M Baird
Biographic Data
| ID | 42499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Baird |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Baird |
| SIGNATURE | BAIRD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7104-1788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Woeful Pay, But Still, I Enjoy It’: Refining Subjective Job Quality in Ride‐Share Work
Workers who experience structural barriers in the labour market are overrepresented in the gig economy. There is limited research on how the broader context of labour markets and welfare systems shapes workers' motivations for, and subjective understandings of, ride‐share work. Using established concepts of ‘constrained agency’, ‘labour market objectives’ and ‘life stories’ from labour geography, this study develops a conceptual framework to adva…
Ambivalent Inclusion: Older Workers, Diversity Agendas and the Persistence of the Ideal Worker
This article explores how older workers experience inclusion and exclusion in two large Australian public sector organisations with strong diversity and inclusion (D&I) agendas. Applying detailed qualitative analysis and drawing on the concepts of the ideal worker and structured ambivalence, it examines how older employees navigate workplaces that promote inclusion while marginalising ageing workers. Participants benefited from certain policies b…
The impact of firm-level work and family initiatives on organizational outcomes, employees and their families: An umbrella review
Firm-level family friendly workplace (FFW) policies, including flexible work arrangements (FWA), parental and carer’s leaves, lactation and child-care support, have existed for more than five decades. Despite numerous publications, questions remain about their impact on firm success, and the health and well-being of employees and their families. Following PRISMA systematic review guidelines, we present an umbrella review of 26 reviews published b…
Gig’ Work and Fatherhood: A Typology of Ride‐Share Fathers in Australia
This paper examines what motivates fathers with dependent children to work in the gig economy and to what extent care considerations influence their decisions to perform this work. Integrating the literature on gig work, flexible work and the household dynamics of gig workers, this case study fills a gap by examining how well ride‐share work enables fathers to manage their work, unpaid domestic and childcare commitments. Drawing upon 35 semi‐stru…
The importance of recognition: Predictors and Outcomes of Carer Recognition Among Working Carers of Ageing Relatives
Medical disaster response: A critical analysis of the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Introduction: On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Republic of Haiti. The human cost was enormous-an estimated 316,000 people were killed, and a further 300,000 were injured. The scope of the disaster was matched by the scope of the response, which remains the largest multinational humanitarian response to date. An extensive scoping review of the relevant literature was undertaken, to identify studies that discussed the civi…
Looking beyond hours of care: The effects of care strain on work withdrawal among Australian workers
This article advances understanding of the unpaid care–paid work nexus for carers of a person with a disability or illness, or a frail older relative. It examines the relationship between care intensity (measured in terms of both care hours and care strain) and withdrawal from work (measured in terms of both withdrawal of time spent in paid work and withdrawal from career development and progression). The analysis reveals that care strain has a s…
Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps
The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the Australian Paid Parental Leave Act 2010. Using Baird’s orientations typology and Brighouse and Wright’s equality framework, with evidence from the Workplace Agreements Database and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, this article assesses changes in policy, bargaining and company provisions over the decade. We find that policy changes may enable more fathers and partners to take leave, although th…
Normative collusion in the industry ecosystem: Explaining women’s career pathways and outcomes in investment management
Women are chronically under-represented in investment management, an industry that wields substantial global economic power. This article examines the sources of women’s under-representation, marginalization, and lack of progression within this crucial industry. We demonstrate that norms and practices generated within the industry ecosystem – comprised of industry-specific structures, actors, and interactions – collude to restrict women’s ability…
I’ll never be one of the boys’: Gender harassment of women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople
Significant research has examined sexual harassment in male‐dominated occupations, but gender harassment — harassment that is not necessarily sexual in nature but is targeted at individuals, or a group of individuals, because of their sex or gender — has received relatively less attention. Drawing on in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews, we analyse the lived experience of gender harassment among women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople…
The academic as activist: Managing Tension and Creating Impact
Drawing on my involvement as an academic in the campaign that resulted in the introduction of paid parental leave in Australia in 2010, I describe what is involved if academics choose to be activists, the dilemmas which are encountered and the barriers which may be put in their way. I also consider the career tensions academics may experience when participating in the public sphere. My experience in advocating for improving policies relating to w…
Young women and men: Imagined futures of work and family formation in Australia
In the debates about the future of work there is a lack of analysis on how young women and men are approaching their future work and family lives. In this article we use data collected in the Australian Women's Working Future (AWWF) Project 2017 to analyse what young workers imagine will be important to their future success in work and family. We find that formal workplace supports for care, such as paid parental leave and childcare, and workplac…
Flexible careers across the life course: Advancing theory, research and practice
This introductory article sets out a framework for conceptualizing flexible careers. We focus on the conditions, including the institutional arrangements and the organizational policies and practices, that can support individuals to construct flexible and sustainable careers across the life course. We ask: What are flexible careers? Who are the (multiple) actors determining flexible careers? How do institutions and organizational settings impact …
Dynamics of parental leave in Anglophone countries: The Paradox of State Expansion in Liberal Welfare Regimes
This paper evaluates parental leave policies across six Anglophone countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) to assess system fit with a liberal welfare regime classification. The focus is on comparison within welfare regime classification (rather than between regimes), enabling complexity and variation to be explored. The comparative policy analysis uses national government and international Organization for Economi…
Challenges and Changes in a Globalising World: Fifth Community, Work and Family Conference
This special issue of the Community, Work and Family Journal includes some of the research highlights of the Fifth International Community Work and Family Conference held in July 2013 in Sydney, Au
Intersections of regulation, space and gender: Retail banking in an Australian Regional Town
This paper analyses the intersections of employment regulation, gender and space in the working lives of employees in three banks in an Australian Regional Town, contributing to a socio-spatial analysis of the impact of different levels of regulation. Illustrating our analysis through a dispute around Saturday working at one of these banks, we argue that 'place' and 'space', in the location and organisation of these banking worksites and in the s…
Getting gender on the agenda: The tale of two organisations
Purpose This paper aims to explore emerging issues in the application of the “dual agenda” model of gender equitable organisational change aimed at improved work life outcomes in two large Australian organisations. Design/methodology/approach The research project used the collaborative interactive action research (CIAR) methodology that underpins the dual agenda change approach. Within both organisations, a multi‐method approach was used, includi…
Labor History Symposium
PAUL D. MORENO Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2005 ISBN: 080713094X With this book, Paul Moreno has made a significant and contentious contribution to the literature on labor and ra
Fathers' Use of Leave in Australia
This paper examines Australian fathers’ use of leave at the time of the birth of a child, drawing on data from The Parental Leave in Australia Survey, conducted in 2005, and a subsequent organizational case study. Our analysis shows that although most Australian fathers take some leave for parental purposes, use of formally designated paternity or parental leave is limited. This is unsurprising given the Australian policy framework, which lacks l…
The Work/Life Collision: What Work is Doing to Australians and What to Do about It
The work/life collision Mapping labour, households and care Work is reconfiguring our communities Mother wars: the market meets sacred motherhood The hidden costs of work: love, intimacy and work Long hours: family unfriendliness at work Short hours: choice and security at work Caring for those who depend on us Combining work and life: the role of leave Countering the collision: what we can do now Bibliography/ Appendix
A randomized controlled trial of vitamin C in the prevention and amelioration of the common cold
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of 1 g ascorbic acid per day in the prevention of the common cold was conducted on 688 adult women. There is evidence of a small reduction by vitamin C in the mean number of chest colds, but no evidence of any effect on simple colds. The existence of a subgroup of vulnerable women in the community who benefit from vitamin C was considered but further examination of the data gives no support to this conc…
Experimental Studies on Food Selective Behavior in Squirrel Monkeys Fed on Riboflavin Deficient Diet
The present study was conducted to determine the extent to which squirrel monkeys might demonstrate self-selective behavior when fed a riboflavin deficient diet, and the extent to which such a diet might lead to digestive disturbances, general weakness, lack of vigor, and loss of weight for such animals. Ss included 12 male squirrel monkeys approximately eight months of age. Experimental Ss, fed a riboflavin deficient diet, were tested on perform…
Dynamics of parental leave in Anglophone countries: The Paradox of State Expansion in Liberal Welfare Regimes
This paper evaluates parental leave policies across six Anglophone countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) to assess system fit with a liberal welfare regime classification. The focus is on comparison within welfare regime classification (rather than between regimes), enabling complexity and variation to be explored. The comparative policy analysis uses national government and international Organization for Economi…
Fathers' Use of Leave in Australia
This paper examines Australian fathers’ use of leave at the time of the birth of a child, drawing on data from The Parental Leave in Australia Survey, conducted in 2005, and a subsequent organizational case study. Our analysis shows that although most Australian fathers take some leave for parental purposes, use of formally designated paternity or parental leave is limited. This is unsurprising given the Australian policy framework, which lacks l…
Flexible careers across the life course: Advancing theory, research and practice
This introductory article sets out a framework for conceptualizing flexible careers. We focus on the conditions, including the institutional arrangements and the organizational policies and practices, that can support individuals to construct flexible and sustainable careers across the life course. We ask: What are flexible careers? Who are the (multiple) actors determining flexible careers? How do institutions and organizational settings impact …
I’ll never be one of the boys’: Gender harassment of women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople
Significant research has examined sexual harassment in male‐dominated occupations, but gender harassment — harassment that is not necessarily sexual in nature but is targeted at individuals, or a group of individuals, because of their sex or gender — has received relatively less attention. Drawing on in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews, we analyse the lived experience of gender harassment among women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople…
The academic as activist: Managing Tension and Creating Impact
Drawing on my involvement as an academic in the campaign that resulted in the introduction of paid parental leave in Australia in 2010, I describe what is involved if academics choose to be activists, the dilemmas which are encountered and the barriers which may be put in their way. I also consider the career tensions academics may experience when participating in the public sphere. My experience in advocating for improving policies relating to w…
Young women and men: Imagined futures of work and family formation in Australia
In the debates about the future of work there is a lack of analysis on how young women and men are approaching their future work and family lives. In this article we use data collected in the Australian Women's Working Future (AWWF) Project 2017 to analyse what young workers imagine will be important to their future success in work and family. We find that formal workplace supports for care, such as paid parental leave and childcare, and workplac…
Normative collusion in the industry ecosystem: Explaining women’s career pathways and outcomes in investment management
Women are chronically under-represented in investment management, an industry that wields substantial global economic power. This article examines the sources of women’s under-representation, marginalization, and lack of progression within this crucial industry. We demonstrate that norms and practices generated within the industry ecosystem – comprised of industry-specific structures, actors, and interactions – collude to restrict women’s ability…
Intersections of regulation, space and gender: Retail banking in an Australian Regional Town
This paper analyses the intersections of employment regulation, gender and space in the working lives of employees in three banks in an Australian Regional Town, contributing to a socio-spatial analysis of the impact of different levels of regulation. Illustrating our analysis through a dispute around Saturday working at one of these banks, we argue that 'place' and 'space', in the location and organisation of these banking worksites and in the s…
Gig’ Work and Fatherhood: A Typology of Ride‐Share Fathers in Australia
This paper examines what motivates fathers with dependent children to work in the gig economy and to what extent care considerations influence their decisions to perform this work. Integrating the literature on gig work, flexible work and the household dynamics of gig workers, this case study fills a gap by examining how well ride‐share work enables fathers to manage their work, unpaid domestic and childcare commitments. Drawing upon 35 semi‐stru…
The importance of recognition: Predictors and Outcomes of Carer Recognition Among Working Carers of Ageing Relatives
Looking beyond hours of care: The effects of care strain on work withdrawal among Australian workers
This article advances understanding of the unpaid care–paid work nexus for carers of a person with a disability or illness, or a frail older relative. It examines the relationship between care intensity (measured in terms of both care hours and care strain) and withdrawal from work (measured in terms of both withdrawal of time spent in paid work and withdrawal from career development and progression). The analysis reveals that care strain has a s…
A randomized controlled trial of vitamin C in the prevention and amelioration of the common cold
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of 1 g ascorbic acid per day in the prevention of the common cold was conducted on 688 adult women. There is evidence of a small reduction by vitamin C in the mean number of chest colds, but no evidence of any effect on simple colds. The existence of a subgroup of vulnerable women in the community who benefit from vitamin C was considered but further examination of the data gives no support to this conc…
Experimental Studies on Food Selective Behavior in Squirrel Monkeys Fed on Riboflavin Deficient Diet
The present study was conducted to determine the extent to which squirrel monkeys might demonstrate self-selective behavior when fed a riboflavin deficient diet, and the extent to which such a diet might lead to digestive disturbances, general weakness, lack of vigor, and loss of weight for such animals. Ss included 12 male squirrel monkeys approximately eight months of age. Experimental Ss, fed a riboflavin deficient diet, were tested on perform…
The Work/Life Collision: What Work is Doing to Australians and What to Do about It
The work/life collision Mapping labour, households and care Work is reconfiguring our communities Mother wars: the market meets sacred motherhood The hidden costs of work: love, intimacy and work Long hours: family unfriendliness at work Short hours: choice and security at work Caring for those who depend on us Combining work and life: the role of leave Countering the collision: what we can do now Bibliography/ Appendix
Getting gender on the agenda: The tale of two organisations
Purpose This paper aims to explore emerging issues in the application of the “dual agenda” model of gender equitable organisational change aimed at improved work life outcomes in two large Australian organisations. Design/methodology/approach The research project used the collaborative interactive action research (CIAR) methodology that underpins the dual agenda change approach. Within both organisations, a multi‐method approach was used, includi…
Labor History Symposium
PAUL D. MORENO Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2005 ISBN: 080713094X With this book, Paul Moreno has made a significant and contentious contribution to the literature on labor and ra
Fathers' Use of Leave in Australia
This paper examines Australian fathers’ use of leave at the time of the birth of a child, drawing on data from The Parental Leave in Australia Survey, conducted in 2005, and a subsequent organizational case study. Our analysis shows that although most Australian fathers take some leave for parental purposes, use of formally designated paternity or parental leave is limited. This is unsurprising given the Australian policy framework, which lacks l…
Challenges and Changes in a Globalising World: Fifth Community, Work and Family Conference
This special issue of the Community, Work and Family Journal includes some of the research highlights of the Fifth International Community Work and Family Conference held in July 2013 in Sydney, Au
Intersections of regulation, space and gender: Retail banking in an Australian Regional Town
This paper analyses the intersections of employment regulation, gender and space in the working lives of employees in three banks in an Australian Regional Town, contributing to a socio-spatial analysis of the impact of different levels of regulation. Illustrating our analysis through a dispute around Saturday working at one of these banks, we argue that 'place' and 'space', in the location and organisation of these banking worksites and in the s…
Dynamics of parental leave in Anglophone countries: The Paradox of State Expansion in Liberal Welfare Regimes
This paper evaluates parental leave policies across six Anglophone countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) to assess system fit with a liberal welfare regime classification. The focus is on comparison within welfare regime classification (rather than between regimes), enabling complexity and variation to be explored. The comparative policy analysis uses national government and international Organization for Economi…
Flexible careers across the life course: Advancing theory, research and practice
This introductory article sets out a framework for conceptualizing flexible careers. We focus on the conditions, including the institutional arrangements and the organizational policies and practices, that can support individuals to construct flexible and sustainable careers across the life course. We ask: What are flexible careers? Who are the (multiple) actors determining flexible careers? How do institutions and organizational settings impact …
Young women and men: Imagined futures of work and family formation in Australia
In the debates about the future of work there is a lack of analysis on how young women and men are approaching their future work and family lives. In this article we use data collected in the Australian Women's Working Future (AWWF) Project 2017 to analyse what young workers imagine will be important to their future success in work and family. We find that formal workplace supports for care, such as paid parental leave and childcare, and workplac…
I’ll never be one of the boys’: Gender harassment of women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople
Significant research has examined sexual harassment in male‐dominated occupations, but gender harassment — harassment that is not necessarily sexual in nature but is targeted at individuals, or a group of individuals, because of their sex or gender — has received relatively less attention. Drawing on in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews, we analyse the lived experience of gender harassment among women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople…
The academic as activist: Managing Tension and Creating Impact
Drawing on my involvement as an academic in the campaign that resulted in the introduction of paid parental leave in Australia in 2010, I describe what is involved if academics choose to be activists, the dilemmas which are encountered and the barriers which may be put in their way. I also consider the career tensions academics may experience when participating in the public sphere. My experience in advocating for improving policies relating to w…
Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps
The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the Australian Paid Parental Leave Act 2010. Using Baird’s orientations typology and Brighouse and Wright’s equality framework, with evidence from the Workplace Agreements Database and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, this article assesses changes in policy, bargaining and company provisions over the decade. We find that policy changes may enable more fathers and partners to take leave, although th…
Normative collusion in the industry ecosystem: Explaining women’s career pathways and outcomes in investment management
Women are chronically under-represented in investment management, an industry that wields substantial global economic power. This article examines the sources of women’s under-representation, marginalization, and lack of progression within this crucial industry. We demonstrate that norms and practices generated within the industry ecosystem – comprised of industry-specific structures, actors, and interactions – collude to restrict women’s ability…
Medical disaster response: A critical analysis of the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Introduction: On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Republic of Haiti. The human cost was enormous-an estimated 316,000 people were killed, and a further 300,000 were injured. The scope of the disaster was matched by the scope of the response, which remains the largest multinational humanitarian response to date. An extensive scoping review of the relevant literature was undertaken, to identify studies that discussed the civi…
Looking beyond hours of care: The effects of care strain on work withdrawal among Australian workers
This article advances understanding of the unpaid care–paid work nexus for carers of a person with a disability or illness, or a frail older relative. It examines the relationship between care intensity (measured in terms of both care hours and care strain) and withdrawal from work (measured in terms of both withdrawal of time spent in paid work and withdrawal from career development and progression). The analysis reveals that care strain has a s…
The importance of recognition: Predictors and Outcomes of Carer Recognition Among Working Carers of Ageing Relatives
The impact of firm-level work and family initiatives on organizational outcomes, employees and their families: An umbrella review
Firm-level family friendly workplace (FFW) policies, including flexible work arrangements (FWA), parental and carer’s leaves, lactation and child-care support, have existed for more than five decades. Despite numerous publications, questions remain about their impact on firm success, and the health and well-being of employees and their families. Following PRISMA systematic review guidelines, we present an umbrella review of 26 reviews published b…
Gig’ Work and Fatherhood: A Typology of Ride‐Share Fathers in Australia
This paper examines what motivates fathers with dependent children to work in the gig economy and to what extent care considerations influence their decisions to perform this work. Integrating the literature on gig work, flexible work and the household dynamics of gig workers, this case study fills a gap by examining how well ride‐share work enables fathers to manage their work, unpaid domestic and childcare commitments. Drawing upon 35 semi‐stru…
Woeful Pay, But Still, I Enjoy It’: Refining Subjective Job Quality in Ride‐Share Work
Workers who experience structural barriers in the labour market are overrepresented in the gig economy. There is limited research on how the broader context of labour markets and welfare systems shapes workers' motivations for, and subjective understandings of, ride‐share work. Using established concepts of ‘constrained agency’, ‘labour market objectives’ and ‘life stories’ from labour geography, this study develops a conceptual framework to adva…
Ambivalent Inclusion: Older Workers, Diversity Agendas and the Persistence of the Ideal Worker
This article explores how older workers experience inclusion and exclusion in two large Australian public sector organisations with strong diversity and inclusion (D&I) agendas. Applying detailed qualitative analysis and drawing on the concepts of the ideal worker and structured ambivalence, it examines how older employees navigate workplaces that promote inclusion while marginalising ageing workers. Participants benefited from certain policies b…
Political science (11 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 works)