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• Metanarrative of the "New Father" and Narratives of Young Finnish First-Time Fathers 

  Eerola, Petteri; Huttunen, Jouko (Men's Studies Press, 2011)

  The metanarrative of the "new father" has become well-established in both the public and academic discourses on families. This study analyzes the narratives and storylines about fatherhood told by young Finnish first-time ...

• Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme 

  Eerola, Petteri; Lammi-Taskula, Johanna; O’Brien, Margaret; Hietamäki, Johanna; Räikkönen, Eija (Sage Publications, Inc., 2019)

  Despite being the first country in the world to introduce paternity leave in 1978, Finland’s current national leave scheme is complex with regard to incentivizing fathers’ take-up. Taking the unique Finnish leave scheme ...

• Paternal masculinities in early fatherhood: dominant and counter narratives by Finnish first-time fathers 

  Eerola, Petteri; Mykkänen, Johanna (SAGE Publications, Inc.; National Council on Family Relations, 2015)

  In this article, we seek to extend understanding of the role of gender in early fatherhood by examining narratives of paternal masculinities, that is, the social and cultural constructions of gendered practices and conventions ...

• Masculinity in flux? : Male managers navigating between work and family 

  Pučėtaitė, Raminta; Lämsä, Anna-Maija; Norvaišaitė, Marija (Routledge, 2020)

  The article sheds light on male managers’ experience as fathers in a post-Soviet context in Lithuania. This empirical study of 12 male managers’ experiences of work-family integration (WFI), their ways of coping with ...

• Leadership practices in relation to men's work-family balance in Finnish organizations 

  Kangas, Emilia; Lämsä, Anna-Maija (Routledge, 2021)

  Leadership practices in organizations play an important role in shaping the conditions for employees’ work-family balance. Previous research on the topic has mainly focused on women; fathers are said to receive little ...