Warren, Tracey and Lyonette, Clare (2020) Ungrateful slaves? An examination of male part-time workers in the UK. British Journal of Sociology, 71 (2). pp. 382-402. doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12741 ISSN 0007-1315.

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Abstract

Research on part-time work has concentrated over many decades on the experiences of women but male part-time employment is growing in the UK. This article addresses two sizeable gaps in knowledge concerning male part-timers: are men’s part-time jobs of lower quality than men's full-time jobs? Are male part-timers more or less job-satisfied compared to their full-time peers? A fundamental part of both interrogations is whether men’s part-time employment varies by occupational class. The article is motivated by the large body of work on female part-timers. Its theoretical framework is rooted in one of the most controversial discussions in the sociology of women workers: the ‘grateful slave’ debate that emerged in the 1990s when researchers sought to explain why so many women expressed job satisfaction with low quality part-time jobs. Innovatively, this article draws upon those contentious ideas to provide new insights into male, rather than female, part-time employment. Based upon analysis of a large quantitative data set, the results provide clear evidence of low quality male part-time employment in the UK, when compared with men’s full-time jobs. Men working part-time also express deteriorating satisfaction with jobs overall and in several specific dimensions of their jobs. Male part-timers in lower occupational class positions retain a clear ‘lead’ both in bad job quality and low satisfaction. The article concludes by asking whether decreasingly satisfied male part-time workers should be termed ‘ungrateful slaves’?

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Part-time employment, Male employees, Male employees -- Job satisfaction , Occupational mobility, Social classes
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Sociology
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0007-1315
Official Date:	March 2020
Dates:	Date Event March 2020 Published 18 February 2020 Available 10 January 2020 Accepted 2019 Submitted
Volume:	71
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 382-402
DOI:	10.1111/1468-4446.12741
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights):	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Warren, T, Lyonette, C. Ungrateful slaves? An examination of job quality and job satisfaction for male part‐time workers in the UK. Br J Sociol. 2020; 71: 382– 402., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12741. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	13 January 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access:	18 February 2022
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