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The costs and benefits of women's family ties in occupational context

Women in corporate-government affairs management

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ID2171907
AuthorsDenise Benoit Scott (State University of New York)
Year2001
Volume4
Issue1
Pages5-27
Publication date2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Work & Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/136688000200032452
OpenAlexW2033444243
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

This article examines gender differences in the family relations of corporate-government affairs managers and how women's family status affects the context and character of their interactions with key people in business and government. In the last two decades, women have come to occupy a significant proportion of professional-managerial service occupations in the USA. Corporate public affairs management and corporate-government affairs management are areas where women have made tremendous headway. Jobs in public relations and government relations call for workers to form successful connections with clients, the public, other managers in the corporation, and others in their profession outside the corporation. Because of the nature of these jobs, the potential for 'personal' and 'professional' overlap is quite high, yet little research has focused on the effects of family on work relations for women who occupy these positions. Drawing primarily from in-depth interviews and a mail questionnaire, this research suggests that the family relations of women corporate-government relations managers are costly in terms of developing certain kinds of ties, but that there are also some positive effects. Family relations may even present a paradox; they are burdensome and at the same time potentially instrumental in extending women's connections and enhancing their opportunities. Este artículo examina las diferencias de género en las relaciones familiares de directores de asuntos empresariales/estatales, y cómo la condición familiar de las mujeres afecta el contexto y el caracter de sus interacciones con personajes clave en los negocios y en el gobierno. En las últimas dos décadas, las mujeres han llegado a ocupar un porcentaje importante de ocupaciones de servicio profesional/gerencial en los Estados Unidos. Hay dos terrenos donde las mujeres han hecho progresos enormes; en la dirección de asuntos empresariales/públicos y en la dirección de asuntos empresariales/estatales. En los puestos de trabajo en las relaciones públicas y en las relaciones estatales, los trabajadores tienen que forjar conexiones buenas con los clientes, el público, otros dirigentes de la misma empresa y con otros de la misma profesión fuera de la empresa. Debido a la naturaleza de estos puestos de trabajo, hay unas posibilidades bastante elevadas de que se coincidan lo 'personal' y lo 'profesional', pero pocas investigaciones se han enfocado en los efectos de la familia en las relaciones del trabajo para las mujeres que ocupan estos puestos. Esta investigación recurre primeramente a entrevistas a fondo y a cuestionarios por correo para sugerir que las relaciones familiares de las mujeres directoras de relaciones empresariales/estatales son costosas en cuanto al desarrollo de ciertas clases de conexiones, pero que también hay efectos positivos. Las relaciones familiares pueden constituir hasta una paradoja; representan una carga y, a la vez, pueden ampliar las conexiones de las mujeres y aumentar sus oportunidades

Business · Context (archaeology · Corporation · Government (linguistics · Political science · Public relations · Public service · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gender Studies · History · Law

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Citations per year0,14
Citation span2005 - 2025 (21)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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