SINGLE AND MARRIED WORKING PARENTS' DUAL ROLE MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WORK VALUES, ROLE ORIENTATION, ROLE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING.
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Title
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SINGLE AND MARRIED WORKING PARENTS' DUAL ROLE MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WORK VALUES, ROLE ORIENTATION, ROLE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING.
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Identifier
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AAI8713776
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identifier
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8713776
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Creator
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MAHLER, SARA R.
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Contributor
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Abraham Korman
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management
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Abstract
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the manner in which single working parents fulfill their responsibility for both Provider and Nurturer roles. It was predicted that single parents would differ from married working parents on psychological gender and work values, and therefore be better able to fulfill their work responsibilities and achieve a more satisfactory sense of well-being.;A volunteer sample of 97 single and 148 married mothers and fathers completed an anonymous questionnaire. In addition, 68 of the immediate superiors at work of those assessed also returned work performance evaluations. Psychological gender was measured by the Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence, Helmreich & Holahan, 1978), a measure of self-perceptions, and by a behavioral self-report, the Task-Relationship Behaviors Scale, developed for this study.;These two measures yielded different patterns of results. Levels of self-reported agentic behavior, but not agentic self-perceptions, were higher for single as opposed to married parents. Agentic behavior was also positively associated with work role performance, well-being and interrole conflict. Self-perceived communality was higher for single fathers than married fathers, and both agentic self-perceptions and behaviors were positively associated with income, frequency of childrens' contact with absent fathers, and negatively associated with child support payments.;Single mothers valued extrinsic rewards from work more than married mothers, although the findings remained ambiguous regarding the moderating effects of income level, since the family income of married mothers reached a higher level. No differences were found between married and single parents of either sex regarding value for convenience facets of work. Comparisons of supervisors' work performance evaluations yielded no significant differences between single and married parents, nor were there differences in absenteeism or tardiness.;This research showed some support for the basic hypothesis while also indicating the strength of traditional sex-role norms and economic need in shaping attitudes and behaviors. The correlational design and a relatively affluent convenience sample preclude attributions of causality and generalizations to the single parent population at large.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Business
