Books

Drobnič, Sonja and Guillén, Ana M. (eds.) (2011): Work-Life Balance in Europe. The Role of Job Quality. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

Treas, Judy and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) (2010): Dividing the Domestic. Men, Women, and Household Work in Cross-National Perspective. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) (2001): Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Drobnič, Sonja (1990): Immigrants in a Welfare State. Living Conditions of Yugoslav Immigrants in Sweden. Stockholm: Institutet för social forskning.

Antončič, Vojko, Sonja Drobnič, Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik (1984): Tokovi zaposlovanja. [Flows of Employment]. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija.

 

Journal Articles, Book Chapters

Drobnič, Sonja, and Ana M. Guillén (2011): “Tensions Between Work and Home:  Job Quality and Working Conditions in the Institutional Contexts of Germany and Spain", Social Politics, 18, 2: 232-268.

Drobnič, Sonja (2011): "Introduction: Job Quality and Work-Life-Balance" in Sonja Drobnič and Ana M. Guillén (eds.) Work-Life Balance in Europe. The Role of Job Quality. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-16.

Beham, Barbara and Drobnič, Sonja (2011): "Job Demands and Work-Home Interference: Empirical Evidence from Service Sector Employees in Eight European Countries" in Sonja Drobnič and Ana M. Guillén (eds.) Work-Life Balance in Europe. The Role of Job Quality. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.95-119.

Drobnič, Sonja, Barbara Beham, and Patrick Präg (2010): “Good Job, Good Life? Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Europe.” Social Indicators Research, 99, 2: 205-225.

Beham, Barbara, Sonja Drobnič and Patrick Präg (2010): “Work demands and resources and the work-family interface: Testing a salience model on German service sector employees.” Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78: 110-122.

Szücs, Stefan, Sonja Drobnič, Laura den Dulk, and Roland Verwiebe (2011): “Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Work-Life Balance” In: Margareta Back-Wiklund, Tanja van der Lippe, Laura den Dulk, and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes (eds.): Quality of  Work and Life. Theory, Practice and Policy. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 95-117.

van der Lippe, Tanja, Stefan Szücs, Sonja Drobnič, and Leila Billquist (2011): „Data and Methods“ In: Margareta Back-Wiklund, Tanja van der Lippe, Laura den Dulk, and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes (eds.): Quality of  Work and Life. Theory, Practice and Policy. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 55-74.

Beham, Barbara and Sonja Drobnič (2010): “Satisfaction with work-family balance among German office workers.” Journal of Managerial Psychology, 25, 6: 669-689.

Beham, Barbara, Patrick Präg and Sonja Drobnič (2010): ”Balance zwischen Erwerbstätigkeit und Familienleben: Eine vergleichende Studie unter Eltern in vier europäischen Ländern“ [Balance between Work and Family Life: A Comparative Study of Parents in Four European Countries]. In: Matthias Schmidt and Christoph Schank (Hrsg.) Die Metropolregion Berlin vor demografischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen. München und Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag, pp. 81-104.

Drobnič, Sonja (2010): “Concluding Thoughts on the Societal Context of Housework” in: Judith Treas and Sonja Drobnič (eds.): Dividing the Domestic. Men, Women, and Housework in Cross-National Perspective. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp. 241-251.

Cholotta, Katrin und Sonja Drobnič (2009): „Wann ist eine Gründung erfolgreich? Facetten und Faktoren objektiven Erfolges in kleinen Unternehmen.“ Zeitschrift für KMU & Entrepreneurship, 7, 3-4: 239-258.

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (2009): “Theoretical Perspectives on Couples’ Careers”. Reprint in: Walter R. Heinz, Johannes Huinink, Ansgar Weymann (eds.) The Life Course Reader. Individuals and Societies across Time. Frankfurt/New York: Campus, pp. 338-369.

Drobnič, Sonja (2005): “Gendered Employment Patterns: Individuals, Societies, Couples.” In: Annette Jünemann and Carmen Klement (eds.) Die Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europäischen Union. The Policy of Gender Equality in the European Union. Nomos, pp. 132-145.

Gross, Mechthild M., Sonja Drobnič, and Marc JNC Keirse (2005): “Influence of Fixed and Time-Dependent Factors on Duration of Normal First Stage Labor.” Birth, 31,1: 27-33.

Drobnič, Sonja and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2004): “Career Patterns over the Life Course: Gender, Class, and Linked Lives.” In: Arne L. Kalleberg, Stephen L. Morgan, John Myles, Rachel A. Rosenfeld (eds.): Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms. Essays in Honor of Aage B. Sørensen. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Volume 21. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 139-164.

Drobnič, Sonja (2003): „Effects of Children On Married and Lone Mothers' Employment in the United States and (West) Germany“. Reprint in: David Cheal (ed.) “Family: Critical Concepts in Sociology.” Volume 2, Routledge.

Drobnič, Sonja (2003): “Ties Between Lives: Dynamics of Employment Patterns of Spouses.” In: Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall (eds.): The Life Course: Sequences, Institutions, Interrelations. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, pp. 259-278.

Drobnič, Sonja and Nevenka Černigoj Sadar (2003): “Who Marries Whom in Slovenia?” In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Andreas Timm (eds.): Who Marries Whom? Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies. Dordrecht: Kluwer, pp. 295-314.

Drobnič, Sonja (2003): “Men’s Transition to Retirement: Does the Wife Matter?” Schmollers Jahrbuch – Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123, 1: 177-188.

Drobnič, Sonja (2002): “Guest Editor’s Introduction: Retirement Timing in a Household Context.” International Journal of Sociology, 32, 3: 3-10.

Drobnič, Sonja (2002): „Retirement Timing in Germany: The Impact of Household Characteristics.” International Journal of Sociology, 32, 3:75-102.

Drobnič Sonja (2001): „Sequencing Motherhood and First Employment: Early Life Course Differences Between American and (West) German Women.“ In: Claudia Born, Helga Krüger (eds.): Individualisierung und Verflechtung. Geschlecht und Generation im Lebenslaufregime. München: Juventa, pp. 211-233.

Drobnič, Sonja and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2001): „Careers of Couples and Trends in Inequality“. In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 371-386.

Drobnič, Sonja and Ewa Frątczak (2001): „Employment Patterns of Married Women in Poland.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 283-306.

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (2001): „A Cross-National Comparative Approach to Couples’ Careers.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-15

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (2001): „Theoretical Perspectives on Couples’ Careers.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 16-50.

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sonja Drobnič and Götz Rohwer (2001): „Spouses’ Employment Careers in (West) Germany.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53-76.

Schneider, Thorsten, Sonja Drobnič and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2001): „Pflegebedürftige Personen im Haushalt und das Erwerbsverhalten verheirateter Frauen.“ Zeitschrift für Soziologie 30, 5: 362-383.

Drobnič, Sonja (2000): „The Effects of Children On Married and Lone Mothers' Employment in the United States and (West) Germany“. European Sociological Review, 6, 2: 137-157.

Drobnič, Sonja and Thorsten Schneider (2000): „Der Übergang erwerbstätiger Ehepartner in den Ruhestand aus der Lebenslaufsperspektive.“ Zeitschrift für Sozialisationsforschung und Erziehungssoziologie, Beiheft 2000, pp. 205-220.

Černigoj Sadar, Nevenka and Sonja Drobnič (2000): „Poročna homogamija in (re)produkcija socialnih neenakosti“ [Marriage Homogamy and the (Re-)Production of Social Inequalities]. In: Srna Mandič (ed.): Kakovost življenja. Stanja in spremembe. Ljubljana: Založba Fakultete za družbene vede, pp. 1-28.

Drobnič, Sonja, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Götz Rohwer (1999): "Dynamics of Women's Employment Patterns Over the Family Life Course: A Comparison of the USA and Germany". Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 1: 133-146.

Cramm, Cathleen, Hans-Peter Blossfeld und Sonja Drobnič (1998): "Die Auswirkungen der Doppelbelastung durch Familie und Beruf auf das Krankheitsrisiko von Frauen." Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 27, 5: 341-357

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sonja Drobnič et Götz Rohwer (1998): "Les trajectoires professionnelles des couples mariés en Allemagne. Une étude longitudinale de long terme de carrières des époux en Allemagne de l'Ouest." Revue française de sociologie, 39, 2: 305-351.

Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Generational Differences in Married Women's Employment Careers: The Impact of Household Characteristics" In: Rolf Becker (ed.) Generationen und sozialer Wandel. Generationsdynamik, Generationenbeziehungen und Differenzierung von Generationen. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, pp. 65-87.

Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Part-time Work in Central and East European Countries." In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Catherine Hakim (eds.) Between Equalization and Marginalization. Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 71-89.

Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Employment Policies and Programmes in Slovenia." In: Martin Godfrey and Peter Richards (eds.) Employment Policies and Programmes in Central and Eastern Europe. Geneva: International Labour Office, pp. 157-181.

Drobnič, Sonja and Immo Wittig (1997): "Part-time Work in the United States of America." In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Catherine Hakim (eds.) Between Equalization and Marginalization. Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 289-314.

Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Labor Market Dynamics in Slovenia: Transitions from Unemployment." Družboslovne razprave, Vol. XII, No.22-23 (1996): 151-168.

Frątczak, Ewa and Irena Kowalska in cooperation with Götz Rohwer, Sonja Drobnič, Hans-Peter Blossfeld (1996): Polish Family and Fertility Survey. A User's Guide. Warsaw and Bremen. 126 pages.

Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Metodološki vidiki proučevanja kvalitete življenja." [Methodological Approaches in the Quality of Life Research] In: Ivan Svetlik (ed.) Kakovost življenja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana:  Knjižna zbirka Teorija in praksa, pp. 25-44.

Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Dinamika na trgu delovne sile: Dejavniki prehoda iz stanja brezposelnosti." [Labor Market Dynamics: Exits from Unemployment] In: Ivan Svetlik (ed.) Kakovost življenja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Knjižna zbirka Teorija in praksa, pp. 121-142.

Drobnič, Sonja and Immo Wittig (1995): "Vollzeit- und Teilzeiterwerbstätigkeit im Familienzyklus US-amerikanischer Frauen - Eine Längschnittanalyse." Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 24, 5: 374-389.

Drobnič, Sonja and Veljko Rus (1995): "Unemployment in Transition Economies: The Case of Slovenia." In: Marvin Jackson, Jeno Koltay and Wouter Biesbrouck (eds.). Unemployment and Evolving Labor Markets in Central and Eastern Europe. LICOS Studies on the Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 4. Aldershot: Avebury, pp. 93-122.

Drobnič, Sonja (1995): "Nestandardne oblike zaposlovanja v Srednji in Vzhodni Evropi." (Non-standard Forms of Employment in Central and Eastern Europe). Teorija in praksa, Vol. XXXII, No. 9-10: 796-811.

Drobnič, Sonja (1994): " Foglalkoztatáspolitika és munkaeröpiaci programok Szlovéniában." (in Hungarian) In: György Lázár (ed.) Employment Policy and Labour Market Programmes in Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest. Pp. 287-321.

Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Dinamična sociološka analiza: metode in podatki". [Dynamic Sociological Analysis: Methods and Data]. Družboslovne razprave, Vol.9, No.14.: 9-32.

McPherson, Miller J., Pamela Popielarz, and Sonja Drobnič (1992): "Social Networks and Organizational Dynamics." American Sociological Review. Vol.57 (April):153-170.

Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Evalvacijske študije zaposlitvenih programov." [Evaluation Studies of Employment Programs]. In: Branka Preželj and Ivan Svetlik (eds.). Zaposlovanje - perspektive, priložnosti, tveganja. Ljubljana: Znanstveno in publicistično središče. pp.227-254.

Drobnič, Sonja, Jürgen Hartmann, Veljko Rus, and Matti Vesa Volanen (1989):  "Transition from School to Work and the Employment System. A Comparison of Experiences in Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden, and Yugoslavia." In: Wladyslaw Adamski and Peter Grootings (eds.). Youth, Education and Work in Europe. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 124-151.

Drobnič, Sonja (1988): "Political Participation of Yugoslav Immigrants in Sweden." European Journal of Political Research, 16: 645-658.

Drobnič, Sonja (1987): "Radni uslovi radnika iz drugih republika u SR Sloveniji." [Working Conditions of Immigrant Workers from other Yugoslav Republics in Slovenia]. Sociologija, Vol.29, No.3 (Okt.-Nov.): 453-468.

Drobnič, Sonja (1987): "Zaposlitev in delovni pogoji jugoslovanskih zdomcev na Švedskem." [Employment and Working Conditions of Yugoslav Immigrants in Sweden]. Družboslovne razprave, 4: 121-134.

Drobnič, Sonja (1985): "Polna zaposlenost delovne sile." [Full Employment of the Labor Force]. Družboslovne razprave, 3: 31-42.

Drobnič, Sonja (1985): "Nove strategije za izhod iz krize družbenih dejavnosti in krize zaposlovanja." [New Strategies for Overcoming the Employment Crisis]. In: Razvoj in kriza družbenih dejavnosti, Ljubljana. Pp.263-273.

Antončič, Vojko and Sonja Drobnič (1984): "Napovedovanje kadrovskih potreb slovenske industrije." [Manpower Forecasting in Slovenian Manufacturing Industry]. Družboslovne razprave, 1: 107-113.

Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Strukturne spremembe v brezposelnosti." [Strucutral Changes in Unemployment]. In: Vojko Antončič, Sonja Drobnič, Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik. Tokovi Zaposlovanja. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija. Pp. 188-219.

Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Razvoj informacijskega sistema kot osnova proučevanja socialnega razvoja in kvalitete življenja." [Development of the Information System for the Quality of Life Research]. In: Ptujsko sociološko srečanje 1984. Kvaliteta življenja / Družboslovno raziskovanje v gospodarskih OZD, Ljubljana, pp.174-184.

Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Analiza vrst brezposelnosti po regijah SR Slovenije." [Types of Unemployment in Slovenian Regions]. In: Vloga regij v razvoju slovenske družbe. Murska Sobota, pp.37-51.

Drobnič, Sonja and Ivan Svetlik (1984): "Vrste odkrite brezposelnosti v Sloveniji. [Types of Open Unemployment in Slovenia]. In: Antončič, Vojko, Sonja Drobnič, Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik. Tokovi Zaposlovanja. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija. Pp. 159-187.

Drobnič, Sonja (1982): "Nezaposlenost ‑ mednarodni pregled, SFRJ in regije v Sloveniji." [Unemployment in International, Yugoslav and Slovenian Perspective]. Ljubljana: IB revija zaplaniranje, 14.

Svetlik, Ivan and Sonja Drobnič (1982): "Prezaposlovanje - primer 'C'". [Re-employment after a Closing-Down -- The Case of 'C']. Migracije, bilten 29. FSPN, Ljubljana. 86 pages.

Rus, Veljko, Vojko Antončič, Ivan Svetlik, and Sonja Drobnič (1982): "Delo v dolgoročnem razvoju Slovenije." [Work in the Long-term Perspective in Slovenia]. Ljubljana: IB Revija za planiranje, 14.

 

Selected Working Papers/Electronic Publications

Petersen, A., S. Drobnič, P. Hillemanns, M. Gross MM. (2009): Der Interventionskaskade auf der Spur - Wie lange dauern die Intervalle zwischen Geburtsbeginn, intrapartalen Interventionen und der Geburt? Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol., 213: S9. DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1222736

Beham, Barbara and Sonja Drobnič (2007): Report on Existing Data Sources and Objective and Subjective Indicators. QUALITY Working Paper 1.2, University of Hamburg and Utrecht University.

Treas, Judith and Sonja Drobnič (2006): “Understanding the Household Division of Labor in a Comparative Perspective.”  Economic Sociology. The European Electronic Newsletter, 8, 1: 28-30. econsoc.mpifg.de/archive/econ_soc_8-1.pdf

Beham, Barbara, Sonja Drobnič, and Roland Verwiebe (2006): National Report Germany. Socio-Economic Trends and Welfare Policies. QUALITY Working Paper, University of Hamburg and Utrecht University.

Beham, Barbara, Sonja Drobnič, and Roland Verwiebe (2006): Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches to Quality of Life and Work. Literature Review. QUALITY Working Paper 1.1., University of Hamburg and Utrecht University.

Drobnič, Sonja, Hans‑Peter Blossfeld, Götz Rohwer, and Immo Wittig (1996): "Women's Part‑Time Work: Reconciliation Between Family and Employment?" Sfb 186 Arbeitspapier Nr. 32, University of Bremen.

Blossfeld, Hans‑Peter, Sonja Drobnič, and Götz Rohwer (1996): "Employment Patterns: A Crossroad Between Class and Gender. A Long‑term Longitudinal Study of Spouses' Careers in West Germany." Sfb 186 Arbeitspapier Nr. 33, University of Bremen. 44 pages.

Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Rigidities in the Labor Markets of Transition Economies and New Organizational Forms." The Leuven Institute for Central and East European Studies, Leuven. Discussion Papers on the Economic Transformation: Policy, Institutions and Structure. Working Paper 7/1992.