LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lygybė; Tėvystė; Lytis; Vadybininkai; Vyriškumas; Post sovietinis kontekstas; Darbo ir šeimos derinimas; Equality; Fatherhood; Gender; Lithuania; Male managers; Masculinity; Post-soviet context; Work-family integration.
ENThe article sheds light on male managers’ experience as fathers in a post-Soviet context in Lithuania. This empirical study of 12 male managers’ experiences of workfamily integration (WFI), their ways of coping with negative experiences, and the role of organizations in reducing conflict and enriching WFI, reveal the emergence of a new paternal identity: fathers who perceive their role as caregivers but for whom this is still subordinate to the dominant role of the breadwinner. Relying on their wife is a man’s dominant coping strategy. Organizations are perceived as family unfriendly. The managerial implications of the need for organizational support are discussed. [From the publication]