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The Occupational Commitment of Men and Women: Personal and Family Variables
Author(s) -
Ladewig Becky Heath
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x9001800406
Subject(s) - psychology , marital status , sample (material) , variables , social psychology , occupational prestige , linear discriminant analysis , developmental psychology , demography , socioeconomic status , sociology , population , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , machine learning , computer science
The large influx of married women into the paid labor market has focused in creasing attention on work‐family linkages, but little is known about how per sonal and family variables combine to differentiate men and women manifesting varying levels of commitment to work. The sample for this study consisted of men and women who were members of dual‐earner marriages and had at least one child under the age of 18. Using discriminant analysis, certain combinations of variables were highly significant in discriminating between groups of women reporting high and low levels of occupational commitment and between groups of men reporting high and low levels of occupational commitment. Of the two sets of significant discriminating variables, marital adjustment made the largest relative contribution in differentiating the two groups of women, whereas em phasis on organization in the family environment was the strongest discriminator for men. The results support the contention that personal and family variables may have important implications for understanding the work commitment of both genders.