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20 - A Review of Work–Family Research in Confucian Asia

from Part IV - Review of Research in Regions across the Globe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2018

Kristen M. Shockley
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Winny Shen
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Ryan C. Johnson
Affiliation:
Ohio University
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The study of work and family in Confucian Asia has continued to grow at a rapid rate. The objective of this chapter is to provide a critical synthesis of the work-family literature in Confucian Asia (i.e., China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). The chapter begins with an overview of the development of work-family research in this region in the past decades. Then, it discusses the methodology of work-family research, followed by a review of the key findings in this region and comparison to the findings in the broader work-family literature. The chapter concludes with the discussion of limitations of the extant literature and directions for future research.

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