Work and Family Conflict: Expectations and Planning Among Female College Students

• Main Author: Markle, Gail
• Other Authors: Yeatts, Dale E.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2004
• Subjects: Women college students > Attitudes.; Role conflict.; Work and family.; work and family conflict; college students; expectations
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4546/

Young women today are anticipating involvement in both career and family. The competing demands of family and work often result in work-family conflict. A survey was administered to 124 female college students exploring the importance they place on work and family roles, the expectations they have for combining these roles, and their attitudes toward planning for multiple roles. Identity theory provides a foundation for understanding the choices women make regarding their anticipated participation in work and family roles. The results suggest that although college women are expecting to have demanding careers and involved family lives, they are not planning realistically in order to facilitate the combining of career and family roles with a minimum of conflict.