Attitudinal differences between managers and students on certain work-family issues

Fouche, Andrea

Attitudinal differences between managers and students on certain work-family issues

Master Thesis

2010

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Organisational Psychology

Faculty

Faculty of Commerce

Abstract

This study compares the similarities and differences in the attitudes of managers and students towards work-family issues such as the locus of responsibility for managing this interface, the perceived impact that children have on a working mother's career and traditional sex role stereotypes regarding women at work. Participants were 103 final year finance university students and 56 managers from three of the top accounting organisations in the Western Cape. There were strong significant attitudinal differences across gender, but few differences between managers and students. The most important contribution of this study is the understanding gained about the work-family attitudes of both male and female managers and future managers (current students) within the financial industry.

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Includes abstract.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-40).

Keywords

Organisational Psychology

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