten. Forskning gir imidlertid ulike svar på hvorvidt fedrekvoten har bidratt til mer likestilling. Kvalitative studier og studier som ser på statistiske korrelasjoner, viser en klar sammenheng mellom fars permisjonsbruk og mors og fars tilpasning til arbeid og familie på sikt. Kvasi-eksperimentelle s…
Gender Balance in Executive Management: Top-Managers’ Understanding of Barriers and Solutions from the Demand–Supply Perspective
Gender Balance in Executive Management: Top-Managers' Understanding of Barriers and Solutions from the Demand–Supply Perspective
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society - Volume 25, Number 2, Summer 2018
Mer likestilling med fedrekvote?: Naturlige eksperimenter i norsk kontekst
En viktig målsetting med fedrekvoten i foreldrepengeordningen har vært å fremme en jevnere fordeling av familie- og yrkesarbeidet blant foreldre. Både i den offentlige debatten og blant forskere har det vært en klar forventning om at fedrekvoten skal bidra til større likestilling hjemme og ute. Studier av fedrekvotereformer i Norge viser imidlertid ikke klare effekter for de første som er omfattet av reformene. Dette gjelder både innføringen av k…
A woman’s cause? Popular attitudes towards pension credits for childcare in Norway
In many countries – including Norway – concerns about the persistent gender gap in pensions have led to the introduction of child credits that compensate mothers for losing accrued pension rights while they care for small children. In political debates child credits are typically framed as being unequivocally women-friendly. But, although they help to reduce the gender gap in pension income, they tend to discourage mothers’ paid work and favour c…
Gender quotas for corporate boards: Do they lead to more women in senior executive management
Purpose The European Union (EU) has recently adopted gender quotas for corporate boards (CBQ), anticipating ripple effects on women’s careers in the companies concerned, as well as throughout the economy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether CBQ has spurred ripple effects and discuss mechanisms hindering or facilitating women’s occupancy of top executive positions. Design/methodology/approach Norway was the first country in the wor…
Motherhood Penalty—Beyond Bias? From Stereotypes to Substitutability Structures
Mothers continue to experience lower wages and slower career progression than fathers. Are mothers penalized due to prejudice or due to the costs of family-friendly work conditions? Our review of experimental studies on motherhood bias reveals a paradox: implicit bias against mothers is evident in many US and European studies, but absent in Scandinavian experimental studies; yet, mothers still face a wage and career gap. We revisit explanations r…
(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…
Child-Centered Versus Work-Centered Fathers' Leave: Changing Fatherhood Ideals Versus Persisting Workplace Dynamics
Fathers' parental leave use has often been explained by differing fatherhood ideals among low vs. highly educated fathers. However, recent research reveals that 75% of the educational-level impact stems from workplace differences. Therefore, a deeper understanding of how workplace dynamics interact with both fathers' ideals and actual leave practices is needed. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Norwegian fathers with and without higher educatio…
Dual Dynamics of Worktime: Gendered Work–Family Dilemmas of Worktime‐as‐Investment and Worktime‐as‐Agreement
This article explores the dynamics of worktime and its implications for work–family reconciliation and gender equality. By introducing the concepts of worktime‐as‐investment in contrast to worktime‐as‐agreement , we explore how time and availability for work operate in different types of careers and identify the underlying logics upholding or reducing work–family struggles and gender inequality. Drawing on 63 in‐depth interviews with Norwegian fi…
Gender Diversity and Inequality (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Norwegian (5 works) · Work (physics (5 works)