1. INTRODUCTION
South Africa has many different cultural groups and practices within the cultures. For example the English, Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans and Venda will have different practices in their daily lives. According to Matsumoto and Juang (2008) culture shapes who we are and certain behaviour of human beings in different environment and situations. Certain people will also act different at work and at homewithin their families. Some people may behave in a certain manner due to the work conditions or situations at home. The most organisations have a culture by which to expect the employees to live by different from that of the family or ethnic group. Due to different personalities, cultures, families and work, some people might try to adjust …show more content…
The theory describes four systems of the environment as firstly the microsystem (a pattern of roles, activities and interpersonal relations), the second one is mesosystem which is the link between two or more microsystems, e.g. home and workplace, the third is exosystem which is the same as mesosystem but one does not contain the individual, e.g. one’s spouse and the spouse’s worklife, and lastly, the macrosystem (combination of the three other systems). The focus is more on the microsystem in that is the system most proximal to the individual. According to Bronfenbrenner (1989) microsystem reflects a pattern of activities, roles and interpersonal relations experienced by a person in a context with certain characteristics and involving other people with certain attributes. Macrosystem combines the three systems creating a distinct pattern within each culture and …show more content…
Hatvany (1996) affirms that by indicating research has shown that women can be subjected to many stressors at work as compared to male counterparts. These maybe due to maintaining dependents, children and parents, lack of same sex role models, career related dilemmas including decisions about starting a family, being single and labeled as an oddity, lack of domestic support at home and lower pay rates. Cooper, Sutherland and Weinberg (2010) explain that working long hours contributes to work-life conflict in that it individuals have less time to spend on their social relationships. Some individuals may however regard working long hours as a psychological haven because they escape the pressures of home and family
South Africa has many different cultural groups and practices within the cultures. For example the English, Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans and Venda will have different practices in their daily lives. According to Matsumoto and Juang (2008) culture shapes who we are and certain behaviour of human beings in different environment and situations. Certain people will also act different at work and at homewithin their families. Some people may behave in a certain manner due to the work conditions or situations at home. The most organisations have a culture by which to expect the employees to live by different from that of the family or ethnic group. Due to different personalities, cultures, families and work, some people might try to adjust …show more content…
The theory describes four systems of the environment as firstly the microsystem (a pattern of roles, activities and interpersonal relations), the second one is mesosystem which is the link between two or more microsystems, e.g. home and workplace, the third is exosystem which is the same as mesosystem but one does not contain the individual, e.g. one’s spouse and the spouse’s worklife, and lastly, the macrosystem (combination of the three other systems). The focus is more on the microsystem in that is the system most proximal to the individual. According to Bronfenbrenner (1989) microsystem reflects a pattern of activities, roles and interpersonal relations experienced by a person in a context with certain characteristics and involving other people with certain attributes. Macrosystem combines the three systems creating a distinct pattern within each culture and …show more content…
Hatvany (1996) affirms that by indicating research has shown that women can be subjected to many stressors at work as compared to male counterparts. These maybe due to maintaining dependents, children and parents, lack of same sex role models, career related dilemmas including decisions about starting a family, being single and labeled as an oddity, lack of domestic support at home and lower pay rates. Cooper, Sutherland and Weinberg (2010) explain that working long hours contributes to work-life conflict in that it individuals have less time to spend on their social relationships. Some individuals may however regard working long hours as a psychological haven because they escape the pressures of home and family