A Study of Sandwich Role of Working Generations in Multigenerational Family
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A Study of Sandwich Role of Working Generations in Multigenerational Family aims to 1) study the characteristics of working generations who take sandwich roles in a family with independent family members 2) determine guidelines for working generations in dealing with family and work. This study employed qualitative method, using an in-depth interview as a tool in studying. Research samples included 12 working generations who work in public and private organizations, aged between 25-60 years old and have been living with independent family members. The result shows that working generations in Thai culture take many roles in family, including roles as a husband or wife, a housekeeper, a worker, parents, and a son/daughter who takes care of their parents all together. Though working generations play many roles for independent family member, they were as an independent family member as well when they depend on their parents’ care for their children. On the other hand, their parents depend on working generations when travelling. Therefore, working generations and older generations in the Thai culture appeared to have dependent relationship, not the older generations depend only on working generations. The study also shows that the time is a major problem for working generations, especially for those who have inflexible working hours. Hence, this study suggests to employ work-life balance (WLB), introduced by Greenfield C. and Terry M. (1995) in the workplace, including Flexible work program, Time saving, Family members care program, Leave program, and financial supporting program in order to reduce conflict between work and family.
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