Role Conflict and Coping Behaviour of Married Working Women
This study examined the conflict that married women experienced between work and family roles, and analysed the coping behaviour. Data from 82 professional women from six research institutes revealed that married women experienced work-family conflict with varying intensities in trying to meet the...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
1995
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3073/1/Role_Conflict_and_Coping_Behaviour_of_Married_Working_Women.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3073/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | This study examined the conflict that married women experienced between work and family roles, and
analysed the coping behaviour. Data from 82 professional women from six research institutes revealed that
married women experienced work-family conflict with varying intensities in trying to meet the expectations
of work and family roles. In managing the work-family conflict, the women tended to cope through reactive
role behaviour, and personal role redefinition by changing their own attitudes and perceptions of role
expectations. These two strategies were more frequently adopted than structural role redefinition, which
entails changing the expectation of members in the role set such as family members, colleagues and leaders
at the work place, and society. Implications of these findings for working women and suggestions for further
research are discussed. |
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