Add to ORKGBased on 10 interviews conducted with 2 working couples who hire domestic helper and another 3 without domestic helper in Singapore, this article examines the power dynamics between married couples in Singapore by exploring how the presence of domestic helpers influences the traditional division of labour at homes between husbands and wives. It is predicted that domestic helpers do not have any impact on the current arrangement of housework despite the government’s effort to present ‘work-life’ balance for married couples by providing more domestic help. This study seeks to prove this hypothesis through qualitative analysis. This article also examines whether “husband-dominant” decision-making still prevails in today’s society, by comparin...
Based on in-depth interviews with 24 working couples who hire domestic helpers in Hong Kong, this ar...
Examining housework patterns in cohabiting and married couples and the impact of the experience of c...
In Singapore, it is observed that married women tend to drop out of the labour force in order to com...
Based on 10 interviews conducted with 2 working couples who hire domestic helper and another 3 witho...
Despite the increase in female labour force participation in Singapore in recent years, many state p...
Much sociological research concentrates on the difficulties employed women face in managing the ince...
In previous literature, the division of domestic labor has been studied as the interplay between wor...
Despite changing attitudes towards female participation in the paid labour market, working women in ...
This study explores the impacts that live-in Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) have on familial relat...
By focusing on how national context and individual factors affect spouses ’ absolute and relative co...
With an increasing number of graduate mothers in Singapore, greater emphasis is placed on the dual r...
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the financial decision making styles of our samp...
This study examined (a) the changes of power relations between husbands and wives and (b) the divisi...
Despite many studies on the gendered division of housework, there is little research on how couples ...
This study presents a holistic view of the employer-FDH relationships, which are not static, but con...
Based on in-depth interviews with 24 working couples who hire domestic helpers in Hong Kong, this ar...
Examining housework patterns in cohabiting and married couples and the impact of the experience of c...
In Singapore, it is observed that married women tend to drop out of the labour force in order to com...
Based on 10 interviews conducted with 2 working couples who hire domestic helper and another 3 witho...
Despite the increase in female labour force participation in Singapore in recent years, many state p...
Much sociological research concentrates on the difficulties employed women face in managing the ince...
In previous literature, the division of domestic labor has been studied as the interplay between wor...
Despite changing attitudes towards female participation in the paid labour market, working women in ...
This study explores the impacts that live-in Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) have on familial relat...
By focusing on how national context and individual factors affect spouses ’ absolute and relative co...
With an increasing number of graduate mothers in Singapore, greater emphasis is placed on the dual r...
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the financial decision making styles of our samp...
This study examined (a) the changes of power relations between husbands and wives and (b) the divisi...
Despite many studies on the gendered division of housework, there is little research on how couples ...
This study presents a holistic view of the employer-FDH relationships, which are not static, but con...
Based on in-depth interviews with 24 working couples who hire domestic helpers in Hong Kong, this ar...
Examining housework patterns in cohabiting and married couples and the impact of the experience of c...
In Singapore, it is observed that married women tend to drop out of the labour force in order to com...