PSY 3509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Shift Work, Canadian Human Rights Act, Income Tax
31 Mar 2019
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Dual income families: majority of families are dual income. Interplay between work and family responsibilities puts pressure on the family. Why: women are achieving higher education levels and developing employable skills, general labour market conditions have changed, cultural values have also changed. Household responsibility: when children are present, both parents assume more work, mothers gain 2 hours vs. fathers 1 hour, to allow for childcare and housework, mothers cut back on paid work, leisure, personal care, fathers reduce leisure activities. Role expectation: major stressor in dual-income families is the expectations of family members, expectations of employers and fellow co-workers may be anti-family, shift work can cause major stress in families. Work and family conflict: a form of conflict in which work an family demands are mutually incompatible, work-family conflicts have progressively worsened. Individuals must now fill more roles than expected of them in the past.
