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Work-time, male-breadwinning and the division of domestic labour: male part-time and full-time workers in unsettled times (2021)
Journal Article

The majority of male workers spend full-time hours in the labour market while part-time employment is heavily female dominated. A decade of economic unrest in the UK following the recession of 2008-9 was accompanied by a considerable expansion in the... Read More about Work-time, male-breadwinning and the division of domestic labour: male part-time and full-time workers in unsettled times.

Work-life balance and gig work. ‘Where are we now’ and ‘where to next’ with the work-life balance agenda? (2021)
Journal Article

The paper asks ‘Where are we’ in the study of work-life balance within IR and ‘where to next’ if we are to identify levers for positive change in workplace gender equality as technology brings the potential for smoothing or disrupting how women and m... Read More about Work-life balance and gig work. ‘Where are we now’ and ‘where to next’ with the work-life balance agenda?.

Working Lives (2020)
Book Chapter

The Covid-19 crisis will have fundamental impacts on the future of working lives. Daily forecasts predict a depressing picture for the working-age population, both in the UK and abroad. This makes it difficult to identify positive outcomes from the c... Read More about Working Lives.

Ungrateful slaves? An examination of job quality and job satisfaction for male part‐time workers in the UK (2020)
Journal Article

Research on part‐time work has concentrated over many decades on the experiences of women but male part‐time employment is growing in the UK. This article addresses two sizable gaps in knowledge concerning male part‐timers: are men's part‐time jobs o... Read More about Ungrateful slaves? An examination of job quality and job satisfaction for male part‐time workers in the UK.