Job segregation and gender differences in work-family spillover among white-collar workers

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作者：
Maume Jr. D.J. [1 ,2 ]
Houston P. [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Kunz Center for the Study of Work and Family, Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378
[2] Sociology Department, University of Cincinnati
来源：
Journal of Family and Economic Issues | 2001年 / 22卷 / 2期
关键词：
Face time; Gender; Job segregation; Tokenism; Work-family conflict;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1016682213699
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摘要：
We test two propositions in this paper: (1) work-family conflict varies with gender composition and hours on the job; and (2) women will experience more tension between work and family responsibilities than will men. Using a sample of white-collar workers, we measured work-family conflict with a composite scale tapping negative job-to-home spillover. Workgroup composition had no effect on men's reported work-family conflict, while work hours was positively associated with work-family conflict. For women, longer work hours and tokenism in the immediate workgroup increased perceptions of work-family conflict, but unexpectedly, the interaction of work hours and tokenism was negatively related to work-family conflict. We explored several possible arguments for this contrary finding. © 2001 Human Sciences Press, Inc.
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页数：18
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