Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees

Although gender-based division of labour and the identity theory of stress suggest that the relationship between work and family demands and life stress may vary as a function of gender, it is largely unknown whether these arguments are also valid in China. To address this gap in the existing litera...

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Main Authors: CHOI, Jaepil, CHEN, Chao C.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-27232019-11-14T01:07:03Z Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees CHOI, Jaepil CHEN, Chao C. Although gender-based division of labour and the identity theory of stress suggest that the relationship between work and family demands and life stress may vary as a function of gender, it is largely unknown whether these arguments are also valid in China. To address this gap in the existing literature, the current study investigates the gender differences in perceived work and family demands, and the effects of these perceived demands on the life stress of Chinese male and female employees. The study of 153 married Chinese employees found that Chinese women perceived a higher level of family demands than did Chinese men, whereas there was no significant gender difference in the perception of work demands. In addition, while perceived family demands were similarly related to life stress differently for men and women, perceived work demands were associated more strongly with the life stress of men than that of women. 2006-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1724 info:doi/10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00041.x https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2723/viewcontent/gender_differences_in_perceived_work_demands_family_demands_and_life_stress_among_married_chinese_employees.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Family, Life Course, and Society Industrial and Organizational Psychology Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Theory
CHOI, Jaepil
CHEN, Chao C.
Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
description Although gender-based division of labour and the identity theory of stress suggest that the relationship between work and family demands and life stress may vary as a function of gender, it is largely unknown whether these arguments are also valid in China. To address this gap in the existing literature, the current study investigates the gender differences in perceived work and family demands, and the effects of these perceived demands on the life stress of Chinese male and female employees. The study of 153 married Chinese employees found that Chinese women perceived a higher level of family demands than did Chinese men, whereas there was no significant gender difference in the perception of work demands. In addition, while perceived family demands were similarly related to life stress differently for men and women, perceived work demands were associated more strongly with the life stress of men than that of women.
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author CHOI, Jaepil
CHEN, Chao C.
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CHEN, Chao C.
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title Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
title_short Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
title_full Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
title_fullStr Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in Perceived Work Demands, Family Demands, and Life Stress among Married Chinese Employees
title_sort gender differences in perceived work demands, family demands, and life stress among married chinese employees
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2006
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1724
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