Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations
Published on 8. April 2025
Book
Hardback
452 pages
978-1-0353-0255-0 (ISBN)
Description
Presenting cutting-edge research on gender, work and employment relations, this Research Handbook represents the latest thinking in this dynamic field. A multinational team of academics share their expertise from a broad range of disciplines including employment relations, human resource management, sociology, management, and feminist and organisational studies.
The Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations
examines perennial workplace gender equality issues such as women's economic security as well as emerging issues concerning the gig economy, the fourth industrial revolution, and gendered bodies. Chapter contributors place issues in their historical contexts to deepen understanding of the development of workplace gender equality. Ultimately, authors adopt a future-centric focus, emphasising practical developments and initiatives that lie at the heart of how work and employment relations systems are organised, regulated and reproduce gendered workplaces, while opening possibilities for transformative changes towards gender equality.
Academics and students focusing on industrial/employment relations, organisational studies, sociology, human resource management, gender studies and queer studies will find this Research Handbook to be of great benefit. It is also useful for policy makers, activists and employment relations practitioners.
The Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations
examines perennial workplace gender equality issues such as women's economic security as well as emerging issues concerning the gig economy, the fourth industrial revolution, and gendered bodies. Chapter contributors place issues in their historical contexts to deepen understanding of the development of workplace gender equality. Ultimately, authors adopt a future-centric focus, emphasising practical developments and initiatives that lie at the heart of how work and employment relations systems are organised, regulated and reproduce gendered workplaces, while opening possibilities for transformative changes towards gender equality.
Academics and students focusing on industrial/employment relations, organisational studies, sociology, human resource management, gender studies and queer studies will find this Research Handbook to be of great benefit. It is also useful for policy makers, activists and employment relations practitioners.
Reviews / Votes
'The Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations offers a globally comprehensive perspective on various issues that impact gender equality. Through multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks and empirical pieces that examine critical issues such as work and caregiving, embodiment, sexuality and identity, gendered violence, unions and compensation, and the digital economy, the editors and contributors weave a powerful narrative exposing continued challenges and new possibilities for change. In all, the Handbook offers both nuanced insights that expand scholarship in gender studies across the social sciences and actionable takeaways for practitioners and policymakers who want to achieve gender equality.' -- Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Brown University, USA 'This Handbook brings together leading scholars to examine a broad range of issues, including gender pay gaps, the unequal distribution of paid and unpaid care work, violence and harassment and persistent occupational discrimination. It provides a unique insight into the pressing and persistent barriers to gender equality in the workplace and offers insights on how they might be tackled across different contexts.' -- Susan Hayter, ILO, Switzerland 'This book provides the intellectual resources needed by those challenging the backlash against many decades of progress in the workplace. Using examples from around the world, it cleverly analyses where things stand while pointing to what needs to be done in an uncertain future.' -- David Peetz, Professor Emeritus, Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute, Australia 'This is an excellent Handbook which is indispensable for students, scholars, policy makers and activists in the fields of gender, work and employment relations. The editors and contributors are leading international experts on the issues covered by this Handbook. The contributors to this book explore the fundamental connections between gender and other topics such as unions and pay, sexuality and identity, care and new ways of working. It is highly recommended and a "must read".' -- Russell Lansbury, Emeritus Professor, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney, AustraliaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-0255-0 (9781035302550)
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Persons
Edited by Sue Williamson, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Business, UNSW Canberra, Reid, Australia, Jane Parker, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Management, Massey Business School, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; and Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium, Noelle Donnelly, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Mihajla Gavin, Senior Lecturer, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, and Susan Ressia, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Content
Contents
Foreword: Jill Rubery xvii
Foreword: Sharan Burrow xx
Foreword: Claire McCartney xxii
The handbook's Evolution and Acknowledgements xxiv
1 Introduction: travelling the twisting and turning road of gender, work and
employment relations 1
Sue Williamson, Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Mihajla Gavin and
Susan Ressia
PART I WORK, CARE AND THE GENDERED BODY
2 The reproductive body and the workplace: maternity, menstrual and
menopause policies 19
Marian Baird, Elizabeth Hill and Sydney Colussi
3 Accommodations for US lactating workers: employment law, breastfeeding
women workers, and variations in management responses 32
Elizabeth A. Hoffmann
4 Gendered perspectives on the development of bereavement leave:
implications for women's employment, health and financial security in an
Australian context 46
Leesa Taylor and Roslyn Cameron
5 From the one-child policy to the three-child policy: tracing the shift of
discourses on gender and their implications to working women in China 62
Yiyuan Cao, Jim Rooney and Sharron O'Neill
6 Working parents and flexible work: contemplating gendered patterns and
inclusive futures 73
Maria Adamson, T. Alexandra Beauregard and Suzan Lewis
7 Gender inequality in time allocating to paid and unpaid work: evidence
from Iran 85
Seyed Ahmad Firouzabadi and Rasoul Sadeghi
PART II GENDER, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY
8 Queer perspectives on work and organisations 109
Regine Bendl and Alexander Fleischmann
9 Possibilities and limitations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer+
workplace inclusion 122
Nick Rumens
10 Representing women: on women's experiences, work and strategies in the
Swedish film industry 133
Louise Wallenberg
11 Gender, family and organisation: an investigation of gendering processes
in a large organisation in Thailand 144
Nayika Kamales, Patricia Lewis and Maddy Wyatt
12 Authentically making space for diversity and inclusion in the workplace:
delving into the issues through autoethnography 156
Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Jane Alver and Primatia Romana Wulandari
PART III
GENDER, VIOLENCE AND WORK
13 A three-dimensional approach to gendered workplace violence: the case of
Australian sexual harassment reforms 170
Karen O'Connell
14 Labour unions and sexual harassment: the United States experience 183
Ana Avendano and Paula Branter
15 Domestic violence leave laws: assessing their effectiveness for addressing
domestic violence and gender inequality 194
Mihajla Gavin and Susan Ellicot
16 Implementing paid domestic violence leave in Australian workplaces: what
matters for success? 211
Alison Goodwin and Elizabeth Hill
PART IV
GENDER, UNIONS AND PAY
17 Collective bargaining and workplace gender equality 226
Susan Milner
18 Women's union participation: reflection on 30 years of research and
policies 237
Cecile Guillaume and Gill Kirton
19 Occupational segregation and gender pay equity strategies in Australia:
comparison, revaluation or raising minimum wages? 248
Anne Junor, Alison Preston and Meg Smith
20 The fight against gender pay gap in European Union (EU) law: the
importance of regulatory interventions on transparency and adequacy of
pay 262
Marco Peruzzi
21 The living wage and perceptions of work-life balance in Aotearoa New
Zealand: do gender and ethnicity make a difference? 274
Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Nazim Taskin, Jim Arrowsmith, Stuart
Carr, Amanda Young-Hauser, Darrin Hodgetts, Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
and Jarrod Haar
PART V GENDER AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING
22 Gender inequality, intersectionality and the future of work 289
Susan Ressia and Sangita De
23 Work-life balance and the 'right to disconnect' for women teleworkers:
current limitations and potential developments 301
Amanda Reilly
24 Gendering the gig worker: a critical review of gender inequalities in the
gig economy 312
Brendan Churchill
25 Enhancing the well-being of others: instructors' precarious work in the
wellness sector in Finland 323
Tuija Koivunen
26 Global South women in the digital labour platforms 332
Fernanda Teixera
PART VI
GENDER EQUALITY INTERVENTIONS
27 From resistance to critical gender awareness: a map of resistance to
workplace gender equality initiatives 343
Sue Williamson and Linda Colley
28 Masculinity as a threshold concept for gender equality - a case study of a
management training program in a Norwegian STEM faculty 353
Lotta Snickare, Marthe Amundsen, Greta Gober, Oystein Gullvag
Holter and Else Marie Lingaas
29 The gendered nature of flexibility interventions and impacts 365
Phyllis Moen and Youngmin Chu
30 Merit and affirmative action in Australian policing: challenges and
achievements in recruiting, retaining and promoting women police 379
Jacqueline Drew, Rebecca Keane and Tim Prenzler
31 Change towards more gender equality: the role of formal sponsorship
programs in a Dutch professional service firm 391
Marieke van den Brink
32 Conclusion: ways forward for policy and practice 405
Mihalja Gavin, Jane Parker, Sue Williamson, Noelle Donnelly and
Susan Ressia
Foreword: Jill Rubery xvii
Foreword: Sharan Burrow xx
Foreword: Claire McCartney xxii
The handbook's Evolution and Acknowledgements xxiv
1 Introduction: travelling the twisting and turning road of gender, work and
employment relations 1
Sue Williamson, Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Mihajla Gavin and
Susan Ressia
PART I WORK, CARE AND THE GENDERED BODY
2 The reproductive body and the workplace: maternity, menstrual and
menopause policies 19
Marian Baird, Elizabeth Hill and Sydney Colussi
3 Accommodations for US lactating workers: employment law, breastfeeding
women workers, and variations in management responses 32
Elizabeth A. Hoffmann
4 Gendered perspectives on the development of bereavement leave:
implications for women's employment, health and financial security in an
Australian context 46
Leesa Taylor and Roslyn Cameron
5 From the one-child policy to the three-child policy: tracing the shift of
discourses on gender and their implications to working women in China 62
Yiyuan Cao, Jim Rooney and Sharron O'Neill
6 Working parents and flexible work: contemplating gendered patterns and
inclusive futures 73
Maria Adamson, T. Alexandra Beauregard and Suzan Lewis
7 Gender inequality in time allocating to paid and unpaid work: evidence
from Iran 85
Seyed Ahmad Firouzabadi and Rasoul Sadeghi
PART II GENDER, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY
8 Queer perspectives on work and organisations 109
Regine Bendl and Alexander Fleischmann
9 Possibilities and limitations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer+
workplace inclusion 122
Nick Rumens
10 Representing women: on women's experiences, work and strategies in the
Swedish film industry 133
Louise Wallenberg
11 Gender, family and organisation: an investigation of gendering processes
in a large organisation in Thailand 144
Nayika Kamales, Patricia Lewis and Maddy Wyatt
12 Authentically making space for diversity and inclusion in the workplace:
delving into the issues through autoethnography 156
Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Jane Alver and Primatia Romana Wulandari
PART III
GENDER, VIOLENCE AND WORK
13 A three-dimensional approach to gendered workplace violence: the case of
Australian sexual harassment reforms 170
Karen O'Connell
14 Labour unions and sexual harassment: the United States experience 183
Ana Avendano and Paula Branter
15 Domestic violence leave laws: assessing their effectiveness for addressing
domestic violence and gender inequality 194
Mihajla Gavin and Susan Ellicot
16 Implementing paid domestic violence leave in Australian workplaces: what
matters for success? 211
Alison Goodwin and Elizabeth Hill
PART IV
GENDER, UNIONS AND PAY
17 Collective bargaining and workplace gender equality 226
Susan Milner
18 Women's union participation: reflection on 30 years of research and
policies 237
Cecile Guillaume and Gill Kirton
19 Occupational segregation and gender pay equity strategies in Australia:
comparison, revaluation or raising minimum wages? 248
Anne Junor, Alison Preston and Meg Smith
20 The fight against gender pay gap in European Union (EU) law: the
importance of regulatory interventions on transparency and adequacy of
pay 262
Marco Peruzzi
21 The living wage and perceptions of work-life balance in Aotearoa New
Zealand: do gender and ethnicity make a difference? 274
Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Nazim Taskin, Jim Arrowsmith, Stuart
Carr, Amanda Young-Hauser, Darrin Hodgetts, Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
and Jarrod Haar
PART V GENDER AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING
22 Gender inequality, intersectionality and the future of work 289
Susan Ressia and Sangita De
23 Work-life balance and the 'right to disconnect' for women teleworkers:
current limitations and potential developments 301
Amanda Reilly
24 Gendering the gig worker: a critical review of gender inequalities in the
gig economy 312
Brendan Churchill
25 Enhancing the well-being of others: instructors' precarious work in the
wellness sector in Finland 323
Tuija Koivunen
26 Global South women in the digital labour platforms 332
Fernanda Teixera
PART VI
GENDER EQUALITY INTERVENTIONS
27 From resistance to critical gender awareness: a map of resistance to
workplace gender equality initiatives 343
Sue Williamson and Linda Colley
28 Masculinity as a threshold concept for gender equality - a case study of a
management training program in a Norwegian STEM faculty 353
Lotta Snickare, Marthe Amundsen, Greta Gober, Oystein Gullvag
Holter and Else Marie Lingaas
29 The gendered nature of flexibility interventions and impacts 365
Phyllis Moen and Youngmin Chu
30 Merit and affirmative action in Australian policing: challenges and
achievements in recruiting, retaining and promoting women police 379
Jacqueline Drew, Rebecca Keane and Tim Prenzler
31 Change towards more gender equality: the role of formal sponsorship
programs in a Dutch professional service firm 391
Marieke van den Brink
32 Conclusion: ways forward for policy and practice 405
Mihalja Gavin, Jane Parker, Sue Williamson, Noelle Donnelly and
Susan Ressia