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| Titre : | Work orientations of female returners (2004) |
| Auteurs : | Hans Dooreward ; John Hendrickx ; Piet Verschuren |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Work, employment and society (vol. 18, n° 1, March 2004) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 7-27 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; MOTIVATION ; EMPLOI DES FEMMES ; ROYAUME UNI |
| Résumé : | Hakim’s Preference Theory on the heterogeneity of the work-life preferences of women, and in particular its implicit assumption that a woman’s preference to work or to stay at home is based on her personal choices, has frequently been criticized. Other researchers emphasize the constraining influence that a woman’s personal, financial and family situation can have on her preferences. Our article aims at contributing to this debate by analysing the work orientations of female returners, in themselves a particular job-seeking category which differs noticeably from other categories in regard to their central motivation when considering whether or not to re-enter a paid job. Our research indicates that older female returners are more job and people oriented than younger ones. Female returners with a lower level of education and female returners with financial problems are money oriented, whereas higher educated female returners and female returners who are financially well off show more of a job orientation. Surprisingly, the presence of young children in the household does not significantly influence the work orientations of female returners. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017004038387 |
