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Differences in role strain and coping across five family life cycle stages were assessed using responses from 329 dual-career women and men. MANOVA on role strain confirmed a significant effect by gender. Women reported a significantly higher level of personal role strain than men. Coping strategy use differed significantly by gender and life cycle stage. Women utilized the coping strategies Cognitive Restructuring, Delegating Responsibility, Limiting Responsibility, and Using Social Support significantly more often than men. Dual-career men and women without children at home used Balancing Work and Family significantly less frequently than men and women with children. Respondents whose oldest child was under 6 reported less use of Delegating Responsibility than those with an oldest child age 13-18. Limiting Responsibility was used less by participants with children under age 6 than by those with older children. Bivariate correlational patterns for male and female respondents were similar across roles. The results are discussed from a family life cycle perspective. / Ph. D.

交叉傳遞被定義為人際間的一種壓力傳遞過程。本研究的目的在於考察中國雙職工夫妻的交叉傳遞效應。具體而言，我將探討個體的工作-家庭關係（工作-家庭衝突與工作-家庭豐富）如何影響其配偶的結果變量（心理壓力，生活滿意度，婚姻滿意度，與工作滿意度）。本研究包括兩部分，研究一為問卷調查，研究二為深度訪談。本研究致力於回答三個研究問題：（1）交叉傳遞效應獨立於個體內效應而存在嗎？對象互依性模型分析顯示，妻子的工作-家庭豐富顯著預測丈夫的四個結果變量，丈夫的工作-家庭衝突與工作-家庭豐富顯著預測妻子的婚姻滿意度，交叉傳遞效應確實獨立於個體內效應而存在。（2）交叉傳遞的可能機制是什麼？我進行了三組探索。在A部分，通過考察一有影響力的交叉傳遞模型，我檢視了負性與正性的交叉傳遞機制。對於負性傳遞機制，我發現共同壓力源直接影響夫妻雙方的工作-家庭衝突，妻子的工作-家庭衝突直接影響丈夫的幸福感，而妻子所知覺到的下降的關係品質在丈夫的工作-家庭衝突與妻子的幸福感之間起到了中介的作用。對於正性傳遞機制，我發現共同壓力源僅顯著預測妻子的工作-家庭豐富。個體所知覺到的改善的關係品質在其配偶的工作-家庭豐富與個體的幸福感之間起到了中介的作用。在B部分，我發現妻子的觀點採擇能夠緩解丈夫的工作-家庭衝突對妻子心理壓力的影響，以及強化丈夫的工作-家庭豐富對妻子婚姻滿意度的影響，但該效應需要進一步驗證。在C部分，我發現個體的工作-家庭角色融合這一特質在其配偶的工作-家庭衝突（豐富）與個體的工作-家庭衝突（豐富）之間起到了部分中介的作用。（3）交叉傳遞過程有無性別化的傳遞模式？結果顯示交叉傳遞過程是一種雙向過程：由丈夫傳遞至妻子，以及由妻子傳遞至丈夫。但在特定情況下，傳遞路徑的強度可能不盡相同。訪談內容的分析加深了我們對交叉傳遞現象的理解。 / Crossover is defined as the interpersonal process that occurs when job stress or strain experienced by one person affects the level of strain of another person in the same social environment. The purpose of the present study is to examine the crossover effects in a sample of Chinese dual-earner couples. Specifically, I examined how one partner’s work-family interface (work-family conflict/WFC and work-family enrichment/WFE) might affect the other partner’s outcomes (psychological strain, life satisfaction, marital satisfaction, and job satisfaction). Altogether, two studies were conducted. Study 1 was a questionnaire survey, and Study 2 was a qualitative interview. Overall, the present study aims at answering three research questions: (1) Do crossover effects exist independent of within-individual effects? The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) analysis showed that wives’ WFE emerged as a significant predictor of husbands’ four outcome variables in the expected direction. Husbands’ WFC and WFE were predictive of wives’ marital satisfaction. Results demonstrated that the crossover effects do exist independent of established within-individual effects. (2) What are the possible mechanisms of the crossover process? In this part, three sets of investigations were conducted. In Section A, I examined the mechanisms of both negative and positive crossover through testing an influential crossover model. For the mechanisms of negative crossover, I found that common stressors directly influenced both husbands’ and wives’ WFC. Wives’ WFC had a direct impact on husbands’ well-being, whereas the relationship between husbands’ WFC and wives’ well-being was mediated by wives’ perception of impaired relationship quality. For the mechanisms of positive crossover, I found that common stressors were a significant predictor of wives’ WFE, but not that of husbands’ WFE. Analysis highlights a strong indirect transfer from husbands’ WFE to wives’ well-being through wives’ perception of improved relationship quality, as well as from wives’ WFE to husbands’ well-being through husbands’ perception of improved relationship quality. In Section B, I further looked into the role of empathy in the direct crossover paths and found that wives’ perspective taking buffered the negative effect of husbands’ WFC on wives’ psychological strain, and strengthened the relationship between husbands’ WFE and wives’ marital satisfaction. To note, the interaction effects are not strong and may require further investigation. In Section C, I examined the role of personal attribute (i.e., work-family role integration) in the crossover process and found that wives’ work-family role integration partially mediated the relationship between husbands’ WFC and wives’ WFC, as well as between husbands’ WFE and wives’ WFE. Likewise, husbands’ work-family role integration partially mediated the relationship between wives’ WFC and husbands’ WFC, as well as between wives’ WFE and husbands’ WFE. (3) What are the gendered crossover patterns in Chinese dual-earner couples? Results from various research models suggested that the crossover process is a two-way phenomenon: from husbands to wives and vice versa. However, under specific circumstances, the two crossover paths might not be equally strong. Interview responses in Study 2 deepened our understanding of the crossover phenomenon. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Liu, Huimin. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-144). / Abstract also in Chinese; appendix A in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter One: --- Literature Review --- p.1 / Work-Family Interface (WFI) --- p.2 / Recent Perspective on Work-Family Interface --- p.9 / The Present Study --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Questionnaire Survey (Study 1) --- p.28 / Research Methods --- p.28 / Research Question One --- p.35 / Hypotheses --- p.35 / Results --- p.37 / Research Question Two --- p.42 / Chapter Section A: --- Mechanisms of Crossover --- p.43 / Hypotheses --- p.43 / Results --- p.53 / Discussion --- p.63 / Chapter Section B: --- A Closer Look at the Role of Empathy --- p.70 / Hypotheses --- p.70 / Results --- p.72 / Discussion --- p.77 / Chapter Section C: --- Further Examination of Personal Attribute (WFRI) --- p.79 / Hypotheses --- p.79 / Results --- p.86 / Discussion --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Qualitative Interview (Study 2) --- p.95 / Purposes --- p.95 / Participants and Procedure --- p.96 / Data Analysis --- p.97 / Results --- p.98 / Discussion --- p.112 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- General Discussion --- p.117 / A Summary of Research Findings --- p.117 / Limitations and Future Directions --- p.122 / Contributions and Implications --- p.126 / References --- p.129 / Appendices --- p.145 / Chapter Appendix A. --- The Chinese version of the scales used in Study 1. --- p.145 / Chapter Appendix B. --- The coding schemes of the qualitative interview --- p.151

Keywords. Work-Family interface, Work interference to Family, Family interference to Work, Work withdrawal intention. / There is a rising preference among working women in China to "return home". The present study explored how the four aspects of Work-Family Interface including Work Enhancement to Family, Family Enhancement to Work, Work Interference to Family and Family Interference to Work affected the work withdrawal intention of young parents who were employees and who had at least one child under 6 years old. At the same time, we explored the antecedences to all facets of Work-Family Interface, which included work/family load, work/family support, work/family involvement, gender concepts as well as personality traits. Furthermore, we examined whether there were gender differences in work withdrawal intention, as well as in its pattern of relationship with the Work-Family Interface. Around 420 couples with diverse professional background from two cities of China, Shanghai and Jinan, completed the questionnaire. We also conducted in-depth interviews with five men and eight women from those two cities to understand the dynamics of these considerations. Results showed that women had a higher work withdrawal intention than men. Moreover women might have a stronger work withdrawal intention when they experienced more Family Interference to Work. Men, on the other hand, might have a higher intention to "return home" only when they confronted more Work Interference to Family. Additionally, we found that women scoring high on family load or traditional gender concepts reported higher Family Interference to Work, while men scoring high on work load or low on the personality scale of Family Orientation reported higher Work Interference to Family. Noting the limitations of the present study, we suggest further research on the relationship between work withdrawal intention and work withdrawal behavior for men and women across different age groups and across different cultures. / 陳雪飛. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2007. / 參考文獻(p. 153-176). / Adviser: Fanny M. Cheung. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-07, Section: A, page: 2906. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007. / Can kao wen xian (p. 153-176). / Chen Xuefei.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 271-288). / This dissertation addresses the problems and synergies of integrating paid work with other meaningful parts of life, and avoiding pernicious choices between work and family. To do so, I examine the very structure of work organization for professional and technical employees in small and medium-sized companies in a new, knowledge-based sector of the US economy. The research questions are: What dynamics at work, related to time, boundaries, and control of schedules and work process, influence satisfaction at work and home, commitment to the work organization, well-being and gender equity? Under what conditions are supportive "work-family" practices by firms, as experienced in a day-to-day context, associated with positive outcomes at home and work? The dissertation builds on relevant aspects of industrial relations, human resources, and work process research, and scholarship concerning families, gender, and work-family boundaries. Work scholarship is incomplete without a lens that incorporates the holistic lives and concerns of the people doing the work, and family scholarship is incomplete without serious consideration of the work structures that shape family schedules, resources, conflicts, and availability for caregiving. This dissertation uses both qualitative data from 80 interviews to get an in-depth picture of respondents' lives, and a broader quantitative analysis based on an original survey with 463 professional scientists and managers. These were gathered from biopharmaceutical employees in Massachusetts during 1996-99. From the interviews I find that flexibility at work, support at home, and control at work are the key factors that contribute to satisfaction outcomes given similar levels of demands. But these are not distributed evenly by gender, company, or level of job. The survey data show that it is not only the presence of workplace policies on work-family, but the employee's day-to-day experience of whether she is free to use the policies, that contributes to positive outcomes. I introduce a concept o "perceived usability" and use multivariate regression analysis to show it is linked to control of time, pace, and place of work, to organizational commitment and "integrated satisfaction." I find that gender is the strongest stress predictor in this sample. I find that biotechnology offers unusual opportunities for gender equity at work, but a combination of traditional managerial attitudes and inequity at home erects barriers to realizing this potential. In conclusion, I argue that we cannot effectively understand organizational life and work design without considering mutually interactive effects of home and family concerns. / by Susan Catherine Eaton. / Ph.D.

Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti pozityvią ir negatyvią darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveiką bei jos ryšius su pasitenkinimu darbu ir vertybinėmis orientacijomis. Tyrime dalyvavo 208 tiriamieji iš Kauno, Vilniaus ir Prienų miestų bei rajonų organizacijų. Visi tiriamieji turėjo sutuoktinį/-ę (partnerį/-ę) ir/arba vaikų. Darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveika buvo tiriama „Darbo-namų sąveikos klausimynu“ (SWING), pasitenkinimas darbu vertintas P.E. Spector „Pasitenkinimo darbu klausimynu“ (JSS), o vertybinės orientacijos - Rokičiaus „Vertybinių orientacijų tyrimo“ metodika. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveika yra susijusi su pasitenkinimu darbu. Kuo dažniau patiriamas darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų konfliktas, tuo mažesnis darbuotojų pasitenkinimas darbu. Pozityvi darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveika yra teigiamai susijusi tik su tam tikrais pasitenkinimo darbu aspektais: bendradarbiais, paaukštinimo galimybėmis, vadovavimu ir darbo pobūdžiu. Darbo ir šeimos vertybinės orientacijos taip pat yra susijusios su darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveika. Kuo individui svarbesnė šeimos vertybinė orientacija, tuo rečiau jis patiria darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų konfliktą. Kuo jam svarbesnė darbo vertybinė orientacija, tuo dažniau jis patiria pozityvią darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų sąveiką. Taip pat buvo analizuojama galima vertybinių orientacijų kaip moderatoriaus įtakata darbo ir šeimos vaidmenų konflikto bei pasitenkinimo darbu ryšiui, tačiau tyrimo rezultatai šios galimybės nepatvirtino. / The aim of the study was to evaluate positive and negative interaction of work and family domains and its’ relations with job satisfaction and value orientations. The subjects of the study were 208 men and women from Kaunas, Vilnius and Prienai towns and districts. All participants were currently working and had a spouse/partner and/or children. Work anf family interaction was measured by „Survey Work-Home Interaction“ (SWING), job satisfaction was evaluated according to Spector‘s „Job Satisfaction Survey“ (JSS) and value orientations were measured using Rokeach‘s „Value Orientations Survey“. Results of the study showed that work and family interaction is related to job satisfaction. The more often work and family conflict is experienced, the lower is emploees’ job satisfaction. Work and family facilitation is related to some aspects of job satisfaction aswell. The more often work and family facilitation is experienced, the higher is satisfaction of coworkers, management, nature of work and promotion possibilities. Value orientations are also related to work and family interaction. The more important is family value orientation to individual, the less work and family conflict is experienced. And the more important is work value orientation, the more work and family facilitation is experienced. Potential moderating effect of value orientatios on relation between work and family interaction and job satisfaction was also investigated but moderating effect was not comfirmed by... [to full text]

by Chiu Chu-hing, Catherine. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-256). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ABSTRACT --- p.i-iii / LIST OF TABLES / CHAPTER / Chapter ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Statement of the Problem --- p.1 / Missing Points in Current Sociological Analysis of Small Business --- p.3 / Theoretical Significance --- p.11 / Data and Methodology --- p.13 / Organization of Chapters --- p.19 / Chapter TWO --- CONCEPTUALIZING ACCUMULATION AND ACCOMMODATION IN SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS --- p.22 / Traditional Conceptual Frameworks: Marxian and the 'Alternative' Paradigm --- p.22 / Conceptualizing Accumulation and Accommodation in Small Family Business --- p.34 / The Research Questions --- p.60 / Concluding Remarks --- p.65 / Chapter THREE --- THE OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE AND THE MOTIVATIONS FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT --- p.68 / The Economic Setting and the Opportunity Structure --- p.70 / Motivations and Circumstances --- p.76 / Concluding Remarks --- p.92 / Chapter FOUR --- THE START-UP OF FAMILY BUSINESS --- p.96 / Mobilization of Resources --- p.96 / The Searching Process --- p.104 / Meanings Underlying Family Strategizing --- p.116 / Connecting Family Work Strategy with the Economic Context --- p.131 / Concluding Remarks --- p.132 / Chapter FIVE --- ACCUMULATION AND ACCOMMODATION --- p.136 / Accumulation: The Work of Running a Business --- p.136 / Family Results: Accommodation --- p.159 / Costs of Survival --- p.175 / Concluding Remarks --- p.183 / Chapter SIX --- OUTCOMES AND EVALUATION --- p.186 / Assessment of Outcomes --- p.186 / Inequalities in Resource Distribution --- p.196 / Future Aspirations --- p.216 / Expectation of Children --- p.220 / Concluding Remarks --- p.225 / Chapter SEVEN --- CONCLUSION --- p.228 / Summary of Arguments --- p.228 / The Research Findings: A Summary --- p.230 / Sociological analysis of small business --- p.234 / Future directions --- p.239 / REFERENCES --- p.242 / APPENDICES / Chapter I --- PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS --- p.257 / Chapter II --- INTERVIEW GUIDE --- p.267

The current study examines the relationship between organizational support and work-family/family-work conflict. This study hopes to add to the literature by looking at individual differences as a possible mediator in the relationship between various sources of support and conflict between work and family.

This research assessed the effect of religious orientation on experiences of Iranian women in balancing their work and family roles. Based on the proposed relationships among main variables of this study which are religiosity, gender-role ideology, work-family conflict and work-family facilitation, it was also hypothesized that gender-role ideology would mediate the relationships between religiosity and work-family conflict/facilitation. The participants of this study were 221 Iranian female employees working in the Wood and Glue Industry. The results supported some of the developed hypotheses. For instance, they showed that women with stronger religious beliefs felt the extra time spent on work responsibilities would have been better devoted to family roles. Further, the women who indicated that the role of religion is highly significant in their lives experienced less conflict between the behaviors performed at home and those performed at work. The results did not support the hypothesized mediating role of gender-role ideology. / viii, 89 leaves ; 29 cm