"Als het bedrijf er maar niet teveel last van heeft" : de invloed van het ouderschapsbeleid en de ouderschapscultuur van supermarkten en boekhandels op de combinatieproblemen van mannelijke en vrouwelijke werknemers met jonge kinderen

Abstract

What impact do businesses have on the efforts of parents with young children who combine work and family, and what factors within the business play a role in this? This was the principal question in this comparative case study of two retailers, a large supermarket chain and a small group of booksellers. I employed a theoretical framework in which I combined various theories about power and gender (Komter, 1990; Morée, 1992, a.o). The employees (2x250) and employers were questioned in postal questionaires about the family policy and the family culture in their company, 50 employees (26 male, 24 female) with young children where interviewed about there problemes with combining work and care and their stategies to cope with these problems. In the analysis I combined quantitative and qualitative methods.