Abstract
Through 30 in-depth interviews with self-employed women and men, this study examines how people with considerable control over their work lives construct and experience work-family connections. I find that, even among those who create their own jobs, family intrudes more on work among women, and work intrudes more on family among men. Though all of those interviewed enjoy considerable flexibility, the women tend to emphasize the importance of that flexibility for balancing work and family lives. Provider status and parental identity are key influences shaping how work fits with family. The life stage of the family and the business are also important. Gender is deeply embedded in all of the processes identified, as women and men confront or confirm their gender identities in constructing the linkages between their work and family lives.
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