Work and Family Conflict: Expectations and Planning Among Female College Students

Young women today 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 combining these roles, and their attitudes toward planning for multiple roles. Identity theory provides a foundation for understanding the choices women make regarding their anticipated participation in work and family roles. The results suggest that although college women are expecting to have demanding careers and involved family lives, they are not planning realistically in order to facilitate the combining of career and family roles with a minimum of conflict.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Markle, Gail

Contributors dc:contributor

• Yeatts, Dale E.
• Seward, Rudy Ray
• Spencer, Sandra

• Women college students -- Attitudes.
• Role conflict.
• Work and family.
• work-family conflict
• college students
• expectations
• family roles
• planning

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Markle, Gail
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56636203
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