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Doing what has to be done: strategies and orientations of married and single working mothers for food tasks
Author(s) -
Heslop Louise A.,
Madill Judith,
Duxbury Linda,
Dowdles Melissa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of consumer behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.811
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1479-1838
pISSN - 1472-0817
DOI - 10.1002/cb.209
Subject(s) - centrality , psychology , task (project management) , social psychology , developmental psychology , work (physics) , economics , management , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , combinatorics
Food‐related tasks are demanding activities in all households because of their regularity, frequency, and centrality to family activities and relationships. This study develops typologies for food task orientations and strategies used by mothers, and studies the relationships among them. It uses a systems‐based framework to examine related inputs and outcomes of these orientations and strategies and compares the situations of married and single mothers. The findings indicate some strategies are more successful than others as predictors of various work‐family outcomes. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.