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Employed parents' reactions to work-family conflicts: Adaptive strategies of scaling back in Germany
Die Reaktion erwerbstätiger Eltern auf Work-Family Conflicts: Adaptive Strategien des Scaling Backs in Deutschland
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Abstract Objective: This study investigates the extent to which employed mothers and fathers scale back on working hours or job pressures in response to work-to-family conflicts (WFC). Background: Drawing on the concept of adaptive family strategies, it is assumed that WFC is an antecedent to a reduction in ... view more
Objective: This study investigates the extent to which employed mothers and fathers scale back on working hours or job pressures in response to work-to-family conflicts (WFC). Background: Drawing on the concept of adaptive family strategies, it is assumed that WFC is an antecedent to a reduction in work demands. Considering partners’ gender ideology net of other resources and characteristics, we can expect to see gender differences in the adoption of this strategy. Relatively little research has been conducted on associations among WFC, gender ideology, gender, and work-related coping strategies. Method: We use six waves of the German Family Panel (pairfam, release 11.0), covering the survey years 2012-2019, to examine the effect of WFC and gender ideology on employed mothers’ and fathers’ work-related coping strategies (N=791 mothers and N=1292 fathers). OLS regression is used to estimate the effect of WFC at and gender ideology on changes in job pressure and working hours between and . Results: Parents who experience WFC are more likely to reduce their job pressure and less likely to scale back on working hours. Gender differences in the reaction between mothers and fathers on WFC only occur in connection with traditional gender ideology. Conclusion: Scaling back seems not to be a commonly used strategy to react to WFC.... view less
Die Studie untersucht den Umfang, zu dem erwerbstätige Mütter und Väter als Reaktion auf work-to-family conflicts (WFC) ihre Arbeitsstunden oder ihren beruflichen Druck reduzieren. Hintergrund: Gemäß dem Konzept adaptiver Familienstrategien kann angenommen werden, dass WFC ein Grund für die Reduzier... view more
Die Studie untersucht den Umfang, zu dem erwerbstätige Mütter und Väter als Reaktion auf work-to-family conflicts (WFC) ihre Arbeitsstunden oder ihren beruflichen Druck reduzieren. Hintergrund: Gemäß dem Konzept adaptiver Familienstrategien kann angenommen werden, dass WFC ein Grund für die Reduzierung von Arbeitsanforderungen ist. Bei der Adaption dieser Strategien erwarten wir geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in Abhängigkeit der Geschlechterideologie des Paares, unabhängig von anderen Charakteristika. Bisher gibt es nur wenig Forschung zur Beziehung zwischen WFC, Geschlechterideologie, Gender und berufsbezogener Bewältigungsstrategien. Wir verwenden sechs Wellen des Deutschen Familienpanels (pairfam, 11.0), die die Surveyjahre 2012 bis 2019 umfassen, um den Effekt von WFC und Geschlechterideologie auf die berufsbezogenen Bewältigungsstrategien erwerbstätiger Mütter und Väter zu ermitteln (N=791 Mütter und N= 1292 Väter).... view less
Keywords
parenthood; gainful employment; work-family balance; gender-specific factors; gender role; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
gender ideology; scaling back; work-to-family conflicts; Geschlechterideologie; Beziehungs- und Familienpanel (pairfam), 2012-2019
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1101-1125
Journal
JFR - Journal of Family Research, 34 (2022) 4
Issue topic
Work-family conflict from the perspective of the family
ISSN
2699-2337
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed