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Men at WorkChange—or No Change?—in the Era of the "New Father"University of Calgary Studies of cultural images of fatherhood suggest the emergence of a new "involved" father to replace the breadwinner whose family responsibilities are discharged at work rather than at home. Yet, much of the research on fatherhood pays little attention to the implications of involved fatherhood for the way men organize their working lives. This article addresses this gap by exploring, with a theoretically strategic group of middle-class professional men, the extent to which their family responsibilities shape how they think about their careers and what they do on the job. In this group, particular perspectives on fatherhood seemed to accompany particular perspectives on careers. Fatherhood responsibilities for many continued to be organized around the demands of the workplace. Fathers who were most ready to challenge these demands, and for whom family time was neither negotiable nor discretionary, tended to be those whose career goals had already been met.
Key Words: fathering • family • work • father involvement • parenting • policy
Men and Masculinities, Vol. 4, No. 1,
3-26 (2001) This article has been cited by other articles:
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