The effect of multiple roles of South Korean married women professors: Role changes and the factors which influence potential role gratification and strain

Juhee Park, Tim Futing Liao

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine role gratification and role strain of married middle-class South Korean women by comparing a sample of women professors and a sample of housewives whose husbands are professors and researchers. The results show that the married women professors, compared with the housewives, experienced both greater gratification and greater strain. The findings also show that sociodemographic factors are not strongly related to role gratification and strain. It was found that married women professors have more nontraditional gender-role attitudes as compared with housewives. In addition, the research indicates that transnational resocialization from overseas experiences in a Western society has positive effects on role gratification among the married women professors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)571-591
Number of pages21
JournalSex Roles
Volume43
Issue number7-8
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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