Adaptive Strategies, Gender Ideology, and Work-Family Balance Among Dutch Dual Earners
Using questionnaire data on 149 Dutch dual-earner couples with young children participating in the European Famwork study, we examine how adaptive strategies and gender ideology relate to parents' perceived success in balancing work and family. Path analysis indicates that some adaptive strateg...
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Published in | Journal of marriage and family Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 1004 - 1014 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Malden, USA
Blackwell Publishing Inc
01.11.2008
National Council on Family Relations Blackwell Publishing Wiley Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | Using questionnaire data on 149 Dutch dual-earner couples with young children participating in the European Famwork study, we examine how adaptive strategies and gender ideology relate to parents' perceived success in balancing work and family. Path analysis indicates that some adaptive strategies may harm individuals' work-family balance, particularly when they are made in the domain where the time budget is limited. In the need to succeed in multiple roles, however, endorsement of traits traditionally linked with the opposite gender, that is masculine traits for women and feminine traits for men, seems beneficial. We speculate that two underlying mechanisms -- social pressure and time constraints -- jointly operate in determining perceived success in balancing work and family. |
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Bibliography: | istex:D17E5EDC17FCF5A570A1C3BDEE805609B25C0BEB ArticleID:JOMF542 ark:/67375/WNG-KRBC3WC2-T ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0022-2445 1741-3737 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00542.x |