Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations

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 Resources and Employment Relations, School of Management, Victoria University of 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

• ContentsForeword: Jill Rubery xviiForeword: Sharan Burrow xxForeword: Claire McCartney xxiiThe handbook’s Evolution and Acknowledgements xxiv1 Introduction: travelling the twisting and turning road of gender, work andemployment relations 1Sue Williamson, Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Mihajla Gavin andSusan RessiaPART I WORK, CARE AND THE GENDERED BODY2 The reproductive body and the workplace: maternity, menstrual andmenopause policies 19Marian Baird, Elizabeth Hill and Sydney Colussi3 Accommodations for US lactating workers: employment law, breastfeedingwomen workers, and variations in management responses 32Elizabeth A. Hoffmann4 Gendered perspectives on the development of bereavement leave:implications for women’s employment, health and financial security in anAustralian context 46Leesa Taylor and Roslyn Cameron5 From the one-child policy to the three-child policy: tracing the shift ofdiscourses on gender and their implications to working women in China 62Yiyuan Cao, Jim Rooney and Sharron O’Neill6 Working parents and flexible work: contemplating gendered patterns andinclusive futures 73Maria Adamson, T. Alexandra Beauregard and Suzan Lewis7 Gender inequality in time allocating to paid and unpaid work: evidencefrom Iran 85Seyed Ahmad Firouzabadi and Rasoul SadeghiPART II GENDER, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY8 Queer perspectives on work and organisations 109Regine Bendl and Alexander Fleischmann9 Possibilities and limitations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer+workplace inclusion 122Nick Rumens10 Representing women: on women’s experiences, work and strategies in theSwedish film industry 133Louise Wallenberg11 Gender, family and organisation: an investigation of gendering processesin a large organisation in Thailand 144Nayika Kamales, Patricia Lewis and Maddy Wyatt12 Authentically making space for diversity and inclusion in the workplace:delving into the issues through autoethnography 156Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Jane Alver and Primatia Romana WulandariPART IIIGENDER, VIOLENCE AND WORK13 A three-dimensional approach to gendered workplace violence: the case ofAustralian sexual harassment reforms 170Karen O’Connell14 Labour unions and sexual harassment: the United States experience 183Ana Avendaño and Paula Branter15 Domestic violence leave laws: assessing their effectiveness for addressingdomestic violence and gender inequality 194Mihajla Gavin and Susan Ellicot16 Implementing paid domestic violence leave in Australian workplaces: whatmatters for success? 211Alison Goodwin and Elizabeth HillPART IVGENDER, UNIONS AND PAY17 Collective bargaining and workplace gender equality 226Susan Milner18 Women’s union participation: reflection on 30 years of research andpolicies 237Cécile Guillaume and Gill Kirton19 Occupational segregation and gender pay equity strategies in Australia:comparison, revaluation or raising minimum wages? 248Anne Junor, Alison Preston and Meg Smith20 The fight against gender pay gap in European Union (EU) law: theimportance of regulatory interventions on transparency and adequacy ofpay 262Marco Peruzzi21 The living wage and perceptions of work-life balance in Aotearoa NewZealand: do gender and ethnicity make a difference? 274Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Nazım Taşkın, Jim Arrowsmith, StuartCarr, Amanda Young-Hauser, Darrin Hodgetts, Siautu Alefaio-Tugiaand Jarrod HaarPART V GENDER AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING22 Gender inequality, intersectionality and the future of work 289Susan Ressia and Sangita De23 Work-life balance and the ‘right to disconnect’ for women teleworkers:current limitations and potential developments 301Amanda Reilly24 Gendering the gig worker: a critical review of gender inequalities in thegig economy 312Brendan Churchill25 Enhancing the well-being of others: instructors’ precarious work in thewellness sector in Finland 323Tuija Koivunen26 Global South women in the digital labour platforms 332Fernanda TeixeraPART VIGENDER EQUALITY INTERVENTIONS27 From resistance to critical gender awareness: a map of resistance toworkplace gender equality initiatives 343Sue Williamson and Linda Colley28 Masculinity as a threshold concept for gender equality – a case study of amanagement training program in a Norwegian STEM faculty 353Lotta Snickare, Marthe Amundsen, Greta Gober, Øystein GullvågHolter and Else Marie Lingaas29 The gendered nature of flexibility interventions and impacts 365Phyllis Moen and Youngmin Chu30 Merit and affirmative action in Australian policing: challenges andachievements in recruiting, retaining and promoting women police 379Jacqueline Drew, Rebecca Keane and Tim Prenzler31 Change towards more gender equality: the role of formal sponsorshipprograms in a Dutch professional service firm 391Marieke van den Brink32 Conclusion: ways forward for policy and practice 405Mihalja Gavin, Jane Parker, Sue Williamson, Noelle Donnelly andSusan Ressia

‘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.’