Chinese and South Korean Families' Conceptualizations of a Fair Household Labor Distribution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2287100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allegra J Midgette (0000-0002-7316-8133, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1358-1377 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jomf.12673 |
| PMID | 33456071 |
| OpenAlex | W3010776318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 28 |
ObjectiveThe present study set out to investigate how Chinese and South Korean families conceptualize fairness and a fair division of household labor.BackgroundPrevious cross-cultural research has found that a good portion of women and men find the gendered division of household labor fair. In response, scholars have attempted to discover what factors lead to a greater likelihood of reporting a gendered division fair. However, the majority of the scholarship on fairness perceptions has been limited to survey methods, in which fairness is not defined, and the individual's reasons for their fairness perception is not investigated.MethodThis study employed thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with the members of 12 Chinese (N = 39) and 12 Korean (N = 40) families.ResultsNo participation in household labor was considered across families to be unfair. On the other hand, the majority of participants justified an unequal division to be fair based on gendered applications of differences in time-availability and levels of tiredness, in which the amount of housework that each member should do was left unspecified.ConclusionMany adult participants believed that fairness should not apply to the family context. Instead, most participants argued that household labor should be divided based on emotional satisfaction, maintained through mechanisms of understanding and agreement.ImplicationsFuture studies on fairness perceptions should clearly define what they mean by "fairness," and the gendering of gender-neutral appearing justifications such as time availability should be further investigated
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Fair division · Geography · Inequality · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 2,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |