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The Attitude of the Male Workers Rearing Preschool Children on Work-Family Reconciliation Policy: Focusing on the Group Differences by Policy Supporting and Participation Intent

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2015, 26(2), pp.279-302
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

김유리 1 Kim, Eunjeong 1

1부경대학교

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ABSTRACT

What are the major differences between fathers with preschool children who support and/or use the work-family reconciliation policy and those who do not? Previous studies have not drawn on valid quantitative and qualitative data to answer this question. This study seeks to answer this question by dividing male workers with preschool children into four different groups: The positive supporting and positive participating group, the positive supporting and passive participating group, the passive supporting and positive participating group, and the passive supporting and passive participating group. Assigning the passive supporting and passive participating group as the reference group, this study analyzed the major differences between this reference group and the three other groups. First, the critical difference between the positive supporting and positive participating group and the reference group is the level of income substitution as policy benefit. Also, both gender role attitude and parent role stress level influence the likelihood of belonging to the positive supporting and positive participating group. Second, the major differences between the positive supporting and passive participating group and the reference group are whether their wives are working or not and the level of work-involvement. Male workers with working wives and with high levels of work involvement are apt to be members of the positive supporting and passive participating group rather than the reference group. Third, there is no significant difference between the passive supporting and positive participating group and reference group.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.