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

• Main Authors: CHOI, Jaepil, CHEN, Chao C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Family, Life Course, and Society; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1724; 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...