Sociology Research Seminar Abstracts
New configurations: Nurses and builders managing work and care
JaneMaree Maher, Jo Lindsay and Anne Bardoel
Monash University
Abstract
In this seminar we explore the way working families negotiate paid work and care for young children in a rapidly changing industrial and family landscape. We report on in-depth couple interviews with nurses and builders and their partners to examine to extent to which work and family are being reconfigured and the possibilities for progressive change. Nursing and construction remain gender segregated industries but both have undergone substantial industrial change in the last few decades. We explore the potential and opportunity of time sovereignty for these workers, a crucial element in negotiating work and family successfully.
Dr JaneMaree Maher
Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, VIC 3800
JaneMaree.Maher@arts.monash.edu.au
Dr Jo Lindsay
Sociology
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, VIC 3800
Jo.Lindsay@arts.monash.edu.au
A/Prof Anne Bardoel
Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW)
Department of Management
Monash University
PO Box 197, Caulfield East VIC 3145
Anne.Bardoel@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Bios
Dr JaneMaree Maher
Dr JaneMaree Maher has degrees in Law and Arts (Hons) (University of Melbourne 1991) and gained her PhD in 1999 (La Trobe University). She is currently Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at Monash University and Associate Dean Education in the Faculty of Arts. Her current research is focused on birthing, pregnancy, women, family life and work and new models of motherhood. She has recently published in these areas in Australian Feminist Studies and the Journal of Sociology.
Dr Jo Lindsay
Dr Jo Lindsay is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Monash University. Jo has a long standing research interest in families and domestic negotiation and has undertaken research on unmarried cohabitation, lesbian families and most recently on families combining work and care. Jo teaches the unit ‘Families, Labour and Intimacy’ and is writing a book entitled Contemporary families and relationships (with Deb Dempsey) for Oxford University Press.
Associate Professor Anne Bardoel
Anne Bardoel is an Associate Professor in Management at Monash University, Australia. She has an MBA from the University of Melbourne and PhD from Monash University. Anne currently heads the Work Life Research Program which is part of the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW). She has previously held the positions of Deputy Head of the Department of Management, Chair of the Diversity and Equity Committee for the Faculty of Business and Economics, and has been a member of the Faculty of Business and Economics Executive. Dr Bardoel has developed a national and international reputation as a researcher in the work and family area and has published a number of articles in academic journals in this area. The Sloan Work and Family Research Network (based at Boston College) have recognised her on their list of Work Family Leaders who have made contributions to work/family research.