Gender, Employment and Responsibilities to Kin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2375196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Finch (Dept. of Social Administration Lancaster University LANCASTER LA1 4YF), Jennifer Mason (0000-0002-1576-7234, Dept. of Social Administration Lancaster University LANCASTER LA1 4YF) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 349-367 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017090004003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2023128374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article is concerned with conflicts of interest between people's commitment to employment and their responsibilities to kin, especially for the care of elderly relatives. Questions are raised about what is generally seen as the appropriate balance of priorities, and how such priorities and conflicts are actually handled and resolved in kin groups, by women in particular. The paper draws on both quantitative and qualitative data from a study of family obligations. The authors argue that choices between either maintaining or giving up employment to care for kin rarely arise in such stark form for a variety of reasons. When they do, however, compromise strategies tend to be sought which protect existing employment whilst at the same time enabling people to take some responsibility for their kin. Women's jobs, as well as men's, can be protected in these circumstances and this is widely approved of at the normative level. It is likely that in the future, if more women are encouraged into the labour market, and if they develop consistent employment patterns, many more may need to generate compromise strategies
Balance (ability · Business · Compromise · Next of kin · Normative · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Working and Mothering
Attitudes regarding filial responsibilities to help elderly divorced parents and stepparents
Divorce, Remarriage and Family Obligations
Gender Differences in the Relationship between Paid Employment and Informal Care
What Comes after Caring? The Impact of Family Care on Women's Employment
Ambivalent Patriarchs
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |