women and leisure

Time management :
Conflict of Work and Leisure among Women of Dualroles in Malaysia
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to examine the conflict of time management and patterns of leisure activities among dualroles women. The conflict was determined based on the Conflict Theory (Kenton & Penn 2009) and Work-Leisure Relationship Patterns by Parker (1971, 1976). The components of time management system studied were time log and establishment of work priority. 83 dualroles women involved in this study which consisted of 50 teachers and 33 non-teachers. The data was analyzed using descriptive (frequency and percentage) to determine the levels of time management system and the work-leisure patterns adopted by the samples. This study creates awareness and understanding of the dilemma faced by career women. Results of this study will be helpfull to dualroles women in planning their career and also organizing their time and energy in handling their dualroles. Findings of this study are valuable guidelines for the organizations in identifying problems faced by female workers and taking into account of the problems when planning development programs for them. The implication of this study is that intervention programs for female workers are critical as the number of career women is multiplying every year