Ibu dan Karir:Kajian Fenomenologi terhadap Dual-Career Family

ABSTRAK This phenomenology qualitative research was conducted in order to know the meaning of \u27career\u27 for working woman. This research attempted to see the meaning of \u27career\u27 from woman\u27s or mother\u27s point of view as the individual with the attributes as a mother. Mother in dual-career family obviously has double rolesbeing a mother and a worker. Therefore, by understanding the meaning of \u27career\u27 for working mother, it will help much to know what has made the women especially the mothers still manage double responsibilities albeit in reality these roles have absolutely ended them into dilemma between family interest or career. This research used in-dept interview for collecting data taken from 12 respondents. Respondents were collected by using \u27snowball\u27 technique and respondents were chosen by theoretical sampling. In phenomenology qualitative research, there were four (4) processes takenepoche, phenomenological reduction, imaginative variation, and synthetics of meaning. The process of analyzing and interpreting data included bracketing, textural description, imaginative variation was used to gain structural description, and combine textural description with structural description turned into the meaning which was universal and representative to respondents in a whole. The validity of research result used intersubjective validity. The result of research showed that although working mothers faced their dilemma as an attempt to balance their family and career, but for mothers themselves, career was considered as self-actualization to strengthen their existence. The existence of role model, husband\u27s permission, children\u27s condition, their potential and their willingness to increase family welfare and also the opportunity to step up to higher position in company, made working mothers feel to stay in line (working) but on the other side they still maintain their role as mothers (and wives) Keywords: mother, career, dual-career family, self-actualization