Postdoc position: Do Male Managers Drive Adaptation of Parental Leave and Part-time Work among Male Employees?

Can men be the key to advancing gender equality in the workplace? And how do male managers and senior colleagues influence the work-life balance decisions of new fathers? Join the Sociology Department at the Faculty of Social Sciences as a post-doc and explore these questions by analyzing extensive CBS register data!

Contemporary fathers want to spend more time with their children but they take up less parental leave and work less part-time than mothers. Why? It seems organisations play an important role in this. Specifically, men seem to experience a lack of role models and support from managers and senior colleagues in their organisation. Together with the principal investigator in this project, you will study whether fathers take up more parental leave or are more likely to work part-time if role models ꟷ male managers and senior colleagues who take parental leave or reduce their working hours after the birth of their child(ren) ꟷ become available in the organization. To study this question, you will (a) combine multiple sources of Statistics Netherlands data to construct a panel dataset including all Dutch SMEs and analyse it using advanced statistical techniques and (b) write a paper on fathers as organisational role models in cooperation with the principal investigator.

This position will be embedded in the Sociology Department at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

• We will give you a temporary employment contract of 8 months.
• This position is graded in salary scale 11, step 0.
• If you are not yet a doctoral candidate, you will be appointed as a junior researcher and placed in scale 10.
• You will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Support Service. The Dual Career Programme assists your partner via support, tools, and resources to improve their chances of independently finding employment in the Netherlands. Our Family Support Service helps you and your partner feel welcome and at home by providing customised assistance in navigating local facilities, schools, and amenities. Also take a look at our support for international staff page to discover all our services for international employees.
• You will receive extra days off. With full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the statutory 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

The Sociology Department has extensive knowledge on gender inequality in organisations and experience with analysing big data. You will conduct research in a larger project team (funded by the Dutch Research Council) and in an environment with in-depth theoretical and methodological expertise. The research will take place under the daily supervision of Dr Margriet van Hek (the main supervisor is Prof. Gerbert Kraaykamp). It is possible to discuss options for teaching, depending on your qualifications. Additionally, if you would like to change the number of FTEs, that will also be negotiable.

The Sociology Department hosts the Bachelor’s programme 'Sociology', the Master’s programme 'Sociology: Policy and Applied Research', and participates in the Research Master's programme 'Social Cultural Sciences'. The overall aim of the Radboud Social Cultural Research institute (RSCR) is to contribute innovative knowledge to the academic and social community through comparative research. The ambition of the Faculty of Social Sciences is to become one of the top social science institutes in Europe, providing high-quality research and study programmes that rank among the best in the Netherlands. With a total of approximately 4,500 students spread over three educational institutions, Social Sciences is the largest faculty at Radboud University.