Dual career couples: Individual and organizational implications

Green, Donna H.; Zenisek, Thomas J.

doi:10.1007/bf00382900

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“…Both partners of dual-career couples may benefit from the status of 'dual-career,' apart from the difficulties encountered. One major advantage for such a family is an increased standard of living (Green & Zenisek, 1983) due to the greater family income through a double pay-cheque (Gorissen, 2009). This may substantially provide job flexibility, new educational opportunities, and career change possibilities for both the partners (Gorissen, 2009).…”

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“…In addition, the household activity restriction found within traditional family structures change (Gorissen, 2009) as the male becomes actively involved in household and childcare activities (Russell, 1986). Moreover, married women can have greater opportunity for participation in social networks through work (Green & Zenisek, 1983) which may ensure personal growth (Hall & Hall, 1979) and enhance the well-being of the women (Baruch, Barnett & Rivers, 1983). 1…”

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Dual-Career Couples in Bangladesh: Exploring the Challenges

Sultana¹,

Tabassum²,

Abdullah³

2014

CJFY

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With the increased opportunity of women’s education and employment, the numbers of dual-career couples are increasing in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. As a result, these couples are confronting various types of problems every day, as they need to maintain both the work and family role demands simultaneously. After an extensive literature review, the study was initiated to explore the challenges of dual-career couples in terms of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire was used as a means of data collection and the survey was conducted on 155 dual-career couples (N = 310) in Dhaka. Principle component analysis revealed nine challenges that are encountered by dual-career couples. These challenges include childcare, family-work conflicts, work-family conflicts, marital relations, dependency on others for housekeeping and childcare, personal well-being, family activity maintenance, housekeeping, and social relationship maintenance.

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Section: Dual-career Couplesmentioning

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Section: Dual-career Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dual-Career Couples in Bangladesh: Exploring the Challenges

Sultana¹,

Tabassum²,

Abdullah³

2014

CJFY

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“…Many of the studies, in a variety of settings, have shown that while dual careers frequently provide couples with considerable psychological compensations and financial benefits, multiple roles may cause stresses from work overload, where multiple demands exceed resources; role conflict due to conflicting demands within one role; and role ambiguity, stemming from uncertainty about the expectations of a particular role (Gupta & Jenkins, 1985;Lewis & Cooper, 1988). These, in turn, may generate strain and work discord (Green & Zenisek, 1983;Cooke & Rousseau, 1984), especially when work and family life interfere with each other (Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985;Sekaran, 1986).…”

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“…The Work/Home Interface The steadily increasing number of dual-career families has generated a growing interest in the relationships between work and home, and the practical organizational implications of the strains imposed by conflicting demands (Green & Zenisek, 1983;Sekaran, 1986;Hertz, 1986). Given the growing numbers of women as well as men pursuing careers, the subject of dual-career families is likely to become increasingly important from an organizational standpoint.…”

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Dual Careers, Dual Loyalties: Management Implications of the Work/Home Interface

Smith

1993

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

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Despite major changes in the labour‐force characteristics over the past three decades, resulting in significantly more women not only working but pursuing careers, employers have frequently failed to address the organizational implications of these trends. As dual‐career couples become more prevalent, employees’ conflicting demands of home and work are exacerbated when both partners strive for upward career progression, and the resulting pressures may adversely affect their work performance, since home and work cannot be compartmentalized. Employers should now face the reality of structural changes in the workforce, and acknowledge the conflicting loyalties facing dual‐career couples juggling multiple demands. More flexible employer responses to the work/home interface have been shown to achieve more effective utilization of human resources, generating both individual and organizational benefits.

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“…Early research concluded that wife employment outside the home has a negative impact on marital adjustment (Blood, 1963;Feld, 1963;Nye, 1963), while more current research indicates that either a neutral or positive correlation exists between wife employment and marital adjustment (Green & Zenisek, 1983;Johnson, 1984;Nye, 1974;Rappaport & Rappaport, 1972;Yogev & Brett, 1985). These authors found that household task allocation, degree of work commitment, socioeconomic level, education, and number of children were identified by dual-income families as important issues.…”

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