<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this pilot study we explore the mutual conditionality of bargaining power between spouses in the processes of intra-household allocation of resources (care work) and the assignment of their roles in family businesses (paid work) in Vojvodina, Serbia. Our intention is to explain the changes in gender relations in family businesses run by spouses under different socio-economic and institutional conditions, and especially in the context of enforced postsocialist neoliberal transformation after 2009. We formulate a theoretical and methodological framework based on the case of ten firms and check its validity for deeper and wider research into the key causes, forms and characteristics of gender bias in this area.</p></abstract>

In this pilot study we explore the mutual conditionality of bargaining power between spouses in the processes of intra-household allocation of resources (care work) and the assignment of their roles in family businesses (paid work) in Vojvodina, Serbia. Our intention is to explain the changes in gender relations in family businesses run by spouses under different socio-economic and institutional conditions, and especially in the context of enforced postsocialist neoliberal transformation after 2009. We formulate a theoretical and methodological framework based on the case of ten firms and check its validity for deeper and wider research into the key causes, forms and characteristics of gender bias in this area.

Spouses in the Household and the Family Business – Who (does) the Care and Who (does) the Work

Novi Sad Business School, 4, V. Perica Valtera 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovic 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia,

University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6

Gender Studies

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In this pilot study we explore the mutual conditionality of bargaining power between spouses in the processes of intra-household allocation of resources (care...

Spouses in the Household and the Family Business – Who (does) the Care and Who (does) the Work

Published Online: Feb 29, 2016

Page range: 190 - 208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0012

Keywords
care work, family business, gender role, household, unitary and bargaining models

© 2015 Tatjana Djuric Kuzmanovic et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spouses in the Household and the Family Business – Who (does) the Care and Who (does) the Work

Published Online: Feb 29, 2016

Page range: 190 - 208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0012

Keywordscare work, family business, gender role, household, unitary and bargaining models

© 2015 Tatjana Djuric Kuzmanovic et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
care work, family business, gender role, household, unitary and bargaining models