Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Meaning of Marriage Among Black Men

Hurt, Tera R.

doi:10.1177/0192513x12451737

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“…Moreover, religious affiliation has been found to promote marital formation (Call, 1977;King & South, 2011;Otto, 1979;Voss, 1975). The men's perspectives that their marriages were a blessing to their lives were shaped by their religious beliefs and spirituality (Fincham et al, 2007;Hopkins-Williams, 2007;Hurt, 2013;Mahoney, Pargarment, Murray-Swank, & Murray-Swank, 2003;Nock, 1998). The viewpoint that marriage was a gift from God probably aided in setting a firm base for the men's dedication to their wives (Lambert & Dollahite, 2008;Marks, 2005;Stanley & Markman, 1992).…”

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“…The viewpoint that marriage was a gift from God probably aided in setting a firm base for the men's dedication to their wives (Lambert & Dollahite, 2008;Marks, 2005;Stanley & Markman, 1992). Indeed, previous work outlines the importance of spirituality and religion in intimate relationships among Blacks, in particular (Chatters, et al, 1999;Dainton, 1999;Hopkins-Williams, 2007;Hunt & Hunt, 2001;Hurt, 2013;LaTaillade, 2006;Pew Charitable Trust, 2009;Taylor, Chatters, & Levin, 2004).…”

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“…Fifth, most respondents had earned a high school diploma and began some postsecondary education or training; these experiences may have aided the men's preparation for marriage (Koball, 1998;Marks et al, 2008;Marks et al, 2010;Oppenheimer, 2003). Sixth, though the sample was recruited from a part of the Bible Belt, religious participation was not a condition required for recruitment and so one cannot assume that all men were highly religious (Beach, Hurt, Fincham, Franklin, McNair, & Stanley, 2011;Hurt, 2013). Seventh, the men were only interviewed one time.…”

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“…The men were asked about a range of topics including the meaning of marriage (Hurt, 2013), marital socialization, factors that helped to sustain them in their marriages, opinions about singlehood in the Black community (Hurt, McElroy, Sheats, Landor, & Bryant, in press), and their participation in ProSAAM.…”

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“…This is a particular consideration among Blacks given the high regard for spirituality and religion in Black culture (LaTaillade, 2006;Pew Charitable Trust, 2009;Taylor, Chatters, & Levin, 2004). Blacks are significantly more religious than the general population (Chatters, Taylor, & Lincoln, 1999;Pew Charitable Trust, 2009), and religious participation has been traced to Black marriage patterns (Hopkins-Williams, 2007;Hunt & Hunt, 2001;Hurt, 2013). …”

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Black Men and the Decision to Marry

Hurt

2014

Marriage & Family Review

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The purpose of this descriptive study is to understand the decision to marry among a sample of 52 married Black men. Qualitative inquiry was used to explore this issue. The men noted five factors that encouraged marriage: wife's characteristics, spirituality, desire to be together, readiness to marry, and encouragement from others. Five barriers to marriage were personal reservations, perceived loss of freedom, disapproval from others, prior relationship experiences, and finances. If they had to make the choice to marry again, 44% reported they would marry at the same time, 30% would opt to marry later, and 23% would select to marry earlier. Author note: Tera R. Jordan publishes using her maiden name Tera R. Hurt. The National Center for Family and Marriage Research funded this project. The author thanks Dr. Steven Beach of the University of Georgia for permission to recruit men for this study from the Program for Strong African American Marriages Study, as well as his feedback on a previous version of this manuscript. She also is grateful for the support of a devoted research team who assisted with the data collection and implementation of the Pathways to Marriage Project. The author is indebted to the 52 Black men in Georgia who openly shared their marital experiences with the interviewers. Hazel Hunley provided valuable editorial support and Malinda Mabry-Scott's help with the transcription was useful. Stacey McElroy and Laila Ali-Husin supported this work by offering helpful assistance with literature searches and member-checks. Dr. Chalandra M. Bryant of the University of Georgia, in addition to the anonymous reviewers, gave helpful comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Black men and the decision to marry AbstractThe purpose of this descriptive study is to understand the decision to marry among a sample of 52 married Black men. Qualitative inquiry was used to explore this issue. The men noted five factors that encouraged marriage: wife's characteristics, spirituality, desire to be together, readiness to marry, and encouragement from others. Five barriers to marriage were personal reservations, perceived loss of freedom, disapproval from others, prior relationship experiences, and finances. Forty-four percent reported they would marry at the same time, if they had to make the choice to marry again while 30% would opt to marry later and 23% would select to marry earlier. Three percent of men would not choose to marry again. Implications are discussed.3 Black men and the decision to marry Studies have focused on the role of marriage markets and individual-level factors that

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Unattended social wants and corporate social responsibility of leading firms: Relationship of intrinsic motivation of volunteering in proposed welfare programs and employee attributes

Hao

Farooq

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2018

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With accelerated amelioration in service standards and expectations of stakeholders, enterprises need to undertake promising efforts for the real contribution to society. This paper is aimed to build a framework for examination of employee‐specific viability of five proposed philanthropic initiatives that can be launched by large corporations. Matchmaking, marriage arrangement, and poverty alleviation through skill development are discussed for new external corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, and anti‐sexual harassment awareness campaign at the workplace and assistance to low‐paid workers are projected as doable internal CSR initiatives. This article describes the importance of potential CSR activities with chief emphasis on exploring the impact of intrinsic motivation for volunteering of each proposed CSR program on employee's vital work attitudes. Drawing implications to advance the literature, we have developed the hypotheses that have formulated a testable model. On practical front, our work highlights the crucial need to consider implementation of new CSR programs with effective conceptualization of employee motivation and organizational outcomes.

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