Family relationships of two-location couples employed by Ministry of Justice and the subordinating agencies–an example of job rotation system
| Autor: | Lee I-Hsuan, 李宜璇 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 98 Economic and social transformation has created great impact and change on life, including wider disparity between wealth and poor and emergence of M-shaped society. To earn a living, it is more and more common to seek job opportunities in other places or for both spouses to be in work, which is the cause of two-location families that are more and more prevailing and have become a new family trend in Taiwan. This study is to discuss one of the reasons for two-location families to emerge – the rotation system of particular occupations – which researchers consider less optional for the party involved and their families. For example, compared with other occupations, being civil servants is a relatively permanent career; that is, once being a civil servant, the majority stay until they retire. No matter they are voluntary or not, most civil servants have to accept the change of rotational relocation in their position. However, for those who have families, rotational relocation will lead to two-location families and it can't be neglected how the phenomenon will impact family relationship, spousal relationship, parent-child relationship and what problem will therefore occur. In-depth interview of qualitative research is adopted in this study. The interview subjects are 8 civil servants currently employed in Ministry of Justice and the subordinating agencies and one or both of each couple was once rotationally relocated due to work, causing l two-location families that lasted for at least 6 months and raised at least 1 child. After the interview data are analyzed, findings discovered are summarized as follows: 1.Even though likelihood of two-location family due to particularity of the rotation system in Ministry of Justice and the subordinating agencies has been expected, two-location family is different from other types of family, including relying only on telephone but not face-to-face communication or not being able to accompany the spouse or children. So, sufficient communication and discussion with family members are recommended before living separately to reduce impact on the family. 2.Is internal or external support related with how long-distance spouses get accustomed to life? Because most interview subjects in this study have relatively young children in two-location families, most of whom are pre-school kids, it is a rather heavy burden for one spouse to shoulder responsible alone to take care of young children, to say nothing of being torn between looking after them and work. Besides, the spouse working in the other place will be worried about the family. So, it is recommended in this research that appropriately accepting internal or external support can relieve life pressure of being a two-location family. 3.Long distance causes alienation between spouses and children so it is recommended to stay in contact, frequently communicate and regularly gather together to strengthen spousal and parent-child relationship. 4.Due to particularity of work, fellow employees have to be relocated based on work experiences, which leads to two-location families. Therefore, it is recommended that government organizations can provide accommodation, transportation subsidies and a flexible system for taking leaves as well as respect personal choice for relocation to help fellow workers and their families to get accustomed to living in two places and relieve pressure. Also, it can help fellow workers devote themselves to work without any further concern. |
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