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Working and fathers: Combining family life and work

working and fathers

This report presents the findings of the two-year research project between Lancaster University School of Management (LUMS) and Working Families. The project examined how fathers in paid work combined work and family life. It also measured the stress and wellbeing of fathers at work in relation to their integration of work and home life. In particular, the project gave specific consideration to the extent to which flexible working practices enabled them to remain both a committed employee and a fully engaged parent.

Crucial reading for employers, policy makers and researchers (2011).

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2015 Update

In 2015, new research was published on how contemporary fathers balance childcare and breadwinning. Drawing on qualitative discussions with 100 employed fathers in the UK and using notions of earning income and hands-on fathering as an analytical framework, the study examines how employed, married/cohabiting and lone UK fathers interpret paternity.