Relocation decision-making and couple relationships: a quantitative and qualitative study of dual-earner couples
通过155名管理人员的定量调查和11对双职工夫妇的深度访谈，研究搬迁决策中夫妻如何寻求妥协，受职业、家庭角色及生活组织期望的影响。
We present the results of two empirical studies of the relocation decision-making process of dual-earner couples. The first study is a quantitative survey of 155 management-level employees and focuses on the variables likely to moderate the influence of the spouse (partner) on the probability of accepting or turning down geographical mobility. The second complementary study is qualitative, consisting of 11 in-depth interviews of dual-earner couples; it attempts to identify the dynamics within the couple when making relocation decisions. We found that the couple's decision-making process in the face of a transfer proposition is above all a search for compromise solutions that are a function of the respective occupational and family roles within the couple as well as their expectations of how to organize their life as a couple. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.