scholarly journals Armonizando trabajo y familia en Bogotá-Colombia: la conexión doméstica

Oikos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Milagrosa Hernáez García ◽  
Sandra Idrovo Carlier
Keyword(s):  
Work And Family ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Determinant Factor ◽  
Men’S Involvement

RESUMENEsta investigación busca conocer cómo el ámbito familiar, específicamente el trabajo doméstico, afecta el ámbito laboral, determinando si tiene importancia al conciliar Trabajo – Familia (TF). Es una investigación exploratoria, descriptiva y cualitativa, en la que se emplea la estratificación ya existente en Bogotá y que hace referencia a los niveles socioeconómicos (utilizando los estratos más altos, 5 y 6) aplicándola a varones y mujeres mayores de 40 años que estuvieran trabajando. Los resultados indican que el género es un factor determinante al asumir la responsabilidad del trabajo doméstico, y éste es importante tanto para varones como mujeres al tratar de conciliar TF.Palabras clave: trabajo, familia, conciliación, trabajo doméstico, Colombia Harmonizing work and family in Bogota-Colombia: the domestic connectionABSTRACTThis research looks at the work family interface in Colombia focusing on how the family domain, specifically household work, affects work and therefore determining if it has any relevance in the harmonizing of W-F. It is exploratory, descriptive and mainly qualitative. A survey was handed to a pre-established socio-economical stratified sample of Bogota’s upper class population (5-6), men and women who were 40 years or older, and working. Results indicate that for men and women, household work plays an important role in balancing W-F. They also show a rise in men’s involvement with domestic chores, with gender still being a determinant factor of who assumes responsibility.Keywords: work, family, harmonizing, domestic, Colombia 

An Analysis on Impact of Lockdown on Working Women

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarita Rana
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Family

Work from home during lockdown has become the need of the hour. Due to challenge posed by pandemic covid-19, work from home was the only option to continue business as well as job of the employees. Work from home is equally applicable to men and women, but the problem faced by women is acute as the women are expected to take care of household work and family responsibilities. quality time has been complimented when it is talked about work-life balance. The problem of the work and householdpressure has increased the difficulty of women. This study with the sample size of 120 working women was conducted to analyze the effect of lockdown on working women, to find out the difficulties and challenges faced by them and to explore the positive impact of lockdown. The data was collected from respondent through well designed questionnaire. After analyzing, results show that the women have been able to get time for themselves and the family too and are found contented.

scholarly journals A Matter of Love: Exploring What Enables Work-family Enrichment

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Sowon Kim ◽  
Mireia Las Heras ◽  
Maria Jose Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
The Other ◽  
Executive Education ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work Family Enrichment ◽  
Family Enrichment

<p>The purpose of this empirical study is to examine the conditions under which work-family enrichment happens. We conducted a total of 30 interviews with managers (and their spouses) participating in a demanding executive education program at a prestigious business school in Spain in order to explore how work and family resources are generated and transferred from one role to the other. Based on the qualitative results, we developed a model and surveyed 302 Chilean employees across an organization in the industrial sector in order to test our preliminary results in the qualitative stage. In our qualitative study, we find that there is a unique resource generated only in the family domain, which we define as “agape love” that contributes to enrichment. Our quantitative study confirms that, the more individuals experience agape love from spouse and children, the more the family enriches the employee’s work life.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Provjera faktorske strukture hrvatske verzije upitnika „Fleksibilnost granica radne i obiteljske uloge“

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-203
Author(s):  
Maja Laklija ◽  
Slavica Blažeka Kokorić ◽  
Gordana Berc
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Employed Parents ◽  
Ability And Willingness

FACTORS’ STRUCTURE OF CROATIAN VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE »BOUNDARY FLEXIBILITY OF WORK AND FAMILY ROLE The aim of this paper was to verify the factor structure and metric characteristics of the Croatian version of the questionnaire »Boundary Flexibility« (Matthews & Barnes-Farrell, 2010.). The survey was conducted on a convenient sample of 187 employed parents of underage children. In the data analysis, factor analysis and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. The three-factor structure of the questionnaire was obtained: the first factor »Family plans adjustment to the job requirements« contains six items (Cronbach alfa = 0.891), indicating readiness of respondents to adjust family plans to job requirements. The second factor in »Job requirements adjustment to the family role« (Cronbach alpha = 0.814) contains eight items, which point out the ability and willingness of respondents to adjust their job requirements to family obligations. The third factor, »Possibility of increased engagement at work without major difficulties in performing family obligations«, contains four items (Cronbach alpha = 0.784), and refers to the respondents’ ability to meet increased demands at work, without adverse effects and significant difficulties in the family role. Given that the extracted sub-scales are not fully matched to the factor structure of the original questionnaire, the obtained results point out to certain specifics in the application of the Croatian version of this questionnaire. Verification of the metric characteristics has shown the satisfactory reliability of the obtained sub-scales and the possibility of further application of this instrument. Key words: work-family role balance, boundary flexibility, metric characteristics of the questionnaire.

scholarly journals Beyond Formal Access: Organizational Context, Working From Home, and Work–Family Conflict of Men and Women in European Workplaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 151 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja van der Lippe ◽  
Zoltán Lippényi
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Organizational Survey ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Ideal Worker

AbstractWorking from home has become engraved in modern working life. Although advocated as a solution to combine work with family life, surprisingly little empirical evidence supports that it decreases work–family conflict. In this paper we examine the role of a supportive organizational context in making working from home facilitate the combination of work and family. Specifically, we address to what extent perceptions of managerial support, ideal worker culture, as well as the number of colleagues working from home influence how working from home relates to work–family conflict. By providing insight in the role of the organizational context, we move beyond existing research in its individualistic focus on the experience of the work–family interface. We explicitly address gender differences since women experience more work–family conflict than men. We use a unique, multilevel organizational survey, the European Sustainable Workforce Survey conducted in 259 organizations, 869 teams and 11,011 employees in nine countries (Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom). Results show that an ideal worker culture amplifies the increase in work family conflict due to working from home, but equally for men and women. On the other hand, women are more sensitive to the proportion of colleagues working from home, and the more colleagues are working from home the less conflict they experience.

Work and Family

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
MacKenna L. Perry ◽  
Leslie B. Hammer
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
The Family ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work Family Enrichment ◽  
Work Domain ◽  
Family Enrichment

Study of the intersection of work with nonwork components of individuals’ lives has most often focused on roles within nuclear and extended families but is increasingly focused on nonwork domains beyond family, such as roles within friendships, communities, leisure activities, and the self. In line with the focus of most existing literature on the family-specific domain within nonwork lives, the nonwork domain will generally be referred to here as “family.” One popular conceptualization of linking mechanisms between work and family differentiates between work-family conflict or stress, which occurs when a work role and a nonwork role are not fully compatible and results in some type of physical or psychological strain. Alternatively, work-family enrichment occurs when participation in one role benefits life in the other role. Concepts similar to work-family enrichment include work-family positive spillover and work-family facilitation; all emphasize the ways in which one role can positively impact another role. Additionally, the popular concept of work-family balance highlights either a state of low conflict and high enrichment or the presence of effectiveness and satisfaction in both roles. Broadly speaking, the links between work and family are bi-directional, such that the work domain can influence the family domain, the family domain can influence the work domain, and both can occur simultaneously. Work-family conflict and enrichment have been tied to important employee outcomes, including work (e.g., absenteeism), family (e.g., family satisfaction), and domain-unspecific outcomes (e.g., physical and psychological health), as well as to organizational outcomes (e.g., market performance). Working conditions contributing to work-family conflict and enrichment are frequently characteristic of lower wage jobs, such as low levels of control over work, high work demands, low levels of supervisor support, shift work, and temporary work that can lead to unpredictable schedules, high degrees of job insecurity, and increased health and safety hazards. Researchers are presented with unique challenges as the workplace continues to change, with more dual-earner couples, an increasingly aging workforce, and surges of technology that facilitates flexible work arrangements (e.g., telecommuting). Nonetheless, researchers and organizations work to explore relationships between work and family roles, develop policies related to work and family (i.e., national, state or local, and organizational), and build evidence-based interventions to improve organizations’ abilities to meet employees’ needs.

scholarly journals The Role of Work-Family Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction in the Sexual Well-Being of Working Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-641
Author(s):  
Luka Jurković
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Juggling the responsibilities of work and family domains has become a part of everyday life for most working adults. Research has shown that work-family conflict can potentially have negative effects on general well-being, health, relationship quality and job satisfaction. However, the potential effects of work-family conflict on sexual well-being of working adults is presently unknown. The primary aim of this study is to analyze the association between two directions of work-family conflict (work-to-family conflict – WIF, and family-to-work conflict – FIW) and sexual well-being among working adults, while taking into account the mediating role of relationship satisfaction. Data was collected in an online survey on a sample of 584 Croatian men and women that are currently living with a partner. The data was analyzed within a structural equations modelling framework. The analyses show that WIF conflict was negatively associated with sexual well-being, but only among women. On the other hand, relationship satisfaction mediated the relationship between FIW conflict and sexual well-being for both men and women. This study contributes to sparse and inconsistent knowledge on the relationship between work- -family conflict and sexual well-being among working adults.

scholarly journals The Effects Of Leadership, Family Of Origin, And Self-Efficacy In Predicting Anticipated Work-Family/Family-Work Conflict In Student Volunteers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Octav Sorin Candel ◽  
Mihaela Jitaru ◽  
Monica Arnăutu ◽  
Alexandru-Gabriel Zarojanu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
The Family ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Family Work Conflict

Abstract Balancing work and family roles proves to be a rather difficult task for most individuals. The social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, and Hackett 1994) states that to reach positive outcomes in the work domain, people need to develop self-efficacy through adequate learning experiences. With this study, we tested the importance of two contexts that can provide valuable learning experiences: family and volunteering. Thus, we verified the relationship between the division of labour in the family of origin, respectively, authentic leadership use in the volunteering organization and anticipated work-family and family-work conflict in a sample of student volunteers. Self-efficacy in dealing with the conflict between the two domains was used as a mediator. One hundred and ten students who were also volunteers at the time of the study participated in this research. A series of mediation models showed significant indirect effects from family and volunteering experiences on the conflict between work and family. Spillover effects were also confirmed. This study provides an understanding of how positive contexts such as equitable division of labour in the family and having an authentic leader in the volunteering organization help students develop their self-efficacy, which also contributes to anticipating lower levels of conflict between the work and family domains.

scholarly journals Work-oriented men and women: Similar levels of work-family conflict and guilt yet different coping strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cátia Sousa ◽  
Katherina Kuschel ◽  
Ana Brito ◽  
Gabriela Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
First Century ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Work Family

Balancing family and professional roles has become one of the challenges of the twenty-first century. This exploratory study aims to analyse the guilt, losses, aspirations and difficulties associated with work-family interaction and the career centrality of men and women, as well as their strategies to cope with work-family conflict. Using questionnaire and interview data of 73 Portuguese participants (41 men and 32 women), we showed that the women experienced the most guilt and loss and greater difficulties in balancing family and professional life. Yet contrary to the literature, the women in this sample assigned great importance to their career (even higher than men), but they felt that their potential for success at work was constrained due to the family demands. Prioritizing family over work gives work-centered women a sense of sacrifice, loss and guilt.

Why do Spanish fathers still make little use of the family-friendly measures?

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-379
Author(s):  
José Andrés Fernández-Cornejo ◽  
Eva Del Pozo-García ◽  
Lorenzo Escot ◽  
Sabina Belope-Nguema
Keyword(s):  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
Do So

This article examines why Spanish fathers still make little use of the family-friendly measures (FFM) they are entitled to. Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach is applied to the analysis of this agency gap in work-family balance (WFB). Males wishing to balance work and family face a series of barriers that inhibit their use of FFM, creating a gap between the theoretical right to use these measures and the real ability to do so. We illustrate this broader issue with qualitative information collected from a Spanish sample (59 semi-structured interviews with 43 salaried fathers, 6 salaried mothers and 10 human resources (HR) managers). Three types of factors (conversion factors) that enhance/limit the capabilities of fathers to use reconciliation measures were considered: individual factors, policy and societal factors, and factors related to the organizational culture of workplaces.

The Sociology of Arlie Hochschild

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy S. Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Emotion Work ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Gender Division Of Labor ◽  
Work Family

Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her many contributions include her research on emotion and emotion work, the gender division of labor in the household, work–family relations, and the global dimensions of carework. A less visible aspect of Hochschild’s career involves her efforts to nurture, encourage, and engage those inspired by her work. This essay examines Hochschild’s influence as revealed in a new book on work and family life edited by two of her former students. The book offers a look at “Hochschildian sociology” as practiced by those who have expanded and built on her ideas.

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