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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"family responsibilities"”.
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Work-family responsibilities and support for women academics in Pakistan
… of negotiation between professional and family responsibilities – in an Islamic nation, shaped by an imperial history. In particular it investigated both the possibilities and limitations of family and institutional support as women worked to fulfil both work and family responsibilities. …
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The effects of family responsibilities and gender on seeking substance-abuse treatment
… with both genders reporting the most frequent responsibilities. Contrary to the study's hypothesis, the most reported family responsibility was not childcare; implications for the findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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"I AM THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP": MOTHER'S EXPERIENCES BALANCING GRADUATE EDUCATION AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
More women than ever before are entering the halls of higher education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), more women than men are obtaining bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees (U.S. Department of Education, 2011a) According to Home (1998), at the end of the …
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Failure is not an option: The stories of mothering and fathering Ph.D. students seeking their doctoral degrees at a Midwestern predominately white institution as individuals with racially diverse intersecting identities and family responsibilities
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Factors influencing adult learners’ satisfaction and retention
RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1) Do family responsibilities, and satisfaction influence adult learners’ retention in higher education? 2) Does satisfaction of academic student support services influence adult learners’ retention in higher education? 3) Do financial issues, and satisfaction influence adult …
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A multi-sample confirmatory factor analysis of work-family conflict
… has fundamentally changed the nature of work and family life. This trend has been associated with a constellation of emerging challenges and conflicts in balancing work and family spheres. Gutek, Searle, and Klepa (1991) developed two models for explaining work-family conflict. The Rational Model …
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Family-friendliness of working time provisions in Australian enterprise agreements
… workers report difficulty in balancing work and family responsibilities and a critical factor in this difficulty is time demands. The workplace bargaining provisions and the minimal protection provisions in the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 were promoted by the Government as an opportunity …
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Gender Inequality in Thai Academia
… looking at factors such as productivity and family responsibilities. The research develops and tests measures of the Southeast Asian concepts of kinship, patronage, turn-taking and seniority systems. Three data sources are used, university personnel records, self-administered surveys and the …
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The Obstacles in Women's Pathway to Principalship
… of aspiration; role conflict; low self-esteem; family responsibilities; lack of mobility; and hiring and promoting practices. The research questions are: 1. what are the barriers for women who did not obtain a principalship or assistant principalship. 2. what are the barriers for women who …
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The impact of work flexibility on home and work satisfaction of employed mothers
Family life satisfaction, work satisfaction, and work flexibility was assessed for a selected sample of employed mothers of school age children. The mothers were divided into flexible and inflexible groups based on answers to the question, "How flexible is your job?" The Work, Home, and Family …
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Factors that influence the academic performance of students majoring in Licenciatura en Idioma Inglés: Opción Enseñanza and in Licenciatura en Lenguas Modernas especialidad en Frances e Ingles in the main campus of the University Of El Salvador
… who work and study at the same time, have family responsibilities and do not have any background of the two languages involved. So, this study intends to find out if these students’ personal profiles might lead them either to academic success or to failure. This study aimsat understanding …
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Stressors and Coping Mechanisms of Married Female Physicians : A Qualitative review
… perspective of her work environment, home and family responsibilities, parenting responsibilities, and self-imposed demands in her perceived roles as a working wife and mother. Two main categories emerged during the development of grounded theory: System Challenge and System Adaptation. …
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Women Superintendents In South Carolina: Numbers and Perspectives
… perform the duties of superintendent alongside family responsibilities. The qualitative portion of the study provided depth and breadth to the quantitative findings through personal anecdotes, perceptions, and experiences. Along with prior research, to provide context, the findings of the …
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Understanding the experiences of working mothers in financial services toward family supportive practices
… the experiences of working mothers regarding the family supportive policies and practices offered within a financial services company in Cape Town. The financial services sector in South Africa is still regarded as male dominated. The results from 17 in-depth semi structured interviews conducted …
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Exploring the role of family on the career development of Xhosa-speaking graduates
This study explored the role of family on the career development of Xhosa-speaking graduates in South Africa. There are multiple environmental and individual influences on career development. However, this study focused specifically on family. The Xhosa culture, like other African cultures, …
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Essays on Professionals' Temporal Autonomy
… professionals’ temporal autonomy is shaped by family responsibilities. Overall, I contribute to the literature on professions, as well as related literatures on temporality and time in organizations, flexible work schedules, and the work-life interface. This dissertation also contributes to our …
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WOMEN AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF WORKING SINGLE MOTHERS BALANCING FAMILY AND WORK
… impact their ability to balance work and family responsibilities? Narrative inquiry was the best research approach for this study because it allowed the individuals to narrate their own stories. The methods of collecting data for this study consisted of a basic demographic questionnaire …
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Academics as parents--parents as academics : a study of the integration of intellectual and child-care labours /
… concerning the challenges of combining work and family are certainly not new, and still actively continue. There is, however, a silence in the related literature regarding a comprehensive description of integrating specifically university academic ~. work and family responsibilities. This silence …
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Alignment of human competencies with mobile technology and business strategy in women-led SMEs
… and gender differences, inadequate education, family responsibilities, lack of access to capital and other socio-cultural factors. However, with their human competencies, mobile technology and the appropriate business strategy, women-led small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can steer their …
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Work-Family Conflict Chinese Style
This thesis aimed to examine work-family conflict within China by conducting two studies. This thesis utilised 536 participants, 16 of whom participated in the semi-structured online interviews of Study 1 which explored the lived experience of work-family conflict in China. A further 520 …
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