dc.contributor.author | Fernández-Cornejo, José A | |
dc.contributor.author | Escot, Lorenzo | |
dc.contributor.author | Kabubo-Mariara, Jane | |
dc.contributor.author | Kinuthia, Bethuel K | |
dc.contributor.author | Eydal, Guðný Björk | |
dc.contributor.author | Bjarnason, Tómas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-09T09:02:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-09T09:02:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13676261.2015.1083957 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/92326 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article addresses the question of to what extent young people show an inclination to accept some sacrifice in their career progression in the future in order to reach a better work–family balance. Data come from a survey conducted among a sample of 2383 university students who attended three universities: University of Nairobi, University of Iceland, and Complutense University of Madrid. After building a set of indicators about career and family involvement aspirations of respondents, and after conducting a statistical and regression analysis, this research shows that young women (on average) still have a greater predisposition than young men to make sacrifices in the future in their working careers in order to achieve a better work–family balance. Moreover, having a high degree of leadership aspirations and belonging to an egalitarian household tend to reduce the inclination to sacrifice career opportunities, whereas having a high inclination to be involved in childcare in the future and having the perception of a future work–family conflict tend to increase it. Gender attitudes have a differential effect on female and male students: having traditional gender attitudes tends to increase the inclination to sacrifice career opportunities in the case of female students and reduce it in the case of male students. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | Youth aspirations, work–family balance, sacrificing career opportunities, gender differences, university students | en_US |
dc.title | Gender differences in young adults’ inclination to sacrifice career opportunities in the future for family reasons: comparative study with university students from Nairobi, Madrid, and Reykjavik | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |