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Long work hours and family life
By Ann Robinson of the Early Childhood Unit, National
Children's Bureau,
Nursery World,
18 May 2006
Long work hours and family life: a cross-national study of employees' concerns. The issue of work-family conflict was researched in a sample of managers and professionals based in the US, London and Hong Kong offices of a global financial services firm. Hong Kong respondents were more likely to worry about family conflict. The authors argue that the meaning of family varies by national context; in Hong Kong there is an emphasis on the extended family as a robust institution with intense ties and obligations.
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