The project makes a comprehensive study of the conditions for achieving work – life balance in Czech society. It focuses on the legislative, social, political, institutional, employer and individual aspects of how individuals, couples, and families balance work and family obligations. The project consists of three phases, that combine theory and methodology in an effort to produce the following outcome: a) a legislative and socio-political analysis of work-life balance measures; b) a sociological analysis of the types of families with children for which work-life balance is of key importance; c) comparative analyses of work-life balance conditions at the employer level and a comparison of approaches and practises in Czech and foreign companies. The project contributes to creating a thorough understanding of the relations between work and family spheres from the point of view of the gender relations, in terms of both theory and methodology, and to developing recommendations that could be used in socio-political and employer policy and legislation.
Project publications (total 30, displaying 21 - 30)
In this article we analyze to which extend the flexible working-time arrangements help to combine the caring and working responsibilities and what the consequences of the use of such arrangements in the corporate environment. The case study describes the individual experiences of mothers with dependent children with the flexible working arrangements in one international food company.
Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic in the years 1998, 2002, and 2004, we examine whether the introduction of legislative measures for gender equality connected with the accession to the European Union had a significant effect on gender wage inequality. The central conclusion of our analysis is that within-job wage inequality plays a significant role in the Czech labour market, and that there were no substantive changes during the period studied.
Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic in the years 1998, 2002, and 2004, we examine whether the introduction of legislative measures for gender equality connected with the accession to the European Union had significant effects on gender wage gaps. The central conclusion of our analysis is that within-job wage discrimination is a significant factor in the Czech labor market and that there were no substantive changes during the period studied.
Based on the contemporary gender theories of work/life balance this article aims to move the debate in the Czech sociology towards more detailed conceptualization of this issue and broader understanding of the research results in the context of the development of the Czech society. The analysis stems from the representative research of the Czech parents and their strategies of work/life balance.
Statistická analýza individuálních dat v časové řadě (1998 – 2004) jednak ukázala, že existuje významný mzdový rozdíl i mezi ženami a muži na stejné pozici v jedné firmě, který nelze vysvětlit dostupnými osobními nebo strukturálními charakteristikami a jednak, že nedošlo k výrazné změně mzdových rozdílů mezi muži a ženami v období významných legislativních změn ve směru k odstranění nerovností v odměňování ani v několika letech následujících po těchto změnách.
In May 2006 I was working on a research project at Berkeley. There I met Arlie Hochschild, whose formal academic career as a professor of sociology at Berkely University for the past 35 years was about to end. I had the opportunity to visit one of her classes and discuss research methodology and ways of writing up results. We also spoke about the differences between American and Czech gender regimes.
The article deals with the phenomenon of the sexual harassment in the working place in the Czech Republic. From the theoretical perspective it views sexual harassment as one of effects of men’s symbolic power over women causing cultural misrecognition of women and at the same time as one of factors supporting economic inequality between men and women in western societies.
The paper analyses impact of parenting on the women´s and men´s lives by using data from quantitative researches as well as qualitative probes.
The publication deals on the re/production of gender inequalities in the university environment in Slovakia except Bratislava – the Slovak capital. It is focused on the inequalities during the study, making career as well as management of science, etc.
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