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The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa
The purpose of this study was to develop a deep understanding into the unique work family balance experiences of women in production couples in cut, make and trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa. A production couple is first and foremost a business partnership that involves joint ownership of a...
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| description | The purpose of this study was to develop a deep understanding into the unique work family balance experiences of women in production couples in cut, make and trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa. A production couple is first and foremost a business partnership that involves joint ownership of a clothing factory, however the relationship is also a strategy the women use to satisfy their emotional needs and over time the relationship plays an important role in their return migration intention. Using a phenomenological research design, eight in depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with women in a production couple. Though the study set out to explore both the male and female partners, all the male partners eventually declined, citing Covid-19 related reasons such as having the only male in the researcher network dropping out, significantly lowering the likelihood of recruiting willing male participants. A potential reason for this is that men in Chinese culture are expected to carry the family name and with the persisting patriarchal gender roles (Sun & Chen, 2014), they are confronted with greater risk of losing face if exposed that they are in this type of relationship. Thematic analysis conducted on the data revealed three key themes: (1) Factors affecting the work-family balance of women in production couples, (2) Transnational care practices and, (3) Boundary management practices used by the women to maintain work-family balance. The findings challenged the nuclear family ideal and contributed new knowledge on how work family balance is perceived and maintained from a transnational perspective. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/35943 The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa Ma, Yuh-Wen Jaga, Ameeta Production couple transnational family boundary work tactics WFB The purpose of this study was to develop a deep understanding into the unique work family balance experiences of women in production couples in cut, make and trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa. A production couple is first and foremost a business partnership that involves joint ownership of a clothing factory, however the relationship is also a strategy the women use to satisfy their emotional needs and over time the relationship plays an important role in their return migration intention. Using a phenomenological research design, eight in depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with women in a production couple. Though the study set out to explore both the male and female partners, all the male partners eventually declined, citing Covid-19 related reasons such as having the only male in the researcher network dropping out, significantly lowering the likelihood of recruiting willing male participants. A potential reason for this is that men in Chinese culture are expected to carry the family name and with the persisting patriarchal gender roles (Sun & Chen, 2014), they are confronted with greater risk of losing face if exposed that they are in this type of relationship. Thematic analysis conducted on the data revealed three key themes: (1) Factors affecting the work-family balance of women in production couples, (2) Transnational care practices and, (3) Boundary management practices used by the women to maintain work-family balance. The findings challenged the nuclear family ideal and contributed new knowledge on how work family balance is perceived and maintained from a transnational perspective. 2022-03-06T16:17:49Z 2022-03-06T16:17:49Z 2021 2022-03-06T06:27:59Z Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35943 eng application/pdf Organisational Psychology Faculty of Commerce |
| spellingShingle | Production couple transnational family boundary work tactics WFB Ma, Yuh-Wen The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| title_full | The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| title_short | The work-family balance experiences of production couples operating Chinese Cut, Make and Trim factories in Newcastle, South Africa |
| title_sort | work family balance experiences of production couples operating chinese cut make and trim factories in newcastle south africa |
| topic | Production couple transnational family boundary work tactics WFB |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35943 |
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