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Project B3

Interactions Between Capabilities in Work and Private Life: A Study of Employees in Different Work Organizations

Abendroth, Anja, Dr.
Research associate Project B3
Andernach, Björn
Research associate Project B3
Diewald, Martin, Prof. Dr.
Head of Project B3
Melzer, Silvia Maja, Dr.
Research associate Project B3
Pausch, Stephanie
Research associate Project B3
Reimann, Mareike
Research associate Project B3
Schunck, Reinhard, Prof. Dr.
Head of Project B3

This research project primarily addresses "capabilities” in working and private life and the interrelations between them. Adapting Sen’s approach, capabilities are the ability to achieve one’s life goals. The project adopts a comprehensive view that identifies multidimensional states of inequality. Crucial is the recognition that pursuing one’s interests in one life domain may even constrain goal attainment in other life domains. The same personal circumstances and employment conditions may be perceived and evaluated differently against the background of heterogeneous life goals. The concept of employment relationships allows us to gain an overview of a wide range of different gratifications and different demands and stresses, against the background of different psychological contracts. On the level of employees, we therefore firstly study the heterogeneity of different employment relationships in companies situated in various business sectors. Secondly, we assess these employees in terms of their embedment in various forms and phases of life. Thus, also the situation and views of a partner will be considered.
In a next step this project examines how heterogeneities (e.g. gender, age, life style preferences, education) become social inequalities with a particular focus on the role of the organizational context. As possible mechanisms different individual interests within companies and private bonds being negotiated in different ways are investigated. Health also plays a role in these interdependencies influencing the prospects for successful multiple engagement in both life domains. It is a "hard" indicator of maladjustment.
In this project detailed studies of employees and characteristics of their companies are carried out. Companies play a dual role, first as negotiation partners and second as opportunity structures. Various actors within the companies and companies’ institutional and sector-specific context are considered.

Proceeding from a sample of 100 work organizations, an extended linked employer-employee design will be used to study an average of 65 employees in each organization. If employees have life partners, they will also be surveyed with a short version of the instrument. By combining these data with information from the same employees and their companies from the German Institute for Employment Research (IAB), we can achieve a unique density of information for large case numbers. The longitudinal design initiated during the first funding period allows distinguishing causal effects more clearly and to adequately study processes of discrimination and self- selection.

45 Publications

2016 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2900270 PUB | PDF | DOI | WoS
 
2016 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2783246
Work-life Integration of Dual-Earner Couples: Spillover, Crossover, and Accumulation of Workplace Demands and Resources within Partnerships
Pausch S, Reimann M, Abendroth A, Diewald M (2016)
Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management Volume 4(1): 70-95.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2765016
Unfair Pay and Health: The Effects of Perceived Injustice of Earnings on Physical Health
Schunck R, Sauer C, Valet P (2015)
European Sociological Review 31(6): 655-666.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2900391
Soziale Ungleichheiten im 21. Jahrhundert
Abendroth A, Silvia M (2015)
Soziologische Revue 38(3).
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2684429 PUB | DOI | WoS | PubMed | Europe PMC
 
2015 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2759297
Work-life balance of dual-earner couples: Do advantages and disadvantages of workplace demands and resources accumulate within partnerships?
Pausch S, Reimann M, Abendroth A, Diewald M (2015) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 54.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2752816
Technical Report Factorial Survey (Vignettes) Wave 1: Project B3 “Interactions Between Capabilities in Work and Private Life”
Reimann M, Andernach B, Schunck R, Diewald M, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 20.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2752823
Linking LEEP-B3 Survey Data with Administrative IAB Data
Jacobebbinghaus P, Seth S, Diewald M, Schunck R, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S, Reimann M, Andernach B (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 21.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2730392
Technical report employer survey wave 2: Project B3 "Interactions Between Capabilities in Work and Private Life"
Reimann M, Pausch S, Diewald M, Schunck R, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Andernach B, Jacobebbinghaus P (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 19.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2730261
The SFB882-B3 Linked-Employer-Employee Panel (LEEP-B3)
Diewald M, Schunck R, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S, Reimann M, Andernach B, Jacobebbinghaus P (2014)
Schmollers Jahrbuch / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies 134(3): 379-389.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2753231
Technical report employer survey Project B3: Interactions between capabilities in work and private life
Pausch S, Harand J, Schunck R, Jacobebbinghaus P (2014) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 4.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2729998
The SFB-B3 Linked Employer-Employee Panel Survey (LEEP-B3)
Diewald M, Schunck R, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S, Reimann M, Andernach B, Jacobebbinghaus P (2014)
Schmollers Jahrbuch 134(3): 379-389.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2709805
Verknüpfung der LEEP-B3 Befragungsdaten mit administrativen IAB-Daten
Jacobebbinghaus P, Seth S, Diewald M, Schunck R, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S, Reimann M, Andernach B (2014) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 14.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2712431
German fathers and their preference to reduce working hours to care for their children
Abendroth A, Pausch S, Böhm S (2014) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 41.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2709636
Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie: Auch Väter haben ein Zeitproblem
Pausch S, Reimann M, Abendroth A, Diewald M, Jacobebbinghaus P (2014) ; Nr.2.
IAB-Forum.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2700866
Methodological Report Employee and Partner Surveys of the Linked Employer- Employee Panel (LEEP-B3) in Project B3 “Interactions Between Capabilities in Work and Private Life: A Study of Employees in Different Work Organizations”
Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Jacobebbinghaus P, Schlechter F (2014) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 12.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2700763
Methodenbericht Beschäftigten- und Partnerbefragung des Linked-Employer- Employee Panels (LEEP-B3) im Projekt B3 „Wechselwirkungen zwischen Verwirklichungschancen im Berufs- und Privatleben“
Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Jacobebbinghaus P, Schlechter F (2014) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 6.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2680318
Investigating the feasibility of a factorial survey in a CATI
Andernach B, Schunck R (2014) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 28.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Report | PUB-ID: 2688960
Methodenbericht Faktorieller Survey (Vignetten) Projekt B3 „Wechselwirkungen zwischen Verwirklichungschancen im Berufs- und Privatleben“
Reimann M, Andernach B, Schunck R, Diewald M, Abendroth A, Melzer SM, Pausch S (2014) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 9.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2638314
Macht Ungerechtigkeit krank? Gesundheitliche Folgen von Einkommens(un)gerechtigkeit
Schunck R, Sauer C, Valet P (2013)
WSI Mitteilungen 66(8): 553-561.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2532418 PUB | WoS
 
2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2637596
Reconsidering the Effect of Education on East–West Migration in Germany
Melzer SM (2013)
European Sociological Review 29(2): 210-228.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2637598
Unerwartete Verlierer? Überraschende Gewinner? Beruflich bedingte Umzüge ost- und westdeutscher Paare
Nisic N, Melzer SM (2013)
GENDER: Zeitschrift für Geschlecht Kultur und Gesellschaft Sonderheft 2 „Paare und Ungleichheiten“: 120-143.
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2013 | Report | PUB-ID: 2615802
Methodenbericht Betriebsbefragung Projekt B3 : Wechselwirkungen zwischen Verwirklichungschancen im Berufs- und Privatleben
Pausch S, Harand J, Schunck R, Jacobebbinghaus P (2013) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 2.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2581319
What do Women and Men Want? Investigating and Measuring Preference Heterogeneity for Life Outcomes using a Factorial Survey
Schunck R, Abendroth A, Diewald M, Melzer SM, Pausch S (2013) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 20.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2564807
Human Capital and the Gender Gap in Authority in European Countries
Abendroth A, Maas I, Van der Lippe T (2013)
European Sociological Review 29(2): 261-273.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2532412 PUB
 
2012 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2527542
No Causal Effect of Unemployment on Smoking? A German Panel Study
Schunck R, Rogge B (2012)
International Journal of Public Health 57(6): 867-874.
PUB | PDF | DOI | WoS | PubMed | Europe PMC
 
2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2637607
The Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances: A Sending Country Perspective
Baas T, Melzer SM (2012) ; Discussion Paper No. 2012 - 21.
NORFACE MIGRATION.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2637601 PUB
 
2012 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2518991
Social support and the working hours of employed mothers in Europe. The relevance of the state, workplace, and the family
Abendroth A, Van der Lippe T, Maas I (2012)
Social Science Research 41(3): 581-597.
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2012 | Report | PUB-ID: 2615425 PUB
 
2012 | Dissertation | PUB-ID: 2574874
Working Women in Europe. How the Country, Workplace and Family Context Matter.
Abendroth A (2012)
ICS Dissertation Series. Utrecht University.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2461648
How work interferes with partnerships. Mechanisms influencing strains, conflicts, and dissolution
Diewald M, Hoherz S, Graf T, Böhm S (In Press)
In: Partnership Relations in context. Walper S, Brüderl J (Eds); Springer.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2637595
Does Migration Make You Happy? Considering the Impact of Migration on Subjective Well-Being
Melzer SM (2011)
Journal of Social Research & Policy 2(2): 73-92.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2631423
Wenn das Internet den Alltag bestimmt
Reimann M (2011)
In: Soziologikus: Virtuelle Welten - Wie Computer und Internet unser Leben bestimmen. Mönkediek B (Ed); Soziologikus, 2 Osnabrück: Verlag Dirk Koentopp: 67-106.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2518987 PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2615443
Die IAB-Erhebung des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Stellenangebots. Inhalte, Daten und Methoden.
Kettner A, Heckmann M, Rebien M, Pausch S, Szameitat J (2011)
Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung 44(3): 245-260.
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2011 | Report | PUB-ID: 2615434
Potenziale für den Arbeitsmarkt: Frauen zwischen Beruf und Familie.
Böhm K, Drasch K, Götz S, Pausch S (2011) IAB-Kurzbericht; 2011.
Nürnberg: IAB.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2460876
Immigrant integration, transnational activities, and the life course
Schunck R (2011)
In: A Life-Course Perspective on Migration and Integration. Wingens M, Windzio M, de Valk H, Aybek C (Eds); Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York: Springer Science+Business Number 2011: 269-282.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2460994 PUB
 
2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2637603
The Influence of Regional Factors on Individual Mobility Patterns: Considering East-West Migration in Germany
Melzer SM (2010)
In: Demographic Aspects of Migration. Salzmann T, Barry E, James R (Eds); Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag: 203-236.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 1919490
Wechselwirkungen zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit und sozialen Netzwerken
Sattler S, Diewald M (2010)
In: Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. Stegbauer C, Häußling R (Eds); 1st ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag: 695-707.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 1997788
Instabile Partnerschaften durch neue Beschäftigungsformen? Risiken von Männern und Frauen
Böhm S, Diewald M, Körnert J (2010)
In: Individualisierungen. Ein Vierteljahrhundert „jenseits von Stand und Klasse“?. Berger PA, Hitzler R (Eds); Sozialstrukturanalyse, Wiesbaden: VS: 211-224.
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2009 | Report | PUB-ID: 2615449
Unternehmensbefragung im II. Quartal 2009: Wie Betriebe in der Krise Beschäftigung stützen
Heckmann M, Kettner A, Pausch S, Szameitat J, Vogler-Ludwig K (2009) IAB-Kurzbericht; 2009.
Nürnberg: IAB.
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