Changing Social Expectations for Work and Family Involvement Among Korean Fathers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2997909
AutoresYoung In Kwon (Yonsei University), Kevin M Roy (University of Maryland.), Kevin Roy (0000-0002-6095-7088, University of Maryland, College Park)
Ano2007
Volume38
Fascículo2
Páginas285-305
Data de publicação2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.38.2.285
OpenAlexW2600251321
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19

In this study, we explore the gap between the culture and conduct of paternal involvement with children among Korean middle-class and workingclass fathers. Using interview data from thirtytwo fathers following a period of national economic crisis, we find that Korean fathers negotiated among three contradictory and often ambiguous sets of cultural expectations: traditional Confucian fatherhood; work success as measure of good fatherhood; and "new" fatherhood that embraces providing and caregiving roles. Family involvement was limited for all fathers, although care for children was most directly shaped by strict or flexible working schedules. Middle class and working class fathers used different strategies to reduce the gap between conflicting cultural expectations for paternal caregiving and low levels of actual involvement with children, including delayed fatherhood, lowered expectations, and segregated roles

Developmental psychology · Middle class · Paid work · Political science · Social class · Work (physics) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges