Working couples caring for children and aging parents: effects on work and well-being
In: Series in applied psychology
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In: Series in applied psychology
In: Human relations: towards the integration of the social sciences, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 3-19
ISSN: 1573-9716, 1741-282X
This article examines perspectives on employer work—life initiatives as potential organizational change phenomena. Work—life initiatives address two main organizational challenges: structural (flexible job design, human resource policies) and cultural (supportive supervisors, climate) factors. While work—life initiatives serve a purpose in highlighting the need for organizational adaptation to changing relationships between work, family, and personal life, we argue they usually are marginalized rather than mainstreamed into organizational systems. We note mixed consequences of work—life initiatives for individuals and organizations. While they may enable employees to manage work and caregiving, they can increase work intensification and perpetuate stereotypes of ideal workers. In order to advance the field, organizations and scholars need to frame both structural and cultural work—life changes as part of the core employment systems to enhance organizational effectiveness and not just as strategies to support disadvantaged, non-ideal workers. We conclude with an overview of the articles in this special issue.
In: The journal of psychology: interdisciplinary and applied, Band 132, Heft 2, S. 220-226
ISSN: 1940-1019
In: Journal of vocational behavior, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 185-203
ISSN: 1095-9084
In: Family relations, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 262-271
ISSN: 1741-3729
The help that elders provide to their adult children has received limited attention in the caregiving literature. To address this gap, data were drawn from two samples of caregiving couples: 63 focus group participants and 618 survey respondents. Survey results indicated that help from aging parents is associated with a complex pattern of benefits and costs. Focus group data identified the kinds of help provided by older parents (i.e., financial, emotional, child care, and household tasks) and illuminated why caregivers experience such help as a mixed blessing. Suggestions are offered for practitioners who work with caregivers.
In: Journal of vocational behavior, Band 107, S. 182-194
ISSN: 1095-9084
In: Organizational dynamics: a quarterly review of organizational behavior for professional managers, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 53-63
ISSN: 0090-2616
In: Journal of vocational behavior, Band 81, Heft 2, S. 227-235
ISSN: 1095-9084
In: Social psychology quarterly: SPQ ; a journal of the American Sociological Association, Band 74, Heft 4, S. 361-386
ISSN: 1939-8999
We use existential theory as a framework to explore the levels of and relationship between job and couple burnout reported by dual-earner couples in the "sandwich generation" (i.e., couples caring both for children and aging parents) in a sample of such couples in Israel and the United States. This comparison enables an examination of the influence of culture (which is rarely addressed in burnout research) and gender (a topic fraught with conflicting results) on both job and couple burnout in this growing yet understudied group of workers who are reaching middle age and starting to face existential issues as part of their own life cycle. Results revealed significant differences in burnout type (job burnout higher than couple burnout); gender (wives more burned out than husbands); and country (Americans more burned out than Israelis). Job related stressors and rewards as well as parent care stressors predicted job burnout, and marital stressors and rewards predicted couple burnout. In addition, there was evidence for both crossover and spillover.
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 257-270
ISSN: 1532-2491
In: Journal of feminist family therapy: an international forum, Band 13, Heft 2-3, S. 41-64
ISSN: 1540-4099
In: Journal of vocational behavior, Band 110, S. 102-116
ISSN: 1095-9084
In: Organizational dynamics: a quarterly review of organizational behavior for professional managers, Band 49, Heft 2, S. 100695
ISSN: 0090-2616
In: European journal of work and organizational psychology: the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 399-410
ISSN: 1464-0643
In: Military behavioral health, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 396-409
ISSN: 2163-5803