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  • Work-life interference and gender in the mining and energy industry

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    Author(s)
    Peetz, David
    Murray, Georgina
    Muurlink, Olav
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    Peetz, David R.
    Year published
    2014
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    In the context of the widespread adoption of 12-hour shifts in the male-dominated mining and energy industry, and using data gathered from 2566 unionised mining and energy workers and 1915 partners, we investigate the extent and gendering of work-life interference in that industry. We ask about the ways, if any, in which work-life interference occurs; whether patterns of interference differ between male and female mineworkers; whether patterns of interference differ between mineworkers and their partners; and how working time preferences affect work-life interference among mineworkers and their partners. We find extensive ...
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    In the context of the widespread adoption of 12-hour shifts in the male-dominated mining and energy industry, and using data gathered from 2566 unionised mining and energy workers and 1915 partners, we investigate the extent and gendering of work-life interference in that industry. We ask about the ways, if any, in which work-life interference occurs; whether patterns of interference differ between male and female mineworkers; whether patterns of interference differ between mineworkers and their partners; and how working time preferences affect work-life interference among mineworkers and their partners. We find extensive interference, mitigated by predictability and 'blocks of time', but these are not enough to offset the impact of the length and rotation of shifts. Gendering takes several forms. The interaction between the domestic and market spheres leads female mine and energy workers to experience greater interference. Long hours and long shifts create significant work-life interference, and part of the burden is shifted to mineworkers' (mostly female) partners, manifested in shortfalls in full-time labour force participation and in stresses upon the partner. We discuss the implications of the findings for policy and practice.
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    Journal Title
    Labour & Industry
    Volume
    24
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2014.978968
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    © 2014 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Labour & Industry on 16 Dec 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10301763.2014.978968
    Subject
    Industrial and employee relations
    Human geography
    Policy and administration
    Sociology not elsewhere classified
    Human resources and industrial relations
    Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66506
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