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Order No.: SP I 2006-110 (2006)
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@MISC{Employees06orderno.:,
author = {Female Employees and Rafael Wittek and Discussion Paper},
title = {Order No.: SP I 2006-110},
year = {2006}
}
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Abstract
This paper explains variation in the labor supply of male and female employees by taking into account differences in conflict management strategies in Dutch households. While existing accounts on labor supply either emphasize household restrictions, firm influences or institutional constraints the approach taken here focuses on strategies of spouses to handle time-based interpersonal workhousehold conflicts. Using a sample of 304 male and 238 female cohabiting employees drawn from 30 Dutch organizations, we analyze how gender moderates the effect of conflict management strategies on labor supply, measured as the amount of actual working hours. Building on role congruity theory, we distinguish between two types of conflict management behavior. “Agentic ” strategies are characterized by a low concern for other, and are usually ascribed to a male gender role. “Communal ” strategies are characterized by a high concern for other and are usually ascribed to a female gender role. OLS and multilevel regression analysis supports two hypotheses. First, working women relying on communal strategies to resolve time-allocation conflicts with their male partners
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labor supply conflict management strategy communal strategy time-allocation conflict actual working hour account difference institutional constraint household restriction male gender role agentic strategy high concern time-based interpersonal workhousehold conflict role congruity theory firm influence dutch household female employee female gender role male partner low concern conflict management behavior dutch organization multilevel regression analysis
