When family considerations influence work decisions: Decision-making processes

an article by Gary N. Powell (University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA) and Jeffrey H. Greenhaus (Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA) published in  Journal of Vocational Behavior Volume 81 Issue 3 (December 2012)

Abstract

The work–family literature has provided an abundance of evidence that various family factors are linked to various work decisions, suggesting that the “family-relatedness” of work decisions is a prevalent phenomenon (Greenhaus & Powell, 2012).

However, the cognitive processes by which such linkages occur have received little attention. We offer a framework by which to examine individuals’ decision-making processes when they take family considerations into account in their work decisions.

The framework suggests stages through which individuals proceed when making a work decision that takes family considerations into account and cognitive processes that influence how they proceed through each stage.

Highlights

► An abundance of evidence has linked various family factors to various work decisions.
► A theory of the decision-making processes by which such linkages occur is lacking.
► We offer a conceptual framework of how family considerations influence work decisions.
► We identify stages through which individuals proceed when making such decisions.
► We identify processes that influence how individuals proceed through each stage.

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Being Dissimilar:

Religious Dissimilarity, Gender Dissimilarity, Value Dissimilarity and Job Satisfaction

 an article by Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Usman, Abdus Sattar Niazi, Muhammad Farooq, Waheed Afzal and Muhammad Asif Khan (Iqra University, Islamabad, Pakistan) published in Information Management and Business Review Volume 4 Number 2 (February 2012)

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the impact of religious dissimilarity, and gender dissimilarity on job satisfaction. Religious dissimilarity and sexual dissimilarity definitely exaggerated supposed value dissimilarity, which in line, detained a pessimistic relationship with job satisfaction.
These properties are capable, though, by a considerable religious difference, religious personal identity relations such that, for people whose religious values are a vital element of who they are, becoming religiously dissimilar in the place of work robustly impact their supposed value dissimilarity.

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