Abstract
ABSTRACT In Japan, women's participation in society and the overall support they receive lags behind that provided by other countries. Although there are various factors that contribute to this outcome, one may be the assigned roles within the family. The concept of working from home (WFH) received considerable attention over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this pandemic has led to many husbands WFH, resulting in the emergence of husbands who are also responsible for housework and childcare, as opposed to traditional husbands who are not. In this context, we studied the effects of husbands WFH and clarified the mechanism underlying this change. Semi-structured interviews with six husbands who WFH revealed that WFH changed their allocation of time resources. In particular, husbands spent more time on housework and childcare than commuting work. As a qualitative analysis of interview data, we found the following: learning in balancing housework and childcare and work is emergent. Learning that leads to the recognition and awareness of roles was also emergent. The results of this study suggest that WFH is a key factor that induces learning in husbands’ role recognition.
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