Essays about: "Margaux Couzy"

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1. 1. Conflicting Roles: Balancing Family and Professional Life - A Challenge for Working Women

   University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

   Author : Margaux Couzy; [2012]
   Keywords : leadership; women; gender roles; conflict; work and family; involvement.;

   Abstract : Purpose: This study aims to explore how women’s roles at work and home interact with each other and focuses specifically on role conflicts which may arise.   Research questions: Primary question: When and why do role conflicts occur in women’s lives? Secondary questions: (1) What is a role? (2) How do roles affect women’s lives? (3) How do women cope/deal with role conflict?   Methodology: Qualitative research and interpretive approach   Findings: Theoretical and empirical findings state that role conflicts occur when traditional values, lack of time and unbalanced involvement interfere with how women fulfil their different roles. READ MORE