The Same, Only Different

Doing Management in the Intersection between Work and Private Life for Men and Women in Small-scale Enterprises

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2374366
AutoresEmma Hagqvist (0000-0002-3374-268X, Stockholm University, Sweden; Mid Sweden University, Sweden, autor correspondente), Stig Vinberg (0000-0002-5935-5688, Mid Sweden University), Jonathan Q Tritter (0000-0001-6258-4628, Aston University), Jonathan Tritter (0000-0002-1651-2428, Aston University), Erika Wall (0000-0001-7612-784X, Mid Sweden University), Bodil J Landstad (0000-0001-6558-3129, Mid Sweden University, Sweden; Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Norway)
Ano2020
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas262-280
Data de publicação2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017019871244
OpenAlexW2987084366
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas48

The aim of this article is to elucidate how male and female managers of small-scale enterprises in Norway and Sweden relate to and experience the intersection between work and private life. A qualitative content analysis was adopted to explore interviews with 18 managers. The analysis resulted in three primary categories: conflict as a part of the deal, using management to construct balance, and management identity contributing to enrichment. A key theme that emerged was doing management. Both men and women reproduced masculine values in describing their management identities and in explaining how they enacted management. This clear identification was used to legitimate conflict, construct balance and explain the interaction between work and private life as enriching. How the managers enacted gender emerged primarily in how they related to family responsibilities and their feelings of guilt in relation to home and children

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