Title
Two Careers, One Employer: Couples Working for the Same Corporation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2002
Abstract
Advances in career development research require scholars to move from analysis of the career paths of individuals to a life course approach to the interlocking career paths of couples. Increasingly, not only are U.S. workers married to other workers, but significant numbers of couples work for the same employer. Drawing on a subsample of employees in dual-earner households in five corporations in upstate New York (and their spouses), this study examines both the direct and indirect effects of being a coworker on career development, work circumstances, and spillover. Being part of a coworking couple positively predicts men's job prestige, tenure, and commitment to work (in terms of working long hours, heavy workload, etc.). These effects, as well as spillover, are most pronounced for younger men without children. For wives, coworking corresponds with increased income and increased spillover between work and family, especially for younger coworking women without children.
Publication Name
Journal of Vocational Behavior
Volume Number
61
First Page
466
Last Page
483
Issue Number
3
DOI
10.1006/jvbe.2002.1886
Recommended Citation
Moen, Phyllis and Sweet, Stephen, "Two Careers, One Employer: Couples Working for the Same Corporation" (2002). Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 12.
https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/sociology_faculty_pubs/12