Core Research Objectives
The study focusses on the following three inter-related areas:
- What are the specific challenges that contemporary working populations face in meeting work and family life commitments?
- Is the work of the elderly in the home a critical resource in facilitating work/life balance for the working population?
- Is care of the elderly a strain to the attainment of work/life balance for the working population?
This project will produce findings and recommendations that are critically needed in this under-researched area in our society. Some of the expected outcomes of this research are:
- Empirical data on work/life balance as it relates specifically to this society which can inform employers and employees
- Interest among employers, community and policy makers to enable policy advocacy in work, family and ageing in the gaps that currently exist in this society
- Social attention focussed on the needs of the family as a key conversation in public dialogue
- A new gendered analysis of ageing to the field of gerontology
- Enhanced public awareness and positive social changes in attitudes and practices towards work/life balance and the challenges of contemporary and future ageing populations
