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Direct linkCarlson, Dawn S.; Grzywacz, Joseph G.; Ferguson, Merideth; Hunter, Emily M.; Clinch, C. Randall; Arcury, Thomas A. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
This study examined organizational levers that impact work-family experiences, participant health, and subsequent turnover. Using a sample of 179 women returning to full-time work 4 months after childbirth, we examined the associations of 3 job resources (job security, skill discretion, and schedule control) with work-to-family enrichment and the…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Females, Conflict, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedStier, Haya – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998
Jewish Israeli women (n=6,018) were more likely to leave reduced-hour or part-time jobs than full-time jobs. New mothers were more likely to move to reduced-hour or part-time work. Women in female-dominated or peripheral occupations were more likely to reduce hours or quit. In the long term, part-time work was disadvantageous to women. (SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Mothers
Sweet, Richard – 1986
Prepared in 1986 for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Employment Disincentives, this staff brief describes employment patterns which affect participation in the work force by persons with children. Part I summarizes the participation of persons with children in the work force, primarily women who are heads of households and…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Federal Legislation
Hamermesh, Daniel S. – 1996
This book studies work in the United States and Germany from two new viewpoints: (1) the division of work time into hours per day and days per week (as opposed to the standard analysis of weekly hours of work); and (2) the patterns of the particular times of the day and week when people are working, a focus on instantaneous time use. Information…
Descriptors: Adults, Developed Nations, Employed Parents, Employment
Download full textHirsh, Wendy; And Others – 1992
A study was conducted of women managers and professionals in Britain who had taken a "career break"--from a few weeks to many years--to have a baby. The study sought to examine the decision to return to work after having a child, and whether the practical management of breaks could be improved; to discover the career patterns of women…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Dual Career Family, Employed Parents
Houseman, Susan, Ed.; Nakamura, Alice, Ed. – 2001
This is the second of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference "Changes in Working Hours in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under these two topics: working time over the life cycle and nonstandard work arrangements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
