International Journal of Organizational Analysis

The dilemma of work-family balance for the dual-career couples with child/children: qualitative evidence from Bangladesh based on Family Systems Theory

Md Sajjad Hosain
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2024-02-27
scimago Q2
wos Q2
SJR0.869
CiteScore7.5
Impact factor2.9
ISSN19348835, 10553185, 17588561
Strategy and Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Abstract
Purpose

The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify and highlight the challenges faced by the dual-career couples with one or multiple child/children in maintaining their work–family balance based on family systems theory.

Design/methodology/approach

The author purposely selected 26 families (52 participants) in Bangladesh where both husbands and wives work on a full-time basis having one or multiple child/children. The author used focus group discussion (FGD) technique to identify the challenges encountered by them.

Findings

After summarising the FGD results, the study identified several challenges faced by those dual-career couples, such as inability to differentiate between professional and family lives, lack of quality time for partners/children, challenges to raise children, lack of childcare centres and lack of professionalism of care workers; and tension and anxiety for their child/children while at offices.

Originality/value

The author expects the results of this qualitative study to be conductive as groundwork for upcoming research studies concerning dual-career couples with child/children. The author also hopes that such results will assist the human resource managers in efficiently crafting and executing some policies regarding dual-career couples with one or multiple child/children.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1108/ijoa-11-2023-4096
UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOA-11-2023-4096/full/html
TI - The dilemma of work-family balance for the dual-career couples with child/children: qualitative evidence from Bangladesh based on Family Systems Theory
T2 - International Journal of Organizational Analysis
AU - Hosain, Md Sajjad
PY - 2024
DA - 2024/02/27
PB - Emerald
SN - 1934-8835
SN - 1055-3185
SN - 1758-8561
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@article{2024_Hosain,
author = {Md Sajjad Hosain},
title = {The dilemma of work-family balance for the dual-career couples with child/children: qualitative evidence from Bangladesh based on Family Systems Theory},
journal = {International Journal of Organizational Analysis},
year = {2024},
publisher = {Emerald},
month = {feb},
url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOA-11-2023-4096/full/html},
doi = {10.1108/ijoa-11-2023-4096}
}
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