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Chapter 10

Chapter 10. Career and Family Roles. Presentation Overview. What’s the history of women in the labor force? What are Dual-Career Relationships? Are there strategies for managing work and family life? The Amerco Case Study What’s the CIP Perspective on this issue of family and work?.

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Chapter 10

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  1. Chapter 10 Career and Family Roles

  2. Presentation Overview • What’s the history of women in the labor force? • What are Dual-Career Relationships? • Are there strategies for managing work and family life? • The Amerco Case Study • What’s the CIP Perspective on this issue of family and work?

  3. Women and Men in the Labor Force • In 2016, 59% of women and 72% of men will be in the labor force. What does this mean? Why is it so? • Employed men work more than employed women, 8 to 7.1 hours daily, but women work 1 hour more than men in the home. Will this be your life/career? Why or why not?

  4. Women and Men in the Labor Force • 60% of women with children under 6 work outside the home, but women with college degrees working outside the home declined from 71% (1997) to 62% (2000). What does this mean? Why is it so? • A study of employed adults found that 46% of adults feel overworked often or very often. Will this be your life/career? Why or why not?

  5. Child and Elder Care • What is the sandwich generation? • Is this something new? • Will you be impacted by this?

  6. Changing Family Systems • About 3% of families considered “traditional,” where the man is the sole breadwinner and woman stays home • Two alternatives for work family balance: • Career primary : career remains at the forefront of life priorities • Career-family primary: change work schedules to accommodate children’s needs

  7. Factors Affecting Women’s Careers • Occupational stereotypes • Low pay • Glass ceiling • Harassment • Women preferring to stay at home

  8. Factors Affecting Men’s Careers • Breadwinner • Androgyny • Stay-at-home dad • Traditional male careers • Technology

  9. What are problem areas for dual-career families? • Child and elder care pose time demands • Travel and relocation—who is the trailing spouse? • Stress and happiness—is it possible to experience both? What did Barnett and Rivers (1966) discover?

  10. Family-Friendly Organizations:What are their characteristics? • Emergency Care • Discounts • Vouchers • Referral service • On-site day care • Flexible benefits • Alternative work arrangements • Leisure support

  11. The Amerco Case Study: What did it reveal? • Amerco was a big family-friendly company with a Work-Family Balance Program • 99% of employees worked full-time (47 hours per week) • Workers with young children worked more than those without • Work was a refuge from home. Why? • “Face-time” was a priority at Amerco, meaning what? • Did Amerco value the family man? • Parents ended up working a “third shift.” What was it?

  12. CIP Perspective on Career/Family Roles • Self-Knowledge • Interests, values, & skills are the basis for work-family decisions • Option Knowledge • Public policy constrains options for U.S. citizens • Carefully research work-family options in organizations • Decision Making • CASVE in the context of relationships • Executive Processing • New more complex career problems, but with freedom to find creative work-life balance over time

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