The Description of Communal Sharing on Working Wives with Work-family Conflicts (Javanese Family): Indigenous Psychology Approach

Abstract

This study aims to explore the form of communal sharing in social relations between working wives who experience work-family conflicts with husbands in Javanese families based on the indigenous psychology approach. This research was conducted in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as one of the centers of Javanese culture. The characteristics of the research respondents were the wife, who identified herself as a Javanese woman having children under the age of 12 who lived with her husband and worked as professionals. Data were collected using the exploratory method in the form of a survey with open-ended questions. The data analysis shows an overview of social relations communal sharing between working wives who experience work-family conflicts with husbands in Javanese families, which is based on the indigenous psychology approach. The forms of social relationship communal sharing between wife and husband include: husband fulfilling physical and psychological needs of the wife, husband protecting wife, husband willing to help wife, husband understanding wife, wife serving husband and children, wife managing house, educating children, supporting husband works, open and maintain family communication between husbands and wives. These findings illustrate that the nature of the relationship between husband and wife can take different forms. Providing needs, protecting or guiding the wife becomes the responsibility of the husband, while serving the husband, managing household work, and educating the child to become the responsibility of the wife. Thus, this finding describes the nature of communal sharing.