Heejung Chung

Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment ‘This Handbook has an extraordinarily comprehensive historical and global range, placing current developments in a strong perspective of historical development and including countries in the global so...

Now available: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res... co-edited by policy group member Elke Heins, with contributions from policy group members: @haylesben.bsky.social, @chrisgrover.bsky.social @heejungchung.bsky.social @katyjones.bsky.social

‘Tradwife’ influencers are trending, but what’s really behind their appeal?

Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want.

🗓️ 15 Oct
⏰ 18:15–20:30
📍 Science Gallery London
👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw...

#Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org

That gap.

32% see immigration as one of the most important issues facing Britain — more than any other issue.

Just 4% see it as something that's important in their own life — one of the lowest shares, and a fraction of the numbers for inflation or the NHS.

A new study by @ucl.ac.uk Equalise member @baowenxue.bsky.social, in collaboration with King's College London and @citystgeorges.bsky.social, reveals gender disparities following a major reform designed to make flexible working more accessible.
Access the paper here 👉 jech.bmj.com/content/earl...

From the Ideal Worker to the Inclusive Worker: Measuring Norm Shifts Within Occupational Contexts - new study by Jan Müller and Heejung Chung 🛠️🇨🇭Swiss job ads are moving beyond the ‘ideal worker’ norm: A new study from @uzh.ch and @giwlkings used machine learning to analyze 20+ years of job adverts, revealing early signs of a cultural shift: more emphasis on flexibility, gender equity, and work–life balance.

🛠️🇨🇭Swiss job ads are moving beyond the ‘ideal worker’ norm: A new study from @uzh.ch and @giwlkings used machine learning to analyze 20+ years of job adverts, revealing early signs of a cultural shift: more emphasis on flexibility, gender equity, and work–life balance.

Here is @muellerjan.bsky.social couldn't find him earlier!!

From the Ideal Worker to the Inclusive Worker: Measuring Norm Shifts Within Occupational Contexts Research shows that the ideal worker norm—the masculine-gendered expectation of unlimited work devotion—perpetuates class and gender inequality, increases turnover rates, and negatively affects job s...

Anyways here is the full paper (no paywall)

Do cite, circulate
and follow etc.

@giwlkings.bsky.social
@kingsbschool.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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regression analysis results for part time preference of men and influence of work culture between and within

we hope that this paper can provide theoretical framework for others when exploring the ideal worker culture to see how such culture and changes in such cultures shape work outcomes. We did this for part-time preference where we see our cultural norms make a difference. (graph below for men)

graphs showing changes in ideal worker culture and inclusive worker culture across time

The results shows that work devotion culture is slowly declining - masculinity at work on the other hand, is a bit slower to move. While, dual/plural devotion is rising quite a bit, as is degendering natures of work cultures across occupations. Also there seems to be some convergence

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What is more, we go beyond the descriptive norms - e.g. hours of work people do and number of women in leadership positions - and look at injunctive norms - namely through job adverts. We consider ads as a window into what employers want in workers. We do this through machine learning techniques

Figure showing the multidimensionality of ideal worker and inclusive work culture norms Ideal worker norm Inclusive worker norm Devotion Work devotion: Idealization of work commitment (I) Overtime, long work hours, and weekend work (D) Devotion pluralism: Recognition of nonwork commitments (I) Worker-centered flexibility arrangements (D) Gender Ideal worker masculinity: Idealization of masculinity at work (I) Male dominance and male gendering (D) Degendering equity: Recognition of all genders as suitable for work (I) Gender balance and inclusive language (D)

Firstly - unlike previous papers, we examine the ideal worker culture as a multidimensional item where it is on the one hand about whether we allow workers single (only to work!) or multiple devotions (work and private life) and whether work cultures are masculine or more de-gendered.

Job adverts reveal early signs of a shift away from the 'ideal worker' norm | King's College London Machine learning analysis of job adverts in Switzerland found how employer expectations are evolving across occupations

So happy to have our paper with Jan Mueller published in Gender Work & Organisations. It theorises the multidimensionality of the ideal worker culture to ask the question, do we see a move away from it. The results in Switerland says yes - but only certain aspects. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/job-adv...

Oh I felt something similar when I was on BBC radio 4 panel talking about work culture. I'm sorry you experienced this.

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Just found out about Random dance - which is where people meet up on the street and there is a stage (street) and random k pop songs play in snippets and anyone who knows the dance can join... and I'm thinking where were you when I was a teenager???? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyCB...

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The best thing I love about the whole huntrix success is that Hollywood always thought and still think only white voices and experiences transcend across the world and makes money. This movie effing shot that notion out of the water.

have been told by "Shannon" that I am spreading some "wokery shenanigans"

BBC Radio 5 Live - Nicky Campbell, 01/08/2025 Nicky Campbell takes your calls on the day's talking points.

Listen to radio 5 this morning at 10am to hear me speak about working from home, taking Friday afternoons off and working while travelling. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Omg Sarina weigman ... How is this even possible.
Well done England!! We are the champions!!!!
#womenseuro2025

I've been trying to buy shorts and my old ones are full of holes. Realised that both of those companies seems to have disappeared and or cut down significantly and didn't have the shorts and all I can find are hot pants or denim long shorts. What happened to good old mid length khakis ???

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars . It will end up impacting the rest of us as we. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Women's Euros 2025: Ann-Katrin Berger delivers the 'save of the tournament' Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger acrobatically keeps out a headed deflection to deny France a goal in the first half of extra time in the Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final in Basel.

Not save of the tournament but of the year!! Maybe ever!! Women's Euros 2025: Ann-Katrin Berger delivers the 'save of the tournament' - BBC Sport share.google/iHvkzeYhSivh...

I mean women Euros 25

Omg Berger. What drama and what amazing come back!!
I thought the Sweden Vs England was dramatic but today with Germany Vs France
..
Things are getting really interesting!
#womensEuros24

2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network ABOUT THE EVENT Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada.  The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...

Work and families research network conference abstract submission are now open to October! Don't forget to submit your abstract! wfrn.org/2026-work-an

Ekspertė: vyrams reikia tokios revoliucijos, kokią moterys patyrė per pastarąjį šimtmetį Visais laikais jaunimas protestavo prieš esamą tvarką bei tradicijas ir reikalavo pokyčių, o su amžiumi vakarykščiai mai...

My most recent interview with the Lithuania broadcasting service on the gender polarisation trends we observe across the world www.lrt.lt/naujienos/pa...

YouTube video by DW Documentary Resistance through no sex: The 4B movement in South Korea | DW Documentary

A must see short documentary on the Korean 4b movement
It tries to go beyond the hype to explore exactly what is behind this growing trend in the country with the lowest and falling birth rates
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCN-...

Millennial dads want to show up more at home. Will the office let them? Millennial dads spend much more time with their kids than their boomer parents, but they're still struggling to break the breadwinner stereotype.

My most recent interview with @josiecox.bsky.social on why workplaces are failing dads which have negative impact on the unequal division of work at home but also in the labour market, and larger social consequences. www.businessinsider.com/millennial-d...

Two King's Business School academics on HR magazine's 'Most Influential' list Professors Heejung Chung and Kim Hoque are named among the top thought leaders by a key industry title.

"the insights in her book have been described as essential for HR leaders designing people-centric policies"

We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year.

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...

If you don’t know how cooked we are. This is where we are at. This pot is boiling, frogs, and we’d better put out the fire and fast. Because that man is not alone in thinking this way. We are all about to be served on platters for oligarchs.

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...