Family-supportive workplace policies and South Korean mothers’ perceived work-family conflict: accessibility matters

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY

Asian Population Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-11 DOI:10.1080/17441730.2020.1721837

Eun Jung Kim, S. Parish

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The present study examined the association of family policies on married working mothers in South Korea’s work-family conflict. The goal of the study was to compare the differential effects of policy availability and accessibility on reducing mothers’ work-family conflict. Given Korea’s work culture, which emphasises long working hours and work-oriented ethics, some employees may be unable to use family polices even if they are available at work. Using the 2007–2012 Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (N = 941 employed mothers), the study examined six policies. Random effects modelling was used. Results revealed that availability of family polices was insignificant in reducing mothers’ work-family conflict in Korea, and mothers’ work-family conflict decreased significantly only when they were actually accessible. Mothers’ work-family conflict decreased significantly as they had access to more family policies. The present study underscores in order for family policies to have a real impact, family policies should be made more readily accessible.

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支持家庭的工作场所政策和韩国母亲感知到的工作与家庭冲突:可及性很重要

摘要本研究考察了韩国工作家庭冲突中家庭政策对已婚职业母亲的影响。该研究的目的是比较政策可用性和可及性对减少母亲工作与家庭冲突的不同影响。鉴于韩国的工作文化强调长时间工作和以工作为导向的道德，一些员工可能无法使用家庭政策，即使他们可以在工作中使用。利用2007-2012年韩国妇女和家庭纵向调查（N = 941名在职母亲），该研究考察了六项政策。采用随机效应建模。结果显示，在韩国，家庭政策的可用性在减少母亲的工作-家庭冲突方面并不重要，只有当母亲真正可以获得家庭政策时，母亲的工作/家庭冲突才会显著减少。母亲的工作与家庭冲突显著减少，因为她们可以获得更多的家庭政策。本研究强调，为了使家庭政策产生真正的影响，家庭政策应该更容易获得。

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Asian Population Studies DEMOGRAPHY-

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3.30

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia, Asian Population Studies publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.