Conflicting Worlds of Working Women: Findings of an Exploratory Study
Published: 2010
Author(s) Name: Abdul Gani & Roshan Ara
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Abstract
Home and work are two different
worlds for working women and are
often in conflict. This paper attempts
to study the causes, consequences
and correlates of workfamily
conflicts among dual-career
women. The study examines if the
working women were able to combine
their work and family, and
identifies the constraints they faced
and the family and organizational
support they received in this process.
The study also examines the
strategies that working women
adopt to contain the stresses of contradictory
and competing dual role
demands. The results suggest that
many factors contribute to make
role conflict of working women a
reality. The sources of conflict are
dependent on the availability of
various support systems within and
outside the family as well as the
organization where she works.
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