Locating Irish Workers in the British Labour Force Survey

Irish migrant workers still make a significant contribution to the UK labour force, but this contribution is confined to particular occupation and industry groups. This paper begins with a brief review of the literature on Irish workers employment and an argument is developed that the work of Irish-born people in Britain is still both racialised and gendered. Then, using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), the work experiences of over one thousand Irish-born people in the UK are explored as a group and in comparison to UK-born workers. Findings suggest both Irish-born men and women still work in the stereotyped occupations of the past. For example, most women work in public administration and health while twenty six per cent of men work in construction. The majority of Irish-born men work in manual skilled or unskilled jobs. The paper concludes that historically there has been no real qualitative change in the way that Irish-born workers experience employment in the UK

Learning to be a Parent: The role of the Internet in teaching new skills

It is now widely recognised that the use of the Internet as a source of health information is increasing. Parents form a high proportion of those using the Internet to seek health care advice for themselves and also for information about their children's health and well-being. Resources available for teaching new parents about the day-today aspects of childcare are limited and it is often not until parents are at home and experiencing difficulties that they are receptive to learning about aspects of childcare. At this point parents are increasingly turning to parenting websites to seek more information and support in caring for their children. This trend is reflected by the growth in the number of parenting websites providing virtual discussion arenas for parents and a wide range of relevant online information. This paper presents findings from the Cyberparents research project. Using data collected via an online survey linked to www.babyworld.co.uk, the paper explores the ways in which mothers in particular are using the Internet to help them adjust to their role as new parents

What enables professional women to continue to pursue their careers full-time and bring up children?

Women who continue to pursue their careers full-time once they become mothers face a constant juggling act of priorities. Some women succeed but many well qualified and experienced mothers have ‘fallen by the wayside’ and have had to work at a level lower than their qualifications warrant, often in part-time positions. This is an unacceptable situation, squandering skills and talents that the United Kingdom and individuals personally have invested in. Whilst there is no shortage of literature on working mothers, most of it focuses on work-life balance and combining part-time employment with caring for children. This research focuses on full-time working mothers and asks what actually enables women to continue to pursue their careers and bring up children. The results of one to one interviews with 29 women, who are both pursuing a full-time career and bringing up children, form the basis of the research. The findings conclude that there is not one specific factor which can be pinpointed that enables a woman to work full-time and bring up children, rather a combination of interacting factors mainly support from a partner, the ability to work flexibly and having sound childcare arrangements in place. The findings highlight the role of househusbands in enabling mothers to be the family breadwinners. The findings suggest that a woman has to be realistic about what she can achieve and be prepared to compromise, recognising that ‘having it all’ is not always a possibility. Being able to accept one’s limitations and being prepared to identify where priorities lie, enable women to navigate conflicting demands in different areas of their lives, which make it possible to juggle and balance both a full-time career and bringing up children.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Ifjúság és Elias: A Fiatal Munkás projekt

Ebben a tanulmányban röviden bemutatjuk Eliasnak egy „elveszett” kutatási projektjét, amelyet az 1960-as évek elején végzett Leicesterben a fi atal munkások munkahelyi szerepekhez és felnőtt helyzetekhez való alkalmazkodásáról: A Fiatal Munkások Alkalmazkodása a Munkahelyi Helyzetekhez és a Felnőtt Szerepekhez. Az elveszettnek hitt interjús ütemtervek felfedezése levéltári kutatással kiegészítve lehetőséget nyújtott arra, hogy összerakjuk a projekt hátterét és Elias ifj úságról alkotott elméleti megközelítését. Elméleti modelljének azt a részét vázoljuk fel, amely a sokk hipotézisre és a gyermekeknek a felnőtt világtól való elválasztására koncentrál