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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Dual-career couples"”.
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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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Career Satisfaction/dissatisfaction in Professional Dual Career Couples: Psychological, Socioeconomic and Background Factors
… among 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 …
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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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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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Navigating Multiple Roles: Physicians Married to Non-Physician Professionals
A qualitative study of the lived experiences of dual career couples in which one partner is a physician is being proposed to fulfill the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Family Studies. The study will look specifically at how these couples manage the role expectations and demands …
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Causal Models of Work-Family Conflict From Family and Organizational Perspectives
… are entering the workforce and the number of dual career couples has increased and will probably continue to do so. As women's tasks and responsibilities outside of the home have increased, those within the home have not diminished resulting in higher work-family conflict (Greenglass, Pantony, …
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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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Women in the workforce: Overcoming time and space constraints
… society as well as our definition of family. Dual career couples, single parent families and singles living alone have replaced the traditional male wage earner, female homemaker and children which we once looked upon as the ideal family unit. Although women today are encouraged to pursue …
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The Effects of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB) on Work and Health Related Outcomes
… over the past several decades, the number of dual-career couples and working mothers with young children has increased dramatically. Many organizations have responded by implementing work-family benefits to help employees deal with the conflicting demands of work and family. Yet, researchers …
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Black professional women in dual-career families: the relationship of marital equity and sex role identity to the career commitment of the wife
… of marital equity and sex role identity to the career commitment of black dual-career wives and to determine who does what in the family. Five research questions guided the study: a) What is the relationship of selected demographic variables (education, income, age and number of children) of …
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Work-Life Balance and Women Academics in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of UK and Nigeria
The shift from the male-breadwinner model to the dual career couples has led to widespreaddiscussions around work-life balance, particularly for women due to an increased likelihoodof managing caring commitments and domestic work. Despite extensive debates, the role ofculture in influencing the …
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Dual Physician Couples: An Exploration of Family Stressors and Coping
… has resulted in an increase in the number of dual physician couples. The present research is a qualitative study of dual physician couples (N = 32). A social exchange framework is used to conceptualize the costs and rewards that dual physician couples experience with regards to work and family …