Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance
Increasingly, women simultaneously balance the roles of mother, parental carer and worker. However, individual role balance strategies among these working 'sandwich' generation women have not been thoroughly explored. Eighteen women combining these three roles were interviewed about their...
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| author | Evans, K. Millsteed, J. Richmond, J. Falkmer, M. Falkmer, Torbjorn Girdler, S. |
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| description | Increasingly, women simultaneously balance the roles of mother, parental carer and worker. However, individual role balance strategies among these working 'sandwich' generation women have not been thoroughly explored. Eighteen women combining these three roles were interviewed about their individual role balance strategies. Findings were identified through the framework analysis technique, underpinned by the Model of Juggling Occupations. Achieving and maintaining role balance was explained as a complex process accomplished through a range of strategies. Findings revealed the women used six within-role balance strategies: living with integrity, being the best you can, doing what you love, loving what you do, remembering why and searching for signs of success. The women also described six between-role balance strategies: maintaining health and wellbeing, repressing perfectionism, managing time and energy, releasing responsibility, nurturing social connection and reciprocating. These findings provide a basis for health care providers to understand and potentially support working 'sandwich' generation women. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-83962017-09-13T14:34:29Z Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance Evans, K. Millsteed, J. Richmond, J. Falkmer, M. Falkmer, Torbjorn Girdler, S. Increasingly, women simultaneously balance the roles of mother, parental carer and worker. However, individual role balance strategies among these working 'sandwich' generation women have not been thoroughly explored. Eighteen women combining these three roles were interviewed about their individual role balance strategies. Findings were identified through the framework analysis technique, underpinned by the Model of Juggling Occupations. Achieving and maintaining role balance was explained as a complex process accomplished through a range of strategies. Findings revealed the women used six within-role balance strategies: living with integrity, being the best you can, doing what you love, loving what you do, remembering why and searching for signs of success. The women also described six between-role balance strategies: maintaining health and wellbeing, repressing perfectionism, managing time and energy, releasing responsibility, nurturing social connection and reciprocating. These findings provide a basis for health care providers to understand and potentially support working 'sandwich' generation women. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8396 10.1371/journal.pone.0157469 Public Library of Science fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Evans, K. Millsteed, J. Richmond, J. Falkmer, M. Falkmer, Torbjorn Girdler, S. Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title | Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title_full | Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title_fullStr | Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title_short | Working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| title_sort | working sandwich generation women utilize strategies within and between roles to achieve role balance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8396 |