scholarly journals Factors Impacting Work Family Balance of Working Mothers

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-190
Author(s):  
Arri Handayani ◽  
Tina Afiatin ◽  
M. G. Adiyanti ◽  
Fathul Himam
Keyword(s):  
Working Mothers ◽  
Research Result ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Working Mother ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
The Individual

Most working women find it difficult to get work-family balance because when they are in one domain, the other suffers. Work-family balance will be useful for organization, family, and the individual himself. This research was aimed at finding out factors that influence workfamily balance of working mothers in Semarang, using descriptive qualitative method. The research subject was selected using purposive technique with informant characteristics as follow: working mother, working husband, living together with husband, and having child under 18 years old. Based on the research result, it was revealed that there are six factors influencing work-family balance, either from internal or external factors. Internal factors that influence work-family balance are commitment, understanding towards women’s role, and individual’s character. Meanwhile, external factors that influence work-family balance are social support, either from husband, family, supervisor, or colleagues, the presence of a child, and working autonomy.

Understanding the Mommy Tracks in the IT Workforce

2011 ◽  
pp. 1178-1183
Author(s):  
Jeria L. Quesenberry ◽  
Eileen M. Trauth
Keyword(s):  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
It Workforce ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Female Responses ◽  
Gender And It

Despite the recent growth in the number of women in the American labor force, women are under represented in the IT workforce. Key among the factors that account for this under representation is balancing work-family issues. Some researchers have speculated that IT work is not an ideal fit for working mothers because of long work hours, increased conflicts with family responsibilities, and the difficulty of returning after maternity leave to an industry with ever evolving technologies (Kuosa, 2000; Webster, 1996). This article reports on an empirical study that explored the influence of work-family balance on American women’s participation in the IT workforce by using the Individual Differences Theory of Gender and IT (Trauth, 2002; Trauth, Quesenberry, & Morgan, 2004; Trauth, Huang, Morgan, Quesenberry, & Yeo, 2006). In doing so, we summarize a work-family balance study presented in greater detail in Quesenberry, Morgan, and Trauth (2004) and Quesenberry, Trauth, and Morgan (2006) that articulates the ways in which individual and environmental factors influence female responses to issues of work-family balance.

scholarly journals Good Working Mothers as Jugglers: A Critical Look at Two Work–Family Balance Films

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika L. Kirby ◽  
Sarah E. Riforgiate ◽  
Isolde K. Anderson ◽  
Mary P. Lahman ◽  
Alison M. Lietzenmayer
Keyword(s):  
Working Mothers ◽  
Good Working ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Latent Transition Analysis of the Work-Family Balance of Working Mothers with a Child in Elementary School: Focus on the Effect of Antecedents on both Work-Family Balance Typology and Transition between Typologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
Yea-Ji Hong
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Latent Transition Analysis ◽  
Transition Analysis ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

The purpose of the study was to apply latent transition analysis to the work-family balance of working mothers with a child in elementary school by focusing on the effect of antecedents on both work-family balance typology and the transition between typologies. Data from 400 working mothers who participated in the eighth and eleventh waves of the Panel Study on Korean Children were used. The results can be summarized as follows. First, the latent profile analysis of working mothers whose children were in the first grade classified the work-family balance types as ‘contradictory’ or ‘beneficial’ and of working mothers whose children were in the fourth grade as ‘conflictual’, ‘contradictory’, ‘high beneficial’, ‘low beneficial’ or ‘beneficial’. Second, working mothers whose work-family balance was ‘contradictory’ or ‘beneficial’ when their children were in the first grade mostly had, respectively, a ‘low beneficial’ or a ‘high beneficial’ balance when their children were in the fourth grade. Third, the probability of being classified into each type differed according to subjective happiness and marital conflict in the first grade, and marital conflict and social support in the fourth grade. Moreover, marital conflict and social support were significant in the transition between the types of work-family balance. The study showed that the types of work-family balance differed for each time point for individual working mothers. The study also highlighted the importance of parenting-related personal, family and social factors in determining the work-family balance type and transition between types.

scholarly journals Karakteristik Individu Dan Persepsi Tentang Gaya Pengasuhan Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Andika Aprilianto
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
External Factor ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Individual Characteristic ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Caring Activity ◽  
The Individual

The study result is influenced by many factors, like internal or external factors. The individual characteristic is one of the internal factors, and perseption of caring style is one of the external factor that can influence the student study result. The study result needs a stimulus from internal individual take the case of talent, interest and attitude, whereas an external stimulus (parent) is a caring style to achieve optimize result. Stimulus that given by parent, is applied through caring style at home. To know as far as the factors can influence student study result, it needs to be known from a research. The research result is expected can give a suggestion that support the increasing of study result. The purposes of the research are to analyze the correlation of individual characteristic to student study result at x grade of MM1 SMK N 2 Sukorejo. Analyzing the correlation perception of caring style to student study result at x grade of MMI SMK N 2 Sukorejo, analyzing the influence of individual characteristic and perception the caring style to the student study result at x grade of MMI SMK N 2 Sukorejo. The population of this research is the student at x grade of Multi Media I (X MM1) SMK Negeri 2 Sukorejo, there are 37 students. The data analyzing is done by using double analyzing regretion with significant experiment F and significant experiment t. The research’s conclution are (1) The individual characteristic infuelnces positive significant to study result’s increasing, it means that,if be high talent, interest and attitude that is brought by the student to learning process, the study result will be higher. (2) Perception about caring style influence positive significant to study result’s increasing, it means, if it is better the description about interaction between son or daughter and parent as long as carrying out caring activity in educating son or daughter, it will be higher the student study result. (3) The individual characteristic and perception about caring style in a manner of simultaneous having significant influence to student study result, it means the student study result ddepends on student’s talent, interest and attitude along with interaction between student and parent. If be higher talent, interest and attitude along with the interaction between student and parent, it will support the student’s learning process., so, the study result increases too . (4) The large of  proportion or variable’s supply of individual characteristic and perception about caring style to the student study result is about 27.6 % whereas the residu of 72.4% is influenced by other factors

PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK – FAMILY BALANCE OF WORKING MOTHERS

2016 ◽  
Vol VII (4(1)) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arri Handayani ◽  
◽  
Tina Afiatin ◽  
M.G. Adiyanti ◽  
Fathul Himam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Work-family balance

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 414-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyin Ajibade Adisa ◽  
Gbolahan Gbadamosi ◽  
Ellis L.C. Osabutey
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

Purpose Given the reality that working mothers experience difficulties in achieving work-family balance because of the social restrictions that arise from parenting combined with career goals, this paper aims to explore the various coping strategies that are used by working mothers in the cities of London (Great Britain) and Lagos (Nigeria). Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 72 mothers who worked in banks in London (Great Britain) and Lagos (Nigeria). Thematic analysis and investigator triangulation are used. Findings The findings reveal various coping strategies used by working mothers in the cities of Lagos and London. The paper also unearths the efficiency and the shortcomings of the use of au pairs among British working mothers and the similarities and disparities in terms of such use compared to the traditional use of housekeepers in Nigeria. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing work–family balance literature by exploring the coping strategies of working mothers because of sociocultural and institutional differences in Great Britain and Nigeria.

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