International Perspectives on Work and Family: An Introduction to the Special Section
International Perspectives on Work and Family: An Introduction to the Special Section
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关于工作和家庭的国际视角：专题介绍
DOI：
10.1111/apps.12020
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发表时间：
2014
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通讯作者：
S. Poelmans
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作者：
W. Casper;T. Allen;S. Poelmans
随着全球工作时间和女性劳动力参与率的增加，世界各地的员工都面临着兼顾工作和家庭角色的挑战。为跨国公司工作的双职业夫妇的增长也导致了世界许多地方的工作与家庭冲突（Hill，Yang，Hawkins，& Ferris，2004）。尽管工作-家庭问题具有全球重要性，并一再呼吁在独特的文化背景下研究这一主题（艾伦，2013; Poelmans，2003，2005; Powell，Francesco，& Ling，2009），但工作-家庭研究主要在盎格鲁社会进行。事实上，一项审查发现，75%的工作-家庭研究完全基于美国工人的数据（Casper，Eby，波尔多，洛克伍德和兰伯特，2007年）。鉴于个人和组织处理工作与家庭问题的法律的背景差异很大，美国以外的国家缺乏对工作与家庭界面的研究是有问题的。文化差异也可能对工作-家庭问题产生重要影响，因为它们影响到家庭和工作价值观、家庭成员之间的互动、与性别角色有关的期望以及哪些亲属被定义为群体内家庭成员。在这一特别部分，我们汇集了四篇论文，其总体目标是传播关于工作与家庭界面在不同国家背景下既有差异又有相同之处的知识。本期所载的每一份文件都在至少五个不同的国家背景下审查工作与家庭问题。
As hours worked and women’s workforce participation increase globally, employees around the world are faced with the challenge of combining work and family roles. The growth in dual professional couples working for multinational firms has also led to work–home conflict in many parts of the world (Hill, Yang, Hawkins, & Ferris, 2004). Despite the global importance of work–family issues and repeated calls to study this topic in unique cultural contexts (Allen, 2013; Poelmans, 2003, 2005; Powell, Francesco, & Ling, 2009), work–family research has predominantly been conducted in Anglo societies. In fact, a review found that 75 per cent of work–family studies were based on data entirely from US workers (Casper, Eby, Bordeaux, Lockwood, & Lambert, 2007). The lack of studies on the work–family interface from countries outside the US is problematic given that the legal context in which individuals and organisations manage work–family concerns varies substantially. Cultural differences may also have an important influence on work– family issues as they impact both family and work values, interactions among family members, expectations associated with gender roles, and which relatives are defined as in-group family members. In this special section, we bring together four papers with the overarching goal of disseminating knowledge about how the work–family interface is both different and the same across distinct national contexts. Each of the papers contained in this issue examines work–family issues in at least five distinct national contexts.