‘Only a Housewife?’ Subjective Well-Being and Homemaking in South Africa

Posel, Dorrit; Bruce-Brand, Janet

doi:10.1007/s10902-020-00232-w

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“…In their study on housewives in the Turkish context, Yüksel Şahin and Taşkın (2019) found no meaningful happiness difference between housewives based on educational level, yet increasing income has an improving impact on their happiness. Posel and Bruce-Brand (2021) indicated that for women -especially those who are unmarried -being a homemaker is evidently less satisfying compared to being in paid work in South Africa, inactive women being the least satisfied. Treas et al (2011) found that homemakers are slightly happier than full-time working married women, while they have no happiness advantage over those working part-time.…”

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Women's happiness levels based on labour force status in Türkiye: A pseudo‐panel perspective

Ermiş‐Mert

2023

Int Social Sci J

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This article examines the impact of mainly being in different labour force statuses on women's happiness levels in Türkiye. Other predictors include educational level, household income and what makes one the happiest. Ordered logistic regression models are used by implementing a pseudo‐panel approach. Findings demonstrate that unemployed women are less likely to be happier relative to women in paid work. There is a statistically significant higher likelihood for housewives to report being happier compared to employed women throughout the years for the same cohort, which could be associated with the (socially structured) fulfilment brought about by the conformity to traditional gender roles in a context where these norms are widely adopted, and concurrently the circumstances diminishing working women's happiness at home and in the job market. The probability to report being very happy is the highest for highly educated housewives who have a high level of household income, yet it decreases over time for the cohort observed. Findings refer to the importance of enhancing the well‐being of women in paid work via supporting equal domestic division of labour patterns and improving their conditions in the labour market.

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Women's happiness levels based on labour force status in Türkiye: A pseudo‐panel perspective

Ermiş‐Mert

2023

Int Social Sci J

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“…Diko argues further that this tenacity of women's negative stereotyping is partly due to most men and women's roles in society. For example, women are still regarded as homemakers, whereas most males are employed outside the home (Posel & Bruce-Brand, 2020;Potokri, 2015). Such stereotyping is confirmed by the lack of women in top management positions in the South African education system.…”

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“…They argue that female principals find male counterparts or teachers uncooperative due to societal authority and views they want to maintain even in the workplace. Women are still regarded as homemakers, whereas most males are employed outside the home (Posel & Bruce-Brand, 2020). Such stereotyping makes it difficult for women to conduct their duties and retain their leadership positions.…”

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Women in Leadership: Insights from Female Principals of Rural Secondary Schools in Vhembe District of South Africa

Sinyosi¹,

Potokri²

2021

JSSH

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Gender predisposition towards female leaders within the South African context remains a problem and compelling issue, particularly in rural settings, which are often marginalised and overlooked. Guided by the transformational leadership theory, this article explored the experiences of South African female principals in managing secondary schools in the Vhembe District of Limpopo. A profoundly traditional and patriarchal society characterises this rural setting. Hence, a qualitative research approach and a case study design were used. Ten female principals from ten (10) randomly selected secondary schools in the Vhembe District were purposively selected to serve as participants. Through semi-structured interviews, data were gathered from the sampled participants. Findings from the article reveal that patriarchy still plays a role in disadvantaging women from effectively assuming their duties as leaders. Most of the participants–female principals are subjected to gender bias and thus, unproductive, impact the cooperation from learners, parents, teachers, the community, and the Department of Education officials. Despite unpleasant experiences, female leaders in this article demonstrate selflessness in their daily leadership tasks and routines. Furthermore, they are inspirational and serve as role models to all they had relationships with for the transformation and change they desire in their schools. To the sampled principals, being selfless and inspirational is their leadership strength. One way of the few mentioned becoming a leader one aspires to.

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Socio-economic determinants of subjective wellbeing of Indians in the post-liberalization era: evidence from the world value survey

Kumari,

Sahu

2023

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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‘Only a Housewife?’ Subjective Well-Being and Homemaking in South Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 48 publications

Women's happiness levels based on labour force status in Türkiye: A pseudo‐panel perspective

Women's happiness levels based on labour force status in Türkiye: A pseudo‐panel perspective

Women in Leadership: Insights from Female Principals of Rural Secondary Schools in Vhembe District of South Africa

Socio-economic determinants of subjective wellbeing of Indians in the post-liberalization era: evidence from the world value survey

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