• Human Ecology Research
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.497-511
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• 2013

This study aimed to examine Korean men's experiences of work-family balance in dual income families with children under six years of age. We focused on identifying the difficulty of balancing work and family considering their individual, social, and cultural conditions. The method was a qualitative study involving two in-depth interviews with each of 12 men, and analyzing the data through the grounded theory approach. From the results, a model of men's work-family experience was constructed. It demonstrates the central phenomena (difficulties of balancing), the causal conditions (lacking time for family, seeking support from the employer, and learning husband's roles insufficiently), the contextual conditions (remaining paternalism and changing husband's roles), the intervening conditions (workplace, childcare support, and wife characteristics), and strategies (help from relatives, utilizing daycare centers, controlling birth, managing work conditions, and using family polices). We clarify the overall picture of working and family life experiences, and also show how men deal with their problems in their circumstances by balancing working and family life. In conclusion, males have difficulty participating in family life autonomously because of having less decision-making power than the wife. Moreover, the great responsibilities of the breadwinner disturb the work-family balance. Men devote themselves to working to hold a job instead of spending time with their family. However, they ultimately value work-family balance with respect to 'keeping a peaceful family life'.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.145-164
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• 2013

This study analyzed qualitative data to examine the attitude toward the conditions of and the barriers to the work- family balance among unmarried workers. The data was drawn from 5 focus groups consisting of 4 workers each. The 20 participants, aged 21 through 38, were interviewed in mini groups composed of 2 male workers and 2 female workers each. The research depicts four main themes about their work-family balance: the image of a dual-earner family, women's market labor, housework, and the ideal conditions of a dual-earner family. This research concluded that unmarried workers desperately want to be part of a dual earning family for economic survival. However, they also know that it would be very difficult to make ends meet and to live as dual-earner families because of the lack of a proper social support system. However, most of them believe that they must solve these problems on their own, and they do not expect to receive help from systematic public policies. They think that they should find solutions by rearranging the role divisions between the husband and the wife or by asking for help from their parents or other relatives. The only assistance they expect from the government are reliable child care facilities and governmental incentives to promote stimulate the family-friendly workplace.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.75-98
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• 2016

This study examines the work-life balance designing of new employees using qualitative research. Eight new employees at foreign IT companies in Korea were interviewed in two groups composed of two male workers and two female workers. The research determined two main themes and seven sub-themes related to the participants work-life balance using theme analysis. The first main theme was 'working conditions' which had sub-themes, 'performance-based system in foreign IT companies', 'flexible working conditions', 'family-friendly company culture', and 'positive evaluation of the company'. The second main theme was 'work-life balance' which included the sub-themes, 'changing priority during transitional periods of life', 'work-family balance designing as a family unit', and 'difficulties balancing between work and family'. The results revealed that workers prospected that flexible working condition might solve the demands of the child-rearing period and that work-family balance was determined as a family unit. Additionally, there were gender differences in the relationships between working conditions and work-life balance.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.622-631
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• 2021

본 연구는 사회복지사의 개인요인인 심리적 자본과 환경요인인 배우자의 직장생활지지 및 조직의 가족친화적 직장문화가 일-삶 균형에 미치는 영향을 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 충청북도의 이용시설에 근무하는 기혼 사회복지사를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 회수된 331부를 분석에 활용하였다. 개인 및 환경요인이 일-삶 균형에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 회귀분석을 실시한 결과 심리적 자본의 하위요인인 회복탄력성과 낙관주의, 배우자의 직장생활지지, 가족친화적 직장문화의 하위요인인 근무시간 기대가 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 성별과 연령에 따른 영향 요인 비교결과 각 대상별 일-삶 영향요인이 일부 상이함을 발견하였다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 사회복지사의 일-삶 균형 증진을 위하여 일-삶 균형의 필요성 등에 대한 교육과정 개설, 자기-돌봄 교육프로그램의 개발, 일-삶 균형 제도 도입 및 실천의 현실적 방안 마련 등 인식개선 및 근로환경의 개선이 필요함을 제안하였다.