Women, work and wine:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

KristinBuvik¹ 

关键词: alcohol;    women;    work;    consumption;    culture;    expectations;    in-depth interviews;   

DOI  :  10.2478/v10199-012-0043-6

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsThere are many grey zones between work and leisure time, where colleagues drink together. Managers are more often involved in grey-zone situations than other employees, and the managerial arena is dominated by men. What is the significance of female managers’ visibility in their understanding of their own consumption of alcohol? What leads female managersto moderate their work-related alcohol consumption?Data and MethodsTo capture the female managers’ perspectives, we conducted 13 in-depth interviews. The female managers represented various kinds of work within care or nursing, media or publishing, public administration and commodity trading.ResultsThe female managers’ reflections and experiences of consuming alcohol in grey zones explain how their heightened visibility as women leads them to moderate their alcohol consumption. Three themes were especially salient: (1) need to be in control, (2) concern about stigmatisation, and (3) life stages marked with caring tasks.ConclusionsThe results show the ...

【 授权许可】

CC BY