scholarly journals Working women's roles in Slovenia: Conflict or enrichment?

Psihologija ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-299
Author(s):  
Eva Bostjancic
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Maternal Role ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Employed Women

In the past, men and women had different experiences in balancing their professional and family lives. This is why they see their roles differently today. Our scope of interest in this article is employed women in Slovenia. Working women's various roles today may lead to conflict or enrichment. This study seeks to determine the connection between their multiple roles, life orientation, and life satisfaction. This study was carried out through Internet questionnaires and it surveyed 1,298 working women. Their average age was 35.6 years. A total of 43% of participants at least had a college degree. The results show that working women are the least satisfied with their leisure time and the most satisfied with their maternal role. Women with higher career satisfaction report about higher life satisfaction. Women with multiple roles are more satisfied with their maternal role but less satisfied with their partners and leisure time. They are also more optimistic.

scholarly journals Job satisfaction, life orientation and perception of family role - Comparison between women employed in public sector and in economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Boštjančič
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Maternal Role ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Employed Women

Our scope of interest in this article is employed women in Slovenia working in public sector (state administration, education and healthcare) and in economy. Working women’s various roles today may lead to conflict or enrichment. This study seeks to determine the connection between their multiple roles, life orientation, and life satisfaction. The study was carried out through Internet questionnaires and surveyed 1,298 working women. Their average age was 35.6 years. A total of 43% of participants had at least college degree. The results show that working women are at least satisfied with their leisure time and most satisfied with their maternal role. The most satisfied women work in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, and the least satisfied work in the state administration sector. Women with multiple roles are more satisfied with their maternal role but less satisfied with their partners and leisure time. They are also more optimistic.

scholarly journals Time Matters Differently in Leisure Experience for Men and Women: Leisure Dedication and Time Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Codina ◽  
José V. Pestana
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Sample Mean ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Past ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Leisure Experience

There are inequalities with respect to the amount of time men and women spend on leisure. Therefore, it can be assumed that these inequalities are also manifested in the experiences derived from leisure activities and in certain attitudes to life associated with the amount of time devoted to leisure, which emphasize time orientations towards the past, present and future. Based on these ideas, this study analyses the time spent on leisure activities, leisure experience (i.e., perceptions of freedom and satisfaction), and the five factors of the time perspective (hedonistic and fatalistic present; positive and negative past; and future orientation). Participants were 435 men and 434 women, ranging from 18 to 24 years (sample mean M = 21.14, standard deviation SD = 1.99). Two tools were used: a questionnaire about leisure experience, based on the time budget technique, and the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. The results show significant gender differences: men have more leisure time, but women have a more positive leisure experience and time perspectives than men. It can be concluded that women enjoy themselves more with less available leisure time and are more positive with regard to time orientations.

Judeo-Christian Attitudes Toward Employed Women

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Harville ◽  
Beth M. Rienzi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
National Opinion Research ◽  
Religious Women ◽  
Employed Women ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

The relationship between Judeo-Christian beliefs and attitudes toward employed women was examined. Participants ( N = 9,742) responded to the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Survey (Davis & Smith, 1996a). Attitudes toward employed women varied by strength of religiosity, gender, religious affiliation, and year; as strength of religiosity increased, attitudes became more traditional. Men had more traditional attitudes than women. The women who are more religious had attitudes that were more conservative than less religious women. Christians had more traditional attitudes than Jews and the nonreligious. Between 1985 and 1996, attitudes became less traditional. These findings suggest that attitudes toward working women are changing in a gradual manner, but that men and women hold very different attitudes about working women, even within the same religious affiliation.

Psychological Consequences of Multiple Social Roles

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula R. Pietromonaco ◽  
Jean Manis ◽  
Katherine Frohardt-Lane
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Parental Satisfaction ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Employed Women

This research relies on data from a survey conducted in 1981 to explore the potential negative and positive consequences of having multiple roles. The responses of 500 employed women to questions about self-esteem, satisfaction with careers, partners, and children, and perceptions of life stress and pleasure were examined. The number of roles held by respondents ranged from 1 to 5 (worker, partner, parent, volunteer, and student). The results indicated that higher self-esteem and greater job satisfaction were associated with holding more roles. However, neither marital nor parental satisfaction was consistently related to the number of roles held. Although the majority of working women reported their lives to be stressful, this finding was independent of the number of roles held, and women with more roles did not consistently report a greater number of stressful life domains. These findings suggest that, for employed women, having multiple roles may enhance psychological well-being.

Attitudes of Women Toward Work in Socialist and Capitalist Cities: A Comparative Study of Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Chan ◽  
C. K. Law ◽  
Rita Kwok
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Multiple Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
Employed Women

Employed women are taking on multiple roles in the family and at work. The multiple role expectations are sources of stress and strain on working women. The attitude of working women toward their employment in socialist and capitalist societies may differ owing to the different ideological culture of the societies. This paper reports the results of a comparative study of 1,500 female respondents in the socialist cities of Beijing and Guangzhou as well as that of capitalist Hong Kong. Most respondents felt strongly about sex discrimination in the workplace. Respondents in China are more positive toward work, while respondents in Hong Kong place higher priority on the family.

Paths to success in young adulthood from mental health and life transitions in emerging adulthood

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 538-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Howard ◽  
Nancy L. Galambos ◽  
Harvey J. Krahn
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
School Based ◽  
Lower Life Satisfaction

This study followed a school-based sample (N = 920) to explore how trajectories of depressive symptoms and expressed anger from age 18 to 25, along with important life transitions, predicted life and career satisfaction at age 32. A two-group (women and men) bivariate growth model revealed that higher depressive symptoms at age 18 predicted lower life satisfaction in men and women, and lower career satisfaction in women. Slower declines across emerging adulthood in women’s depressive symptoms predicted lower life satisfaction, but slower declines in women’s expressed anger predicted higher career satisfaction. Marital and employment-related transitions were differentially related to men’s and women’s life and career satisfaction. Paths to success in young adulthood are diverse and gendered.

scholarly journals Leisure Time in Family Life

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Iva Junová
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Social Games ◽  
Complete Family ◽  
The Past ◽  
Watching Tv

AbstractThe chapter in its first part presents changing understanding of leisure time in the past and currently. Major shifts have occurred in the increasing amount of free time and its democratization. The free time or leisure time is understood only just as a supplement or the rest after work; however, it has its intrinsic value, carries potential of freedom, self-realization, fun and relax. The text deals with leisure time functions and its meaning for individuals and complete family. It highlights issues that are connected with spending of leisure time. In the second part of the chapter, there are results of survey, which was mapping of family spending of free time, its amount and fulfilment. In all the surveyed countries, spending of leisure time has proved to be an important perquisite for family life satisfaction. Activities that are the most likely to be undertaken together with family members are watching TV, walks, trips, visits of friends or relatives, visits of cultural actions and social games.

Measurement of Career Success: The Case of Rural to Urban Migrant Labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 108-120
Author(s):  
Phuc Nguyen Van ◽  
Binh Quan Minh Quoc ◽  
Quyen Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Migrant Laborers ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Subjective Career Success

Despite the rich literature on the antecedents of career success, the success criterion has generally been measured in a rather deficient manner. This study aims to operationalize and measure career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by developing an integrated index. The Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) with a combination of both reflective and formative constructs is applied. Employing the primary data of 419 migrant laborers in a survey conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015, the hierarchical model confirms the statistically significant contribution of objective and subjective components to the career success index. Compared to objective career success, subjective career success has a stronger effect on the index. Five dimensions of career success are distinguished including: 1) job satisfaction, 2) career satisfaction, 3) life satisfaction, 4) other-referent criteria and 5) promotion. The first four and the final one are categorized as subjective career success and objective career success respectively. Among the four dimensions of subjective success, job satisfaction, career satisfaction and life satisfaction share lesser weights than success using otherreferent criteria in the model. This finding implies that other-referent criteria play an important role when people evaluate their career success. The index shall provide a general picture of the career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City and give an empirical result for further micro-research on career success determination.

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