TY - JOUR
T1 - An unforeseen story of alpha-woman
T2 - breadwinner women are more likely to quit the job in work-family conflicts
AU - Kim, Rae Yule
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/11/25
Y1 - 2020/11/25
N2 - Extensive research studied the effect of work-family conflicts on employee turnover, however, limited studies explored how work-family conflicts might influence the turnover decision. This paper utilizes role congruity theory and predicts that the employee vulnerability to work-family conflicts might be enhanced when their perceived and actual parental roles are incongruent. This study examines the life history of 8,616 working parents in the U.S. National Longitudinal Surveys and finds that there is a gender difference in how employees respond to increasing family demands. Ironically, the results of this study indicate that growing family demands influence women to quit the job when they are the dominant financial provider to the family. Family demands did not have a significant effect on employee turnover for non-breadwinner women. Men are more likely to stay in the job as the family demand increases. The findings suggest that role-incongruity might be a substantial influence on how employees handle work-family conflicts. We also discus sthe policy implications from this study.
AB - Extensive research studied the effect of work-family conflicts on employee turnover, however, limited studies explored how work-family conflicts might influence the turnover decision. This paper utilizes role congruity theory and predicts that the employee vulnerability to work-family conflicts might be enhanced when their perceived and actual parental roles are incongruent. This study examines the life history of 8,616 working parents in the U.S. National Longitudinal Surveys and finds that there is a gender difference in how employees respond to increasing family demands. Ironically, the results of this study indicate that growing family demands influence women to quit the job when they are the dominant financial provider to the family. Family demands did not have a significant effect on employee turnover for non-breadwinner women. Men are more likely to stay in the job as the family demand increases. The findings suggest that role-incongruity might be a substantial influence on how employees handle work-family conflicts. We also discus sthe policy implications from this study.
KW - Work-family conflict
KW - role theory
KW - turnover
KW - work-life balance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087465104&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1781775
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1781775
M3 - Article
VL - 52
SP - 6009
EP - 6021
JO - Applied Financial Economics
JF - Applied Financial Economics
SN - 0960-3107
IS - 55
ER -