TY - CHAP
T1 - Work and Family in a Cross-Cultural Context
T2 - A Comparative Review of Work-Family Experiences of Working Mothers in Australia and Zimbabwe
AU - Mapedzahama, Virginia
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This chapter presents a qualitative comparative account of the day-to-day experiences of working mothers in sub-Saharan African (Zimbabwe) and Western (Australia) contexts. Evidence for the chapter is drawn from interviews conducted with a group of thirty women (15 in Adelaide, Australia and 15 in Harare, Zimbabwe) about their subjective experiences of negotiating between paid work and family. Specifically, the chapter not only documents new empirical evidence in this area in Zimbabwe but it also presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of the strategies and negotiations of working women in two culturally, economically, and socially diverse contexts. In the end, by juxtaposing African (Zimbabwean) woman's experiences of work-family interface with those of her western (Australian) counterpart, highlighting and drawing out the commonalities of their experiences, the chapter affirms the complex nature of the work and family interface for women in Zimbabwe, whose work-family conflict experiences remain a neglected subject of research.
AB - This chapter presents a qualitative comparative account of the day-to-day experiences of working mothers in sub-Saharan African (Zimbabwe) and Western (Australia) contexts. Evidence for the chapter is drawn from interviews conducted with a group of thirty women (15 in Adelaide, Australia and 15 in Harare, Zimbabwe) about their subjective experiences of negotiating between paid work and family. Specifically, the chapter not only documents new empirical evidence in this area in Zimbabwe but it also presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of the strategies and negotiations of working women in two culturally, economically, and socially diverse contexts. In the end, by juxtaposing African (Zimbabwean) woman's experiences of work-family interface with those of her western (Australian) counterpart, highlighting and drawing out the commonalities of their experiences, the chapter affirms the complex nature of the work and family interface for women in Zimbabwe, whose work-family conflict experiences remain a neglected subject of research.
KW - Sociology
KW - Gender Specific Studies
KW - Studies in Human Society
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/204368092
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-01237-7_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-01237-7_3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319012377
SN - 9783319012360
T3 - International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
SP - 37
EP - 53
BT - Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Responses
A2 - Mokomane, Zitha
PB - Springer
CY - Heidelberg, Germany
ER -