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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"family and work"”.
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Mill wives: a study of gender relations, family and work in a single-industry town
The experiences and everyday practices of wives of production workers in a town with one dominant industry that imposes a variety of demands on workers and their spouses is the focus of this thesis. The town is Kawerau, established for the milling and manufacture of timber, pulp and paper, and …
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The Black Community in Waco, Texas : a study of place, family, and work, 1880-1900.
… Community in Waco, Texas: A Study of Place, Family, and Work, 1880-1900," is a-local study which analyzes residential patterns, family structures, and occupational status of the city's black population in the late nineteenth century. Comparisons between 1880 and 1900 are made concerning these …
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WOMEN AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF WORKING SINGLE MOTHERS BALANCING FAMILY AND WORK
<p>The purpose of this study was to explore working single mothers’ work-life balance in order to better understand how employers can assist them. Role theory, role conflict theory, and spillover theory were utilized to examine how working single mothers experience work-life balance and how they …
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Transactions between individuals and family and work environments: a qualitative analysis of workers' adaptation to organizational restructuring
… reveal the adaptational processes of individual, family environments, and work environments during and following organizational restructuring. Reorganizing the workplace was expected to lead to changes in the employee's organizational ecosystem as well as the family ecosystem. Transactions between …
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Views, goals, expectations, and experiences of family and work among women and men in science: a longitudinal perspective
… leadership positions. It has been theorized that work-family interface issues, including those related to having a spouse and children, are a critical challenge for women in science. Having a spouse and children, however, is not an experience unique to women in science, therefore theoretically at …
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The mediating role of family-work conflict on the relationship between family and work domain variables and employment trade-offs
… employees make in their job because of their family/dependent care responsibilities (Mennino & Brayfield, 2002). They represent an employee's decision to restrict their work responsibilities and devote their time and attention to their family when time and attention cannot be given to both …
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Three factors that influence working class families with school-age and teenage children to work off-schedule shifts: Independence, power, and prestige
… approach was used to examine the nature of family and work relationships in off-schedule shift work families with school-age and teenage children living at home. This research was conducted for the purpose of answering three questions: (a) What factors influence parents to choose to work …
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Paradigma der Digitalen und Multioptionalen Bildung: Ein sozio-ökonomisches Konstrukt der Belastungs-Beanspruchungs-Interiorisation des familien- und berufsbegleitenden Weiterbildungsstudiums in der Schweiz
This dissertation deals with how a family- and work-related continuing education programme should be designed in order to be able to achieve academic success. Both the students and the university are taken into account. Digital multi-optional education is to be understood as a holistic education in …
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An analysis of the relationship of coping resources and social support to the experience of distress in single parent women
… the single parent woman experiences distress, and the relationship between this distress level and the coping resources the single parent woman possesses. The level of social support, both in family and work environments, was also assessed in its relationship to distress. The cognitive, coping …
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Work and Family Conflict: Expectations and Planning Among Female College Students
… are anticipating involvement in both career and family. The competing demands of family and work often result in work-family conflict. A survey was administered to 124 female college students exploring the importance they place on work and family roles, the expectations they have for …
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Family Business Daughters: The Ties that Bind and Divide
… the relational contradictions experienced by family business daughters, and to investigate how they responded to these tensions. For this project, I interviewed twelve second and third generation family business daughters from eleven different family businesses. I utilized research procedures …
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Job satisfaction and role conflict among community health nurses
… was used to assess the level of job satisfaction and role conflict of community health nurses in the province of British Columbia, and to examine the relationship between these two constructs and age, length of job tenure, experience in nursing, and educational background. Although other studies …
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Marriage, motherhood, childcare arrangements and work: female labor force participation and informal employment under Chinese economic reform
… the ways in which Chinese women seek to balance family and work obligations during the market transition from 1991 to 2011. I study family obligations arise from marriage, motherhood, and childcare arrangements along Chinese women’s life course, and how they impact on Chinese women’s …
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Self-perceived psychological factors contributing to road rage at Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal
… adopted in this study to facilitate the understanding of the information gathered. The sample consisted of 10 participants, 9 males and 1 female. All participants were the drivers. Open-ended questions were asked from the participants. The findings of this study revealed the following themes: …
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Enterprising Women and Village Banking in Urban Paraguay: Current impacts and future implications for social change
… Mujeres Emprendedoras (village banking) program and analyzes its potential as a tool for poverty alleviation, female empowerment and social change in Paraguay. The data for this thesis was collected over a three month period in 2007, and is based on interviews and file data from clients of the …
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EXAMINING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND PARENTING STRESS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER THROUGH THE LENS OF BOUNDARY AND CONSERVATIONS OF RESOURCES THEORIES
<p>Understanding the challenges parents of children with disabilities face when seeking to balance work and family is a real concern; however, these challenges have not been well studied. Parents of children with disabilities experience excess challenges in the home domain as a result of their …
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The Comparative Impact of Family Policies in Sweden and Japan
What impact do family policies have on women's ability to have a family and participate in the labor market? Drawing on two cases, Japan and Sweden, I will identify different patterns of family policies' impact on fertility rates and women's participation in the labor market. Comparing the …
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Making Romantic Relationships Tick: Objective and Subjective Time Use and Relationship Quality Among Business Owners
This study assesses the contextual aspect of working in a family business on intimate relationships. Guided by principles of ecological theory, this study explores the unique situation of individuals who work with an intimate partner in a business they own and how this situation manifests itself in …
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Konflikt rolí žen ze sendvičové generace pracujících v pomáhajících profesích
… deal with the role conflict of women from the sandwich generation working in the helping professions. The aim is to identify the roles of these women and analyse the types of conflict they may encounter. The focus on women was chosen because of their usual position as primary caregivers in the …
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Help-Seeking for Depression in Rural Women: A Community Portrait
… of the nature of the experience of depression and of help-seeking for depression in one rural woman and in her community social network. The need for exploration of the community social network was influenced by the DeFacto Services Model of Rural Mental Health, which emphasized the influence …
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