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The rnal e w¡nhe¡. haE ti,p ira.ì ì y' and tnad it ionel I y r_rnden=t.no,l
this sepsr.af-ion withaltt qr_rsl i{icatisn (f,heeseman, 1gE5) . F¡r thi=
neåscln. thet'e åpFEar to be ieurer con{l icts bef-ween tradrtr¡nal
maleE ¡nd the rnaseul ine organiretianal environrnent since
traditronal rnales do not admit to having obligations outside of
the worl': envinonrnent. The tnaditional rnal e nol e -rnd the mascul ine
Ðngani:ationai nol e åne so simiì ar that there iE I if_il e
opportunity or neåson {on confl ict.
I'lal e wonl,:ers report I ittle spil loven f nnrn thein f ;inil y to
thein r.ronh icnor-rter, 1gË4) since they hå'¡e been social i:e,J tcr
f oclr= attentÍon on worþ: conrer-ns (Fiapoport Ír Rapopont, lr-zo) . In
onder to be Eltccessf t-tl , the rnascurl ine ongan iret ional ethos ,lerlands
cornpantraental iration oi wur[': and family. Tn*rditionalìy, maìes,
and the iemal e= who ernulated thern, have bor-teht into this systern
¡nd given priority to thein wsrh noìes fiTonnison et aì.n 1gB7:
Fr'\'or E¿ Fieer¿es, ltBi) . They eqlrated slrccess at- r.lor[,: with ¡ total
rornmitment of the sel f to the ongåni:ation ilfandelbarr¡r, 1gg1i .
I'lcFnoorn (198ô) stated that the separation o{ wonl: and iamil',, is ån
accepted tnurth by mal es who have neven fEl t it neceEsany to
chal I enqe this idiom.
An adoption o{ the rnascul Íne ongåni:ationaì ethos, bel ie{ in
the myth of sepsnate wonl ds, by rnai es on f erna.ì es, is co=il y
(l{ornison et ål ., 1gB7) . It nequrines t_he ernpl oyee to give I or.,r
priot-ity to f ami I y. spor-lses/pantnens, and ir-iends.
þ.ane ¡nd
F'anEonE (qr-roted in lr.eor.in ,c¿ liìeor.,n, 1gB5) iound that ôJ;{ oi the
wL.1men execlttives sltnvpYed said that sutrcess within the ¡l-is,:lrl ine
Ðrgåni¡atinn r.equined the sbendonment ol rnanniaEes, iarnil v _rnd