Heejung Chung

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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy

University of Kent

United Kingdom

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Heejung Chung is a Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent. His research focuses on the dynamics of flexible working arrangements, work-family conflict, and the impact of social policies on gender equality in the workplace. Recent articles examine the implications of flexibility stigma, the role of fathers in domestic labor during the COVID-19 pandemic, and shifts in occupational norms. He is based in the UK, where he contributes significantly to understanding these pressing social issues.

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Working time flexibility and Work-life balance

Open Date: 2013-12-01

Close Date: 2016-12-01

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Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being

From the Ideal Worker to the Inclusive Worker: Measuring Norm Shifts Within Occupational Contexts

Did COVID‐19 Level the Playing Field or Entrench It? Comparing Patterns of Homeworking by Ethnicity, Gender and Migration Status, Before, During and After COVID‐19 in the UK

Moving away from, moving towards and moving against others: An adaptive multi-strategy approach to defend and build resources in self-protection mode

Flexibility Stigma Across Europe: How National Contexts can Shift the Extent to which Flexible Workers are Stigmatised

National family policies and the association between flexible working arrangements and work-to-family conflict across Europe

Fathers stepping up? A cross-national comparison of fathers’ domestic labour and parents’ satisfaction with the division of domestic labour during the COVID-19 pandemic

Flexible Working and the Division of Housework and Childcare: Examining Divisions across Arrangement and Occupational Lines

Work-family justice – meanings and possibilities: introduction to the work and family researchers network special issue

Reconsidering work

Reflecting the changing world of work? A critique of existing survey measures and a proposal for capturing new ways of working

Working from Home and the Division of Childcare and Housework among Dual-Earner Parents during the Pandemic in the UK

A Social Policy Case for a Four-Day Week

What and whom are family policies for? Unpacking the meaning of citizens’ support for family policy across Europe

Possibilities for change and new frontiers: introduction to the Work and Family Researchers Network special issue on advancing equality at work and home

Working from home, work–family conflict, and the role of gender and gender role attitudes

Covid-19, Flexible Working, and Implications for Gender Equality in the United Kingdom

Flexible Working and Unpaid Overtime in the UK: The Role of Gender, Parental and Occupational Status

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Jacqueline O'Reilly

Hyojin Seo

Cara Booker

Daniel L. Carlson

Melissa A. Milkie

Håkan Johansson

Mara A. Yerkes

Casey Scheibling

Mariska van der Horst

Holly Birkett

Stéfanie André

Katharina Zimmermann

Claire Wallace

Constantin Blome

Emma Russell

Clare Kelliher

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