Abstract
The aim of the present study targeted to explore specific perceptions of Romanian respondents, based on gender approach, focusing on different facets of the work-family relation. The methodology comprised a survey procedure on three major dimensions - work-family conflict, work- family facilitation and role stress, collecting data from 160 participants, evenly distributed from a gender criterion. Data showed different tendencies concerning the perceptions of individuals, based on the gender category, on the work-family conflict theme, the role stress view and the gender role ideology. In conclusion, results explored new stances of present-day social functioning and resource allocation towards work or family sector, depending on gender.
Highlights
Work and family are both first-page research topics
The present study examines the way Romanian women and men experience workfamily relation, addressing issues such as work-family conflict, work-family facilitation, role stress, gender role ideology, and several socio-demographic aspects regarding the amount of time spent with professional activities and household responsibilities
The present paper underlines the sensible social role act between individuals of different gender categories, stating that even if both male and female participants, in the current research, experience similar work-family facilitation, male respondents report to a higher degree the conflict agenda, pressuring both family and work life
Summary
Work and family are both first-page research topics. Articles explore how personal and professional aspects are conditioned by an optimum connection of the two domains. A primary reason of such growing interest at so many levels can be considered women integration in paid work, outside the house. The process is explained somehow by present technological development that brings affordable, large scale available devices that facilitate or replace entirely routine activities both at home and in the workplace. Western welfare regimes took over another series of activities and responsibilities, traditionally assigned to women or to the extended family in the past, such as: childcare and education, care facilities for the elderly, care for the ill or dependant persons. A second reason brings out the set of transformations regarding
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