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Title: A Touch of Class: Work and Family Balance in Professional and Working Class Hispanics

Authors: Robert G. DelCampo; Andrew T. Hinrichs

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Abstract: This article examines work-family conflict (a form of interrole conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect) among Hispanics at different levels of Socioeconomic Status (SES). Results did not support the hypothesis that Hispanics with a lower SES experience a higher level of WEC due to limited resources. However, because Hispanics are stereotypically considered loyal and family-oriented, these values may become weakened by upwardlymobile career goals. Second, the maintenance of some level of Hispanic (or any ethnic) identity can improve the individual's ability to create family and work role separation.

Keywords: Work-family conflict; socioeconomic status; Hispanics; ethnic identity; interrole conflict; career goals.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.2006.141141

Journal of Business and Management, 2006 Vol.12 No.1, pp.71 - 81

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *