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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Dual-career"”.
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Dual-career couples’ perceptions of career barriers
… years ago there were over three (3) million dualcareer couples representing 20% of dual-worker couples. It is expected that the amount of dual-career couples will continue to increase, as most college students, both men and women, anticipate participating in a career as well as in a family …
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Relocation Decision-Making in Dual-Career Couples
… examined the decision-making process of individuals in dual-career couples when faced with a job opportunity in a distant city. The purpose was to determine which factors would be given the most importance by males and females during the decision process.</p> <p>Each scenario presented an …
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Relocation procedure for dual career couples : policy and practice
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1984.
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Marital equity among dual-career couples: a longitudinal perspective
Longitudinal data from 113 dual-career couples are used to explore the relationship between perceptions of marital equity and well-being and distress in marital, professional, and parental roles, how perceptions of equity change over time, and to examine efforts to restore equity. Differences in …
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Dual-Career Couples: A Coup or to Cope in Academia
<p>Dual-career couples are common in academia. Indeed, anyone presently working at a higher education institution can likely make a cursory and informal inquiry to see if there are couples on his campus and quickly realize that several exist. Couples working on the same campus can bring with it …
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Communication Processes of Dual-Career Couples in the Transition to Parenthood
… birth of the first child is a unique phenomenon. Dual-career couples, who lack role models, may rely on spousal communication to a great extent to define and negotiate roles. The purpose of this study was to examine how communication influences role development and expectations for parenthood and …
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Role strain, coping, and stress among dual-career husbands and wives
… quantitatively assessed using responses from 190 dual-career husbands and wives. Cluster analysis of stress scores resulted in the adoption of a six-cluster solution. MANOVA on role strain confirmed a significant effect by Cluster, F(15,455)=8.92, p=.001. Post hoc analyses indicated that Cluster …
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Gender and performance anxiety in upper secondary dual-career sports programs in Iceland.
… and performance anxiety in upper-secondary dual-career sports programs in Iceland. Previous studies showed that females tend to have more anxiety than men. Dual-career involves the challenge athletes have when they are trying to have a career in sports but have to do that alongside studies …
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Career Satisfaction/dissatisfaction in Professional Dual Career Couples: Psychological, Socioeconomic and Background Factors
… Fully-Employed and Underemployed couples on Career Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction, (3) to identify what psychological, socioeconomic and background factors characterize professional dual career couples and spouses in different Employment Statuses and (4) to investigate the relative contribution …
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Explanatory model of stress and coping process for dual-career men and women
An explanatory model of stress and coping for dual-career women and men is presented and tested using distress, a global measure of somatic symptomatology, as the stress measure outcome. Results indicate that the men and women sampled are psychologically vested in both professional and family …
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Marital Quality in Dual-Career Couples: Impact of Role Overload and Coping Resources
An explanatory model of stress and coping among dual-career partners examined the influence of role overload on individual coping strategies and relational coping resources as mediators, using marital quality as the measured outcome. Individual coping strategies included problem-focused and …
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Factors related to role strain among husbands and wives in dual- career families
… associated with role strain in a sample of 69 dual-career couples. Role strain was defined as the experienced difficulty in meeting role or role-set expectations. The significant contributors to role strain among husbands were age of the youngest child and degree of childcare task sharing. For …
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The Engagement and Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors in African-American Dual-Career Couples
Using individual and couple interviews, this qualitative work examined relational maintenance behaviors of 13 African-American dual-career couples. Findings reveal that study participants employed a variety of routine and strategic behaviors which they identified as relevant to maintaining marital …
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Influences of mothers and dual-career families on the educational attainment of female college students
… to come from households with working mothers and dual-career families. A sample of 50 predominantly Caucasian female college students at Rowan University were surveyed on their personal and family background. A non-parametric correlation test revealed that a significant relationship existed …
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Army Reserve General Officers and Captains of Industry -- A Study In Developing Dual Career Readiness
… insights into the complexities of sustaining dual executive careers as Army Reserve generals and captains of industry. This narrative study describes the pathways to becoming a general officer, risks of pursuing dual military and civilian careers, managing the journey, skills of successful …
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The effect of the dual-career marriage on female managers in two large multistate companies
Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.
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Role strain and coping among dual-career men and women across the family life cycle
… stages were assessed using responses from 329 dual-career women and men. MANOVA on role strain confirmed a significant effect by gender. Women reported a significantly higher level of personal role strain than men. Coping strategy use differed significantly by gender and life cycle stage. Women …
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Gaining Gold Medals and Gowns: Equilibrating the Dual Career of Student-Athletes with Online Education
… athletic, academic, and social roles. Their dual career can easily be overwhelming. Missing classes because of intense travel can be disruptive to the flow of classes and material. Online education is one way to provide a personalized, portable, on-demand learning environment that is flexible …
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Coping responses and psychological resources as mediators in the stress process for dual-career women
… stress process was examined for a sample of 94 dual-career women. The relationship between sources (role strain), mediators (coping responses, psychological resources of self-esteem and low self-denigration, number and age of children), and outcome (feelings associated with role strains) was …
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An Examination of the Dual Career Pathway and Transitions UK Student-Athletes Experience Throughout University Education
A dual career in sport is the challenge of combining a sporting career with education or work. An increasing population of athletes are choosing to further their academic careers by combining elite level sport with university education. University student-athletes may, however, be susceptible to …
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