Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-lnqnp Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T06:43:56.587Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

37 - Implications of Work–Family Connections for Children’s Well-Being across the Globe

from Part VII - Family Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2018

By
Lorey A. Wheeler ,
Bora Lee  and
Elizabeth Svoboda
Edited by
Kristen M. Shockley ,
Winny Shen  and
Ryan C. Johnson
Kristen M. Shockley
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Winny Shen
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Ryan C. Johnson
Affiliation:
Ohio University
Get access

Summary

The purpose of this chapter is to provide insights on the implications of parental work for children’s well-being as embedded within varying cultural and societal contexts. The chapter begins by describing salient dimensions of parents’ work (i.e., work status and hours, work conditions and experiences, work-family conflict, work-related beliefs) and processes that link parents’ work to child well-being (i.e., spillover, crossover). The chapter then discusses specific cultural factors that play a role in the relationship between the work-family interface and child well-being. The final section briefly highlights potential areas for future research and policy implications for work-family linkages to child well-being. The focus is on broad indicators of children’s well-being, including psychosocial (e.g., relationships, problem behavior) and physical health, and educational and vocational outcomes (e.g., academic achievement, work ethic), as the specific nature of positive child well-being varies to some degree across cultural contexts.
Type
Chapter
Information
The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface , pp. 681 - 698
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C. (2007). Shift work, parenting behaviors, and children’s socioemotional well-being: A within-family study. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 727–748.Google Scholar
Bass, B. L., Butler, A. B., Grzywacz, J. G., & Linney, K. D. (2009). Do job demands undermine parenting? A daily analysis of spillover and crossover effects. Family Relations, 58, 201–215.Google Scholar
Bianchi, S. M., & Milkie, M. A. (2010). Work and family research in the first decade of the 21st century. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 705–725.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bolger, N., DeLongis, A., Kessler, R. C., & Wethington, E. (1989). The contagion of stress across multiple roles. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 175–183.Google Scholar
Bronfenbrenner, U, & Morris, P. A. (2006). The bioecological model of human development. In Lerner, R. M. (Ed.), Handbook of Child psychology, Vol. I, Theoretical Models of Human Development. Sixth edition, pp. 793–828. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.Google Scholar
Bryant, B. K., Zvonkovic, A. M., & Reynolds, P. (2006). Parenting in relation to child and adolescent vocational development. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 69, 149–175.Google Scholar
Bryant, W. K., & Zick, C. D. (1996). An examination of parent-child shared time. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 227–237.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Christoffersen, M. N. (1994). A follow-up study of longterm effects of unemployment on children: loss of self-esteem and self-destructive behavior among adolescents. Childhood, 2, 212–220.Google Scholar
Cinamon, R. G., Weisel, A., & Tzuk, K. (2007). Work–family conflict within the family: Crossover effects, perceived parent-child interaction quality, parental self-efficacy, and life role attributions. Journal of Career Development, 34, 79–100.Google Scholar
Cooke, L. P., & Baxter, J. (2010). “Families” in international context: Comparing institutional effects across western societies. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 516–536.Google Scholar
Costigan, C. L., Cox, M. J., & Cauce, A. M. (2003). Work-parenting linkages among dual-earner couples at the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 397–408.Google Scholar
Cox, M. J., & Paley, B. (1997). Families as systems. Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 243–267.Google Scholar
Crouter, A. C., Davis, K. D., Updegraff, K., Delgado, M., & Fortner, M. (2006a). Mexican American fathers’ occupational conditions: Links to family members’ psychological adjustment. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 843–858.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Crouter, A. C., Lanza, S. T., Pirretti, A., Goodman, W. B., Neebe, E., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators. (2006b). The O*Net jobs classification system: A primer for family researchers. Family Relations, 55, 461–472.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Edwards, J. R., & Rothbard, N. P. (2000). Mechanisms linking work and family: Clarifying the relationship between work and family constructs. Academy of Management Review, 25, 178–199.Google Scholar
Galambos, N. L., Almeida, D. M., & Petersen, A. C. (1990). Masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes in early adolescence: Exploring gender intensification. Child Development, 61, 1905–1914.Google Scholar
Galinsky, E. (1999). Ask the Children: What America’s Children Really Think about Working Parents. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company.Google Scholar
Han, W. J., & Fox, L. E. (2011). Parental work schedules and children’s cognitive trajectories. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 962–980.Google Scholar
Han, W. J., Waldfogel, J., & Brooks‐Gunn, J. (2001). The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 336–354.Google Scholar
Hirschi, A. (2010). Positive adolescent career development: The role of intrinsic and extrinsic work values. Career Development Quarterly, 58, 276–287.Google Scholar
Hoffman, L. W., & Kloska, D. D. (1995). Parents’ gender-based attitudes toward marital roles and child rearing: Development and validation of new measures. Sex Roles, 32, 273–295.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hughes, D., & Dodge, M. A. (1997). African American women in the workplace: Relationships between job conditions, racial bias at work, and perceived job quality. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 581–599.Google Scholar
Johnson, M. K., & Mortimer, J. T. (2015). Reinforcement or compensation? The effects of parents’ work and financial conditions on adolescents’ work values during the Great Recession. Journal of vocational behavior, 87, 89–100.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kalil, A. (2013). Effects of the great recession on child development. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 650, 232–250.Google Scholar
Karver, S. M. (2006). Determinants of multiple informant agreement on child and adolescent behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 251–262.Google Scholar
Kasser, T. (2011). Cultural values and the well-being of future generations: A cross-national study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 206–215.Google Scholar
Kinnunen, U., & Mauno, S. (1998). Antecedents and outcomes of work–family conflict among employed women and men in Finland. Human Relations, 51, 157–177.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kohn, M. L., & Schooler, C. (1982). Job conditions and personality: A longitudinal assessment of their reciprocal effects. American Journal of Sociology, 87, 1257–1286.Google Scholar
Lawson, K. M., Davis, K. D., McHale, S. M., Hammer, L. B., & Buxton, O. M. (2014). Daily positive spillover and crossover from mothers’ work to youth health. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 897.Google Scholar
Lee, B., Padilla, J., & McHale, S. M. (2015). Transmission of work ethic in African-American families and its links with adolescent adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, early view. doi:10.1007/s10964-015-0391-0Google Scholar
Li, J., Johnson, S., Han, W., Andrews, S., Strazdins, L., Kendall, G, & Dockery, A. (2014), Parents’ Non-standard Work Schedules and Child Wellbeing. A Critical Review of the Literature, Journal of Primary Prevention, 35, 53–73.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lim, V. K., & Loo, G. L. (2003). Effects of parental job insecurity and parenting behaviors on youth’s self-efficacy and work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63, 86–98.Google Scholar
Mannheim, B., & Seger, T. (1993). Mothers’ occupational characteristics, family position, and sex role orientation as related to adolescents’ work values. Youth and Society, 24, 276–298.Google Scholar
Marks, S. R., & MacDermid, S. M. (1996). Multiple roles and the self: A theory of role balance. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 417–432.Google Scholar
McMenamin, T. M. (2007, December). A time to work: Recent trends in shift work and flexible schedules. Monthly Labor Review, 3–15.Google Scholar
Morrissey, T. W., Dunifon, R. E., & Kalil, A. (2011). Maternal employment, work schedules, and children’s body mass index. Child Development, 82, 66–81.Google Scholar
Nie, P., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2014). Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Applied Economics, 46, 2418–2428.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Perry-Jenkins, M., & Gillman, S. (2000). Parental job experiences and children’s well-being: The case of two-parent and single-mother working-class families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 21, 123–147.Google Scholar
Perry-Jenkins, M., & Wadsworth, S. M. (2013). Work and family through time and space: Revisiting old themes and charting new directions. In Peterson, G. W. & Bush, K. R. (Eds.), Handbook of Marriage and the Family (pp. 549–572). New York, NY: Springer.Google Scholar
Peterson, N. G., Mumford, M. D., Borman, W. C., Jeanneret, P. R., Fleishman, E. A., Levin, K. Y., . . . Dye, D. M. (2001). Understanding work using the Occupational Information Network (O*Net): Implications for practice and research. Personnel Psychology, 54, 451–492.Google Scholar
Porfeli, E., Ferrari, L., & Nota, L. (2012). Work valence as a predictor of academic achievement in the family context. Journal of Career Development, 13, 371–389.Google Scholar
Porfeli, E. J., Wang, C., & Hartung, P. J. (2008). Family transmission of work affectivity and experiences to children. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 278–286.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Powell, G. N., Francesco, A. M., & Ling, Y. (2009). Toward culture-sensitive theories of the work–family interface. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 597–616.Google Scholar
Presser, H. B. (2003). Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families. New York, NY: Russ Sage Foundation.Google Scholar
Presser, H. B., & Ward, B. W. (2011, July) Nonstandard work schedules over the life course: a first look. Monthly Labor Review, 3–16.Google Scholar
Repetti, R. L. (1989). Effects of daily workload on subsequent behavior during marital interaction: The roles of social withdrawal and spouse support. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 651–659.Google Scholar
Repetti, R.L., & Wood, J. (1997). The effects of daily stress at work on mothers’ interactions with preschoolers. Journal of Family Psychology, 11, 90–108.Google Scholar
Roehling, P. V., Jarvis, L. H., & Swope, H. E. (2005). Variations in negative work–family spillover among white, black, and Hispanic American men and women: Does ethnicity matter? Journal of Family Issues, 26, 840–865.Google Scholar
Sleskova, M., Tuinstra, J., Geckova, A. M., van Dijk, J. P., Salonna, F., Groothoff, J. W., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2006). Influence of parental employment status on Dutch and Slovak adolescents’ health. BMC Public Health, 6, 250.Google Scholar
Ström, S. (2003). Unemployment and families: A review of research. Social Service Review, 77, 399–430.Google Scholar
Triandis, H. C. (1995). Individualism and Collectivism. Boulder, CO: Westview.Google Scholar
Unger, J. B., Hamilton, J. E., & Sussman, S. (2004). A family member’s job loss as a risk factor for smoking among adolescents. Health Psychology, 23, 308.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Updegraff, K. A., Crouter, A. C., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Cansler, E. (2008). Work–family linkages in the lives of families of Mexican origin. In Lansford, J.E., Deater-Deckard, K., & Bornstein, M. H. (Eds.). Immigrant Families in Contemporary Society (pp. 250–267). New York, NY: Guilford.Google Scholar
Voydanoff, P. (2004). Work, community, and parenting resources and demands as predictors of adolescent problems and grades. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19, 155–173.Google Scholar
Wheeler, L. A., Updegraff, K. A., & Crouter, A. (2011). Work and Mexican American parent–adolescent relationships: The mediating role of parent well-being. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 107–116.Google Scholar
Wheeler, L. A., Updegraff, K. A., & Crouter, A. (2015). Mexican-origin parents’ work conditions and adolescents’ adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 447–457.Google Scholar
Wheeler, L. A., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A., & Tein, J. Y. (2014). Mexican-origin parents’ latent occupational profiles: Associations with parent–youth relationships and youth aspirations. Developmental Psychology, 50, 772–783.Google Scholar
White House Press Secretary. (June, 2014). Fact sheet: The White House summit on working families. Retrieved: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/23/fact-sheet-white-house-summit-workingfamiliesGoogle Scholar
Wight, V. R., Raley, S. B., & Bianchi, S. M. (2008). Time for children, one’s spouse and oneself among parents who work nonstandard hours. Social Forces, 87, 243–271.Google Scholar
Zhao, X., Lim, V. K., & Teo, T. S. (2012). The long arm of job insecurity: Its impact on career-specific parenting behaviors and youths’ career self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 619–628.Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×