Contextual Influences on Work and Family Roles: Gender, Culture, and Socioeconomic Factors

Perrone, Kristin M.; Wright, Stephen L.; Howell, Desiree S.; Barnum, Emily L.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2014.00067.x

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Considering cultural differences in research on women in leadership offers a better understanding of work‐life balance and development strategies that are culturally appropriate (Perrone‐McGovern, Wright, Howell, & Barnum, ). The awareness of cultural differences will guide us to pay particular attention to the Korean context and its uniqueness in comparison to Western approaches.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women Leaders’ Work‐Life Imbalance in South Korean Companies: A Collaborative Qualitative Study

Cho

Park

et al. 2016

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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The purpose of this collaborative qualitative study was to investigate the lived experience of women leaders in South Korean companies who manage their work and life and develop their leadership in the face of organizational and cultural constraints. Critical to this investigation was the understanding of three concepts represented in the literature on women in leadership: cultural context, work-life balance, and leadership development. A team of eight researchers conducted a collaborative qualitative study to interview 50 women leaders using a purposeful and snowball sampling method. As a result, we found that women leaders experience difficulties in work-life balance and leadership development largely due to a gendered workplace. By gendered workplace we mean frequent drinking after work, the exclusion of women leaders from informal networking, and a lack of developmental opportunities. The gendered workplace forced them to sacrifice their personal lives in order to work long hours and develop their own strategies for work-life balance. We also found that there were noticeable differences in their narratives by position (28 team leaders and 22 executives) and marital status (37 married and 13 singles) concerning family support, major challenges, definitions of success, leadership styles, and mentors. Based on the study findings, we provided implications for research and practice and the study limitations.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women Leaders’ Work‐Life Imbalance in South Korean Companies: A Collaborative Qualitative Study

Cho

Park

et al. 2016

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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“…Traditional views of gender roles that emphasize women’s capacity for nurturance and men’s leadership capabilities have translated into the expectation that women are best suited for domestic tasks, such as childcare and housework, while men should be the primary breadwinners. In contrast, egalitarianism minimizes the differences between the sexes and promotes equality in terms of men’s and women’s roles within the family (Perrone-McGovern, Wright, Howell, & Barnum, 2014). In addition to ideology, parents’ behaviors socialize their children through their modeling of either traditional or egalitarian roles; for example, through their division of domestic and paid labor (Turner & Gervai, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

Parents’ Gender Ideology and Gendered Behavior as Predictors of Children’s Gender-Role Attitudes: A Longitudinal Exploration

2015

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The current study utilized longitudinal, self-report data from a sample of 109 dual-earner, working-class couples and their 6-year-old children living in the northeastern United States. Research questions addressed the roles of parents’ gender ideology and gendered behaviors in predicting children’s development of gender-role attitudes. It was hypothesized that parents' behavior would be more influential than their ideology in the development of their children's attitudes about gender roles. Parents responded to questionnaires assessing their global beliefs about women's and men's "rightful" roles in society, work preferences for mothers, division of household and childcare tasks, division of paid work hours, and job traditionality. These data were collected at multiple time points across the first year of parenthood, and during a 6-year follow-up. At the final time point, children completed the Sex Roles Learning Inventory (SERLI), an interactive measure that assesses gender-role attitudes. Overall, mothers’ and fathers’ behaviors were better predictors of children’s gender-role attitudes than parents’ ideology. In addition, mothers and fathers played unique roles in their sons’ and daughters’ acquisition of knowledge about gender stereotypes. Findings from the current study fill gaps in the literature on children’s gender development in the family context—particularly by examining the understudied role of fathers in children’s acquisition of knowledge regarding gender stereotypes and through its longitudinal exploration of the relationship between parents’ gender ideologies, parents’ gendered behaviors, and children’s gender-role attitudes.

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“…These inconsistencies in the results may stem from cultural and societal influences, which could be the object of future research (cf. Perrone-McGovern et al., 2014). Finally, the prevalence of procrastination was estimated among adult Poland participants.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

I will do it tomorrow! Exploring the dimensionality of procrastination in Poland

2016

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The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the widely used general procrastination, decisional procrastination, and adult inventory of procrastination scales in both undergraduate and adult Polish populations. Polish versions of these scales were filled out by 390 student and 513 adult participants. Principal component analysis indicated one-factor structure for each scale. The pattern of loadings was congruent between student and adult samples. The item-total correlation coefficients were adequate in each sample, with higher Cronbach's alpha values in adults compared to students, who reported higher procrastination scores in general procrastination and decisional procrastination scales. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the unidimensional model emerged as the best fit when the three scales were considered together. The results of the study suggest that Polish versions of the three procrastination scales are effective and reliable and contribute to the international debate about the dimensionality of procrastination.

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Contextual Influences on Work and Family Roles: Gender, Culture, and Socioeconomic Factors

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Women Leaders’ Work‐Life Imbalance in South Korean Companies: A Collaborative Qualitative Study

Women Leaders’ Work‐Life Imbalance in South Korean Companies: A Collaborative Qualitative Study

Parents’ Gender Ideology and Gendered Behavior as Predictors of Children’s Gender-Role Attitudes: A Longitudinal Exploration

I will do it tomorrow! Exploring the dimensionality of procrastination in Poland

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