| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第15-30页 |
| ·Definition and components of work-family conflict | 第15-17页 |
| ·Importance of these topics to work-family studies | 第17-19页 |
| ·Theoretical support | 第19-23页 |
| ·Role theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Expansionist Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cultural patterns | 第23-27页 |
| ·Individualism versus collectivism (IDV) | 第24-25页 |
| ·Masculinity versus femininity (MAS) | 第25-27页 |
| ·Variables of work-family conflict apart from culture | 第27-30页 |
| ·Age: Career development of women | 第27-29页 |
| ·Economic status and other variables | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第30-47页 |
| ·Generating hypotheses | 第30-38页 |
| ·Review of the theories | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Questions and hypotheses generated | 第31-37页 |
| ·A revised model of this research | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research process | 第38-39页 |
| ·Recruitment of Participants | 第39-40页 |
| ·Measures | 第40-46页 |
| ·Participant Characteristics | 第40-41页 |
| ·Work-Family Roles | 第41-46页 |
| ·Data analyses strategy | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Four Results: Descriptive analysis | 第47-68页 |
| ·Participants | 第47-50页 |
| ·Descriptive Analyses | 第50-68页 |
| 1) Investigating RQ1: Do occupations have a great influence on work-family conflict?? | 第51-52页 |
| 2) Investigating RQ2: How does workplace support contribute to work-family conflict? | 第52-54页 |
| 3) Investigating RQ 3: How does number of children contribute to work-family conflict? | 第54-56页 |
| 4) Investigating RQ4: What influence does gender role ideology play on work-family outcomes? | 第56-60页 |
| 5) Investigating RQ5: What does collectivism play on work-family outcomes? | 第60-64页 |
| 6) Investigating RQ6: What role does work-family interdependence play on work-family outcomes? | 第64-65页 |
| 7) Investigating RQ7: Given the number of children, gender ideology and collectivism are the only independent variab les influencing work-family conflict,which culture group suffers most of it? | 第65-66页 |
| 8) Investigating RQ8: Do multiple social roles have a positive, rather than a negative effect on professional women’s health and well-being? | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第68-74页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第68-71页 |
| ·Review of research questions | 第69-70页 |
| ·Findings of the research | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations | 第71-72页 |
| ·Sample: | 第71页 |
| ·Selection of measures | 第71-72页 |
| ·Implications and Suggestions | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-81页 |
| APPENDIX | 第81-91页 |
