PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nuclear Family, Psy, Job Sharing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

P s y 3 1 2 3 : c h a p t e r 1 2. T h e f a m i l y & t h e w o r l d o f w o r k. F r i d a y , m a r c h 1 7 , 2 0 1 7. O ne fa m i l y , tw o i nc om e s t h e new r ea l i t y. More and more families affected by interplay between work and family responsibilities. A significant societal trend is increase in number of women employed outside the home. In contrast, labour force participation rate among men aged 15 and over has been declining slowly. C h a ng i ng r o le s. Women have more paths to choose from now. Ability of woman"s partner to earn enough so she can stay home.