Couples coping with dual careers: A description of flexible and rigid coping styles

Managing Conflicting Roles: A Qualitative Study with Female Faculty Members

“…As an example, those participants who first prioritized their employment life postponed the formation of their families and/or decided not to have more children. As indicated by other studies (Stanfield, 1998;Toutkoushian, 1998), single women without children are seen as more career-oriented professionals than those married and/or with children. On the contrary, men with children are seen as more career-oriented than those single or married without children.…”

Coping with Work and Family Role Conflict: Career Counselling Considerations for Women

“…Meanwhile, it is equally, if not more, important that the client convey this understanding to her spouse at home, educating and soliciting her husband to become an ally on her side in dealing with the role conflict problem. The career counsellor can assist the client to explore, plan, and refine approaches that will be more pertinent to get her messages through, communicating with her husband in a more open, effective and constructive manner (Stanfield, 1998). With the consent from the client, the husband or partner can also be invited to the counselling sessions, working together with the client in her effort to cope with the role conflict.…”

International couples in instructional technology: The curdas

“…We were accustomed to spending our lunch hours discussing our courses, research, and, of course, our children. Even given these circumstances we agree that we have maintained a flexible coping style as defined by Stanfield (1998) and hope it will maintain its prevalence. A variety of anecdotal evidence supports the idea that couples who work for the same employer see benefits in terms of the additional time they are able to spend with one another (e.g., lunch hours), enjoyment from shared work interests, and the ability to combine work and family life (Bird & Bird, 1987;Sobecks, et al, 1999;Thornburg, 1993).…”