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The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective

The trend of workforce in Malaysia shows that more than 60% of the working women are married. Hence we can foresee that there will be a major impact on future working culture as more women enter the workforce. This trend can interfere negatively with home life in three distinct ways that is time, he...

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Main Authors: Marican, S., Borhanuddin, A., Abdullah, N.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling my.um.eprints.108992014-07-10T01:17:51Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/10899/ The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective Marican, S. Borhanuddin, A. Abdullah, N. A General Works The trend of workforce in Malaysia shows that more than 60% of the working women are married. Hence we can foresee that there will be a major impact on future working culture as more women enter the workforce. This trend can interfere negatively with home life in three distinct ways that is time, health, and psychological spillover. The most well documented pressures family members experience in balancing work and family are work overload and conflict due to multiple roles. Hence this paper will discuss the findings based on an exploratory study done among 1006 working women. It intends to bring forward the various challenges faced by working women and its implication on their carrier and family life, together with the importance of family friendly policies at work. These policies are important because studies indicated supportive supervisor may be equivalent to having a supportive spouse in terms of its effect on working women in balancing work and family issues. Finally the paper will put forward various strategies that will act as guideline for human resource managers in managing future work force in Malaysia. 2009-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/10899/1/5__The_Challenges_and_Implication_of_Dual_Carrier_Women_on_Future_Work.pdf Marican, S. and Borhanuddin, A. and Abdullah, N. (2009) The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective. In: International Conference on Malaysia: Malaysia in Global Perspective, 27-28 September 2009, Cairo University, Egypt.
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The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
description The trend of workforce in Malaysia shows that more than 60% of the working women are married. Hence we can foresee that there will be a major impact on future working culture as more women enter the workforce. This trend can interfere negatively with home life in three distinct ways that is time, health, and psychological spillover. The most well documented pressures family members experience in balancing work and family are work overload and conflict due to multiple roles. Hence this paper will discuss the findings based on an exploratory study done among 1006 working women. It intends to bring forward the various challenges faced by working women and its implication on their carrier and family life, together with the importance of family friendly policies at work. These policies are important because studies indicated supportive supervisor may be equivalent to having a supportive spouse in terms of its effect on working women in balancing work and family issues. Finally the paper will put forward various strategies that will act as guideline for human resource managers in managing future work force in Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Marican, S.
Borhanuddin, A.
Abdullah, N.
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Borhanuddin, A.
Abdullah, N.
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title The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
title_short The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
title_full The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
title_fullStr The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
title_full_unstemmed The challenges and implication of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: a global perspective
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/10899/1/5__The_Challenges_and_Implication_of_Dual_Carrier_Women_on_Future_Work.pdf
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