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Gender differences in the importance of work and family roles: Implications for work-family conflict
Author: Rachel Gali Cinamon; Rich, Yisrael
Publication info: Sex Roles 47. 11 (Dec 2002): 531.
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Abstract: In this study we explored between- and within-gender differences in the importance of life roles and
their implications for work-family conflict. In earlier research (Cinamon &Rich, 2002) we found 3 profiles of
workers who differ in attributions of importance to work and family roles: persons who assigned high importance
to both the work role and the family role (“Dual” profile); participants who ascribed high
importance to the work role and low importance to the family role (“Work” profile); and participants
who attributed high importance to the family role and low importance to the work role (“Family”
profile). We used these profiles to clarify the relationship between gender and work-family conflict. Participants
were 126 married men and 87 married women who were employed in computer or law firms. Significant
between- and within-gender differences were found in the distribution of participants to profiles. Men were
equally distributed throughout the profiles, whereas women were underrepresented in the Work category. More
women than men fit the Family profile, and more men than women fit the Work profile. No gender differences
were found for the Dual profile. Women reported higher parenting and work values than men did. Betweengender differences in work-family conflict were apparent, as were within-gender differences across profiles.
Results demonstrate the value of examining both between- and within-gender variation in studies of gender and
work-family conflict.
Subject: Gender; Workers; Families & family life; Conflict
Publication title: Sex Roles
Volume: 47
Issue: 11
Pages: 531
Number of pages: 11
Publication year: 2002
Publication date: Dec 2002
Year: 2002
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Place of publication: New York
Country of publication: Netherlands
Publication subject: Sociology, Psychology
ISSN: 03600025
CODEN: SROLDH
Source type: Scholarly Journals
Language of publication: English

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Last updated: 2010-06-10
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