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Career oriented women feel more respected at home and say their spouses are more helpful

Submitted by Charlie Fox on Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:14

Interesting study here suggesting that career oriented women feel more respected at home and say their spouses are more helpful.

http://www.wmmsurveys.com/25thanniversary.pdf

The study, which was designed to focus attention on work-life and the advancement of women, reveals previously unknown attitudes and ideas about how women feel about their careers, men’s views of working mothers, workplace flexibil¬ity, the current state of gender roles, and what we all want to get out of work.

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Submitted by Charlie Fox on Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:18

Key findings from the study here

  • Women who identify with having a career report they are more satisfied and feel more positive in every area of work and life, versus women who state they merely have a job
  • Career-oriented working mothers are more satisfied with the opportunities available to develop their skills, the level of respect they receive at work, and their manager’s support in meeting demands from family and home
  • Career-oriented women were more likely to report they felt healthy, that their life was in balance, and that their work fulfilled a higher purpose than “just making money”
  • The bad news is career-oriented mothers were more likely to feel like they could not get away from work and were more likely to believe managers and co-workers questioned their work commitment

Submitted by Laura Long on Wed, 07/09/2011 - 09:36

I think this is probably the same for both genders.  If you view your work as a career rather than just a job you are surely investing more into it and presumably therefore find the work more rewarding and enjoyable?