Abbott, P., Wallace, C., & Tyler, M. (2005). Health, illness and caring. An

introduction to sociology. Feminist Perspectives, 171-199.

 

Acharya, D. R., Bell, J. S., Simkhada, P., Van Teijlingen, E. R., & Regmi, P. R.

(2010). Women's autonomy in household decision-making: A demographic

study in Nepal. Reproductive Health, 7(1), 1-12.

 

Agarwal, B. (1997). ''Bargaining'' and gender relations: Within and beyond the

household. Feminist Economics, 3(1), 1-51.

 

Ahmad, A. (2008). Job, family and individual factors as predictors of work-family

conflict. The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 4(1), 57-65.

 

Ahuja, A., & Ostermann, S. L. (2016). Crossing caste boundaries in the modern

Indian marriage market. Studies in Comparative International

Development, 51(3), 365-387.

 

Akosah-Twumasi, P., Emeto, T. I., Lindsay, D., Tsey, K., & Malau-Aduli, B. S.

(2018, July). A systematic review of factors that influence youths career

choices-the role of culture. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 3, p. 58). Frontiers.

 

Allendorf, K. (2013). Schemas of marital change: From arranged marriages to eloping

for love. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(2), 453-469.

 

Allendorf, K., & Pandian, R. K. (2016). The decline of arranged marriage? Marital

change and continuity in India. Population and Development Review, 42(3),

435.

 

Aminah, A. (2005). The interface of work and family roles: A quest for balanced

lives. Penerbit UPM, Serdang.

 

Alqahtani, T. H. (2020). Work-life balance of women employees. Granite Journal:

a Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Journal, 4(1), 37-42.

 

Amin, S. M., Rameli, M. F. P., Othman, A., Hasan, Z. A., & Ibrahim, K. (2017).

Decision to work by educated married women. Advanced Science

Letters, 23(8), 7702-7705.

 

Amugsi, D. A., Lartey, A., Kimani-Murage, E., & Mberu, B. U. (2016). Women‟s

participation in household decision-making and higher dietary diversity:

findings from nationally representative data from Ghana. Journal of Health,

Population and Nutrition, 35(1), 1-8.

 

Archer, L. (2002). „It‟s easier that you‟re a girl and that you‟re Asian‟: Interactions of

„race‟ and gender between researchers and participants‟. Feminist Review, 72,

(Drugs): 108-132.

 

Ariffin, R. (1999, July). Feminism in Malaysia: A historical and present perspective

of women's struggles in Malaysia. In Women's Studies International Forum

(Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 417-423). Pergamon.

 

Azmawati, A. A., Endut, N., Mohd Hashim, I. H., Selamat, N. H., & Ying, K. (2017).

Negotiation with patriarchy in women's Lives: A case study in a Malaysian

Public University. Journal of Business and Economics Review (JBER)

Vol, 2(1).

 

Bales, R. F., & Parsons, T. (2014). Family: Socialization and interaction process.

Routledge.

 

Banerjee, S., & Roy, A. (2015). Determinants of female autonomy across Indian

states. Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 3(11), 1037-1040.

 

Bank, BJ (ed.) (2007). Gender and Education: An Encyclopaedia. Praeger. Westport

London.

 

Barbulescu, R., & Bidwell, M. (2013). Do women choose different jobs from men?

Mechanisms of application segregation in the market for managerial

workers. Organization Science, 24(3), 737-756.

 

Barnett, R. C., & Hyde, J. S. (2001). Women, men, work, and family: An expansionist

theory. American Psychologist, 56(10), 781.

 

Bartley, S. J., Blanton, P. W., & Gilliard, J. L. (2005). Husbands and wives in dualearner

marriages: Decision-making, gender role attitudes, division of

household labor, and equity. Marriage & Family Review, 37(4), 69-94.

 

Batliwala, S. (1995, September). Defining women's empowerment: A conceptual

framework. In Education for Women's Empowerment. Position Paper for the

Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing. New Delhi: ASPBAE (pp. 54-

57).

 

Baxter, J., Hewitt, B., & Haynes, M. (2008). Life course transitions and housework:

Marriage, parenthood, and time on housework. Journal of Marriage and

Family, 70(2), 259-272.

 

Bayeh, E. (2016). The role of empowering women and achieving gender equality to

the sustainable development of Ethiopia. Pacific Science Review B:

Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1), 37-42.

 

Beatty, S. E., & Lee, K. C. C. (2002). Family structure and influence in decision

making. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 19, 21-41.

 

Behlol, M. K. and Irfan, N. I. (2016). Problems of married women at higher education

in Pakistan: Academic, social and cultural context. International Journal of

African and Asian Studies, Vol. 20.

 

Bennett, J. M. (2006). History matters: patriarchy and the challenge of feminism.

University of Pennsylvania Press.

 

Beri, N., & Beri, A. (2013). Perception of single women towards marriage, career and

education. European Academic Research, 1(6), 855-869.

 

Bhakat, P. (2015). Involvement of youth in marriage related decision making in

India. European Scientific Journal.

 

Bharat, S. (2003). Women, work, and family in urban India: towards new families? In

Berry, J.W., Mishra, R.C. & Tripathi, R.C. (Eds), Psychology in Human and

Social Development: Lessons from Diverse Cultures (pp. 155-169). New

Delhi: Sage.

 

Bhat, R. A. (2015). Role of education in the empowement of women in

India. Journal of Education and Practice, 6(10), 188-191.

 

Bhatia, S. & Babu, N. (2019). Career choice of girl child in contemporary India.

Indian Journal of Psychology and Education, 9(1), 188-195.

 

Bhattacharya, S. (2013). A study on parental and social influence on career choice as

engineer. Voice of Research, 2(1).

 

Bhattacharya, S., & Pramanik, R. (2016). Multiple roles at conflict: Reflections from

life career families in Western Odisha, India. International Journal of

Humanities and Social Science Invention, 5(9), 58-68.

 

Biggerstaff, D., & Thompson, A. R. (2008). Interpretative phenomenological analysis

(IPA): A qualitative methodology of choice in healthcare research. Qualitative

Research in Psychology, 5(3), 214-224.

 

Birbili, M. (2000). Translating from one language to another. Social research

Update, 31(1), 1-7.

 

Biswas, C. S., & Mukhopadhyay, I. (2018). Marital status and women empowerment

in India. Sociology International Journal, 2(1), 29-37.

 

Bosch, B. (2013). Women who study: balancing the dual roles of postgraduate student

and mother [Tesis doctoral inédita]. Edith Cowan University: Western

Australia, Australia.

 

Brauner-Otto, S. R., Axinn, W. G., & Ghimire, D. J. (2020). Parents‟ marital quality

and children‟s transition to adulthood. Demography, 57(1), 195-220.

 

Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative

Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.

 

Bryman, A. 2004. Social research methods. Second Edition. London: Oxford

University Press.

 

Bryman, A. (2008). Social research methods. Oxford University Press.

 

Buddhapriya, S. (2009). Work-family challenges and their impact on career decisions:

A study of Indian women professionals. Vikalpa, 34(1), 31-46.

 

Calub, C.L. & Calub, F.L. (2018). Marriage, family, career: multiple role conflict of

married women. 10.13140/RG.2.2.18256.61449.

 

Carrim, N. M. H. (2016). Stepping out of the fish tank: Ethnic identity work of Indian

parents. Journal of Family Issues, 37(16), 2368–2392.

 

Carrim, N. M. H. (2017). „New‟ men and „new‟ women: cultural identity work of

husbands and wives related to housework and childcare. Asian Social

Science, 13(11).

 

Cassey, L. E. E. (2019). Globalisation and Economic Development: Malaysia‟s

Experience.

 

Chadda, R. K., & Deb, K. S. (2013). Indian family systems, collectivistic society and

psychotherapy. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(2), 299.

 

Chakrabarti, A. (2019). Understanding female autonomy in India through their family

headship status. Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS], 27(3), 266-

285.

 

Chanda, S. K., Howlader, M. H., & Nahar, N. (2012). Educational status of the

married women and their participation at household decision making in rural

Bangladesh. Int J Adv Res Technol, 1(6), 137-46.

 

Chaudhry, I. S., & Jabeen, T. (2010). Factors and constraints affecting labour force

participation of postgraduate women: The case of Bahauddin Zakariya

University Multan, Pakistan. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai,

Oeconomica, 55(3).

 

Chouhan, P., 2013. A study on literacy and educational attainment of scheduled castes

population in Maldah District of West Bengal, India. Journal of Geography

and Regional Planning, 6(1), 19-30.

 

Chouhan, S., Choundhary, S., & Swarnakar, V. K. (2016). Study on decision making

process with reference to risk taking behaviour of rural woman vegetables

growers in Jobat Block of Alirajpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India.

International Journal of Science and Reserch (IJRS), 5(2), 91-94.

 

Chowdhury, A., & Patnaik, M. M. (2013). Understanding Indian family life: The

gender perspectives. EXCEL International Journal of Multidisciplinary

Management Studies, 3(7), 58-67.

 

Cheal, D. (1988). The ritualization of family ties. American Behavioral

Scientist, 31(6), 632-643.

 

Chouhan, P., 2013. A study on literacy and educational attainment of scheduled castes

population in Maldah District of West Bengal, India. Journal of Geography

and Regional Planning, 6(1), 19-30.

 

Creswell, J. W. (2003). A framework for design. Research design: Qualitative,

quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 9-11.

 

Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed

methods approaches (3rd ed.). Sage Publications, Inc.

 

Crouch, M., & McKenzie, H. (2006). The logic of small samples in interview-based

qualitative research. Social Science Information, 45(4), 483-499.

 

D‟Acunto, F., Malmendier, U., & Weber, M. (2020). Gender roles and the gender

expectations gap (No. w26837). National Bureau of Economic Research.

 

Das Gupta, M., Lee, S., Uberoi, P., Wang, D., Wang, L., & Zhang, X. (2000). State

Policies and Women‟s Autonomy in China, The Republic of Korea, and India

1950-2000: Lessons from Contrasting Experiences (Gender and Development

Working Paper Series No. 16). The World Bank.

 

Dasgupta, P. (2016). Essays on intra-household bargaining power of women in

India (Doctoral dissertation, Virginia Tech).

 

Dashora, K. B. (2013). Problems faced by working women in India. International

Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences, 2(8), 82-

94.

 

Das, K., Das, K. C., Roy, T. K., & Tripathy, P. K. (2011). Dynamics of inter-religious

and inter-caste marriages in India. Population Association of America,

Washington DC, USA.

 

Das, M. B., & Žumbytė, I. (2017). The motherhood penalty and female employment in

urban India. The World Bank.

 

Datta, S., & Agarwal, U. A. (2017). Factors effecting career advancement of Indian

women managers. South Asian Journal of Business Studies.

 

Davidson, M. J. and Burke, R. J (2004) Women in Management Worldwide: Facts,

Figures and Analysis (Aldershot: Gower Publishing).

 

Davis, H. L., & Rigaux, B. P. (1974). Perception of marital roles in decision

processes. Journal of Consumer Research, 1(1), 51-62.

 

Deaux, K. (1987). Psychological constructions of masculinity and

femininity. Masculinity/femininity: Basic perspectives, 1.

 

Debnath, S. (2015). The impact of household structure on female autonomy in

developing countries. The Journal of Development Studies, 51(5), 485-502.

 

Deb, S. (2015). Gender roles in family decision making: Results from Indian states.

 

Denscombe, M. (2003). The good research guide Maidenhead. UK: Open University.

 

Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2005). Introduction: The discipline and practice of

qualitative research.

 

Department of Statistics, Malaysia. (2010) Population Distribution and Basic

Demographic Characteristics 2010. Malaysia: Department of Statistics.

 

Desai, N., & Krishnaraj, M. (2004). An overview of the status of women in India. In

M. Mohanty, (Ed). Class, caste, gender, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

 

Desai, S., & Johnson, K. (2005). Women‟s decision making and child health: Familial

and social hierarchies. A focus on gender: Collected papers on gender using

DHS data, 55-68.

 

Deshpande, M. S. (2010). History of the Indian caste system and its impact on India

today.

 

Devi, M. S., & Rayalu, T. R. (2003). Perceptions of Working and Non-Working

Women on their Relative Empowerment in Self Decisions in Urban

Families. Indian Psychological Review, 60(1), 10-16.

 

Dhanaraj, S., & Mahambare, V. (2019). Family structure, education and women‟s

employment in rural India. World Development, 115, 17-29.

 

Dreher, M. (1994). Qualitative research methods from the reviewer‟s

perspective. Critical issues in qualitative research methods, 281-297.

 

Dutta, N. (2014). Working women in decision making process a sociological study of

the educated Bengali women.

 

Dutta, S. (2016). The changing patterns and lived experiences of women pursuing

higher education post-marriage in India. Journal of International Women's

Studies, 17(1), 169-185.

 

Duxbury, L., Lyons, S., & Higgins, C. (2007). Dual-income families in the new

millennium: Reconceptualizing family type. Advances in Developing Human

Resources, 9(4), 472- 486.

 

Esposito, N. (2001). From meaning to meaning: The influence of translation

techniques on non-English focus group research. Qualitative Health

Research, 11(4), 568-579.

 

Fernández, J., Angeles Quiroga, M., Escorial, S., & Privado, J. (2016). The gendered

division of housework. Psicothema, 130-136.

 

Fouad, N. A., Kim, S. Y., Ghosh, A., Chang, W. H., & Figueiredo, C. (2016). Family

influence on career decision making: Validation in India and the United

States. Journal of Career Assessment, 24(1), 197-212.

 

Francina, P. X., & Joseph, M. V. (2013). Women empowerment: The psychological

dimension. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development, 5(2), 61-74.

 

Friedberg, L., & Webb, A. (2006). Determinants and consequences of bargaining

power in households (No. w12367). National Bureau of Economic Research.

 

Furby, L., & Beyth-Marom, R. (1992). Risk taking in adolescence: A decisionmaking

perspective. Developmental Review, 12(1), 1-44.

 

Gayathri, N., & Karthikeyan, P. (2016). The role of self-efficacy and social support in

improving life satisfaction. Zeitschrift für Psychologie.

 

Gerami, M. H., Etemadi, O., Ahmadi, S. A., & Fatehizade, M. (2016). The pathology

of the dual-career couples: A qualitative study. Global Journal of Health

Science, 9(5), 226.

 

Ghuman, S. J., Lee, H. J., & Smith, H. L. (2006). Measurement of women‟s autonomy

according to women and their husbands: Results from five Asian countries.

Social Science Research, 35(1), 1-28.

 

Goli, S., Singh, D., & Sekher, T. V. (2013). Exploring the myth of mixed marriages in

India: Evidence from a nation-wide survey. Journal of Comparative Family

Studies, 44(2), 193-206.

 

Goswami, N.G. (2014). Rewards and work-life balance among working women: An

empirical study in India specific to Agra region. American International

Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 9(4), 313-315.

 

Habib, K., Shafiq, M., Afshan, G., & Qamar, F. (2019). Impact of Education and

Employment on Women Empowerment. European Online Journal of Natural

and Social Sciences: Proceedings, 8(3 (s)), pp-62.

 

Hajra, G. (2012). Determinants of household decision making among women in

Kolkata sum areas: An application of multinomial logistic regression.

International Journal of Applied Research and Studies, 1(1), 01-16.

 

Haldar, A. (2020). Hinduism as a Political Weapon: Gender Socialization and

Disempowerment of Women in India.

 

Hammersley, M., & Atkinson, P. (2007). Ethnography: principles in practice. New

York: Routledge.

 

Harcar, T., Spillan, J. E., & Kucukemiroglu, O. (2005). A multi‐national study of

family decision‐making. Multinational Business Review.

 

Harding, S. G. (Ed.). (1987). Feminism and methodology: Social science issues.

Indiana University Press.

 

Heikkinen, S. (2015). (In) significant others: the role of the spouse in women and men

managers' careers in Finland. Jyväskylä Studies in Business and Economics,

(158).

 

Hesse-Biber, S. N. (2007). The practice of feminist in-depth interviewing. Feminist

research practice: A primer, 111148, 111-138.

 

Hirschman, C., & Aghajanian, A. (1980). Women's Labour Force Participation and

Socioeconomic Development: The Case of Peninsular Malaysia, 1957–1970.

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 11(1), 30-49.

 

Hirschman, C. (2016). Gender, the status of women, and family structure in

Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 53(1), 33-50.

 

Hou, X., & Ma, N. (2013). The effect of women‟s decision-making power on

maternal health services uptake: evidence from Pakistan. Health policy and

planning, 28(2), 176-184.

 

Hussain, B. A., & Hussain, N. A. (2011). Decision making power among rural women

at gross-root level. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting.

 

Imbaya, B. H. O. (2012). The role of family support in performance of womenoperated

micro and small enteprises in Eldoret, Kenya. Journal of Emerging

Trends in Economics and Management Sciences, 3(5), 502-508.

 

Ismail, R., & Sulaiman, N. (2014). Married women labor supply decision in

Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 10(3), 221.

 

Jackson, M. A., Tal, A. I., & Sullivan, A. R. (2003). Hidden biases in counseling

women balancing work and family concerns. In M. Kopala & M. A. Keitel

(Eds.), Handbook of counseling women (pp. 152-172). Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage.

 

Jackson, W. (1998). Methods: Doing social research. Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-

Hall Canada Inc.

 

Jahan, F., Hossain, S., & Farhad Mahmud, K. M. F. (2015). Factors influencing

women‟s decision making power: evidence from Bangladesh Urban health

survey data. International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social

Sciences, 3, 133-150.

 

Jain, A. (2014). Gender role attitudes and marital satisfaction among Asian Indian

couples living in the US: An exploratory study (Doctoral dissertation, Rutgers

University-Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology).

 

Jain, T. K. (2019). Traditional Indian Practices for Egalitarian Society and

Compassion. Available at SSRN 3314552.

 

Jamilah O, Rahim MS, Aminah A (2006). Women and peace: Issues, challenges and

strategies. Baraplas Kreatif Enterprise, Serdang.

 

Jan, M., & Akhtar, S. (2008). An analysis of decision-making power among married

and unmarried women. Studies on Home and Community Science, 2(1), 43-50.

 

Jayachandran, S. (2015). The roots of gender inequality in developing

countries. Economics, 7(1), 63-88.

 

Jejeebhoy, S. J., & Sathar, Z. A. (2001). Women's autonomy in India and Pakistan:

the influence of religion and region. Population and Development Review,

27(4), 687-712.

 

Kandiyoti, D. (1998). Gender, power and contestation:“Bargaining with Patriarchy”

revisited. Feminist Visions of Development, London and New York: Routledge.

 

Kapadia-Kundu, N., Khale, M., Upadhaye, S., & Chavan, D. (2007). Whose mistake?

Gender roles and physical violence among young married women. Economic

and Political Weekly, 71-78.

 

Kapur, R. Factors Influencing the Status of Women in India.

 

Kassarjian, H. H. (1982). Consumer psychology. Annual Review of Psychology,

33(1), 619-649.

 

Kato, T., & Kodama, N. (2017). Women in the workplace and management practices:

Theory and evidence.

 

Kaur, P., & Singh, R. (2006). Children in family purchase decision making in India

and the West: A review. Academy of marketing science review, 2006, 1.

 

Kaur, R., Singh, B., Sandhu, L. K., & Kaur, G. (2018). Dimensions of women

autonomy in household decision making in rural Punjab. OIDA International

Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(01), 11-40.

 

Kavita, A. K., & Kumar, S. (2012). Status and Decision Making Power of

Agricultural Farm Woman: A Study in West UP.

 

Kazi, A. S., & Akhlaq, A. (2017). Factors Affecting Students' Career Choice. Journal

of Research & Reflections in Education (JRRE), 11(2).

 

Kelleher, F., Severin, F. O., Samson, M., De, A., Afamasaga-Wright, T., & Sedere, U.

M. (2011). Women and the teaching profession: Exploring the feminisation

debate. Unesco.

 

Khaled, M. (1997). Perception of Rural Malaysian Women Leaders on Their Input

Into the Process of Decision Making in Farmers Organizations (Doctoral

dissertation, Universiti Putra Malaysia).

 

Khanam, R. (2003). Family Decision-making Pattern of Husband and Wife: an Urban

Case Study in Bangladesh (Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Putra Malaysia).

 

Khurana, N. (2018). Evaluating the Evolution of Patriarchy in India and the

West. International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies, 6(2), 114-126.

 

Kim, J., Gutter, M. S., & Spangler, T. (2017). Review of family financial decision

making: Suggestions for future research and implications for financial

education. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 28(2), 253-267.

 

Kumar, A. & Negi, N.S. (2009). Impact of Household Decision Making Power on

Women Empowerment in India: Evidences from NFHS-3 Survey.

 

Kumari, V. (2014). Problems and challenges faced by urban working women in

India (Doctoral dissertation).

 

Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). Interviews: Learning the craft of qualitative

research interviewing. Sage.

 

Labour Force Survey Report, 2011. Kuala Lumpur: Department of Statistics,

Malaysia.

 

Labour Force Survey Report, 2019. Kuala Lumpur: Department of Statistics,

Malaysia.

 

Lahiri-Dutt, K., & Sil, P. (2014). Women's „double day‟ in middle-class homes in

small-town India. Contemporary South Asia, 22(4), 389-405.

 

Lazar, I., Osoian, C., & Ratiu, P. (2010). The role of work-life balance practices in

order to improve organizational performance.

 

Lee, E. & Stanley, S. (2000). Working with Asian Americans: A Guide for Clinicians.

New York: Guilford Press

 

Letherby, G. (2003). Feminist research in theory and practice. McGraw-Hill

Education (UK).

 

Liamputtong, P., & Ezzy, D. (2005). Qualitative research methods. Second. New

York: Oxford University Press.

 

Lin, T. C., & Adserà, A. (2013). Son preference and children‟s housework: The case

of India. Population Research and Policy Review, 32(4), 553-584.

 

Luke, N., Xu, H., & Thampi, B. V. (2014). Husbands' participation in housework and

child care in India. Journal of Marriage and Family, 76(3), 620-637.

 

Luppi, F., & Arpino, B. (2016). Childcare arrangements and mothers‟ satisfaction

with work-family balance.

 

Mahapatra, M. (2018). Career aspiration and achievement motivation of women

academicians: a struggle for dual role conflict. SSRG International Journal of

Humanities and Social Science, 5(4), 57-63.

 

Mahasha, K. L. M. (2016). Balancing work and family responsibilities: the case of

women in management positions in Nkangala District (Doctoral dissertation,

University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities, School of Human and

Community Development).

 

Mahpul, I. N., & Abdullah, N. A. (2011). The prevalence of work-family conflict

among mothers in peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Humanities

and Social Sciences, 1(17), 154-161.

 

Mallick, N., Biswas, B., Dasgupta, A., Paul, B., & Garg, S. (2018). Attitude towards

women empowerment among husbands of eligible couples in a rural area of

Hooghly district, West Bengal. Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and

Research, 9(2), 81-81.

 

Manser, M., & Brown, M. (1980). Marriage and household decision-making: A

bargaining analysis. International Economic Review, 31-44.

 

Maral, P., & Kumar, V. (2017). Family structure and decision-making power among

working and non-working women. International Journal of Social Sciences

Review, 5(4), 574-580.

 

Marican, S., Borhanuddin, A., & Abdullah, N. (2009). The challenges and implication

of dual carrier women on future work force in Malaysia: A global perspective.

 

Mason, K. O. (1997). How family position influences married women's autonomy and

power in five Asian countries (p. 20). Honolulu, HI: East-West Center.

 

Mason, K. O., & Smith, H. L. (2003). Women‟s empowerment and social context:

Results from five Asian countries. Gender and Development Group, World

Bank, Washington, DC.

 

May, T. (2001) Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process. Buckingham: Open

University Press.

 

McNeill, P., & Chapman, S. (2005). Research methods. Psychology Press.

 

Medhe, R. S. (2019). Role of Education in Inter-Caste Marriages of Women from

Scheduled Castes in India. Journal of Geographical Studies, 2, 79-86.

 

Mehtha, V. R. (2012). A study of Work Life Balance WLB among women employees

in service sector with special reference to Pune city.

 

Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded

sourcebook.London: Sage.

 

Milne, R.S. and Mauzy, D.K. (2002) Malaysian Politics under Mahathir. London and

New York: Routledge.

 

Ministry of Women, Family and Community (2003). A national study of family

transformation in the context of changing trends in women‟s work and

lifestyle in Malaysia.

 

Ministry of Women and Family Development. (2003). The Progress of Malaysian

Women Since Independence 1957‐2000.

 

Mittal, S., Sharna, S., & Srivastava, S. (2015). Challenges faced by working women at

workplace, family and society: Its major issues, impact and remedial

measures. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences and

Humanities, 5(2), 64- 77.

 

Muehlbacher, S., Hofmann, E., Kirchler, E., & Roland-Lévy, C. (2009). Household

decision-making: Changes of female and male partners‟ roles. Psychology &

Economics, 2(2), 17-37.

 

Mueller, V.D. (2008). India‟s Marriages Re-arranged. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM

Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co.

 

Muraguri, J. M. (2011). Factors influencing degree choices among female

undergraduate students at the University of Nairobi – a case study of the

2010/2011 cohort, University of Nairobi.

 

Murthy, P. V., & Chandrasekarayya, T. (2009). Male's Attitude on Women's

Empowerment and Men as Supportive Partners in Promotion of RCH: A

Study Among Slum Dwellers in Andhra Pradesh.

 

Naeem, F., & Sharma, S. (2014). A study of work life balance (WLB) among working

women in India.

 

Namdeo, R. P. (2017). Impact of education on decision-making ability of

women. Educational Quest, 8, 431.

 

Nawaz, M., Ramzan, B., Muhammad, N., Bhatti, G. A., & Nadeem, A. (2017). The

influence of higher education in improving women‟s social status: an

empirical evidence from Lahore, Pakistan. International Journal of Research-

Granthaalayah, 5(7), 252-261.

 

Nayak, P., & Mahanta, B. (2009). Women empowerment in Assam. PCC Journal of

Economics and Commerce, 6(6), 61-74.

 

Ning, E. C. Y., & Karubi, N. P. (2018). Gender Socialisation and its relation to

women‟s work and family conflict. Trends in Undergraduate Research, 1(1),

h11-18.

 

Noraini, M.N. (2006). Work, Family and Well-being: Challenge of Contemporary

Malaysian Women. Gombak, Selangor: International Islamic University

Malaysia.

 

Oakley, A. (1981). Interviewing women: A contradiction in terms. Doing feminist

research, 30(6), 1.

 

Omar, M. K., Ahmad, M. F., & Ismail, I. S. (2016, September). Personal Factors and

Work-Life Conflict: A Study of a Malaysian Statutory Body. The European

Proceedings of social and behavioral sciences, 3rd International Conference

on Business and Economics.

 

Padiyath, S. (2013). Less than 1/4th of working women make own investment

decisions: Study. [online] Business-standard.com.

 

Padma, S., & Reddy, M. S. (2013). Role of family support in balancing personal and

work life of womenem ployees. International Journal of Computational

Engineering & Management, 16(3), 93-97.

 

Palriwala, R., & Neetha, N. (2010). Care arrangements and bargains: Anganwadi and

paid domestic workers in India. International Labour Review, 149(4), 511-

527.

 

Panchal, P., Belani, S., & Darji, M. (2016). The challenges faced by Indian working

women to balance professional and social life in 21stcentury. In International

Conference women in Science and Technology. Creating Sustainable

career (pp. 60-65).

 

Panda, U. K. (2011). Role conflict, stress and dual-career couples: An empirical

study.

 

Pathak, H. P. (2019). Hinduism and Women Religious Beliefs and Practices.

In Proceedings of the 13th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences

and Humanities (pp. 228-235). Scientia Moralitas Research Institute.

 

Patil, M. (2016). Stress level of working and non-working women. The International

Journal of Indian Psychology, 3(4), 31-37.

 

Perrone‐McGovern, K. M., Wright, S. L., Howell, D. S., & Barnum, E. L. (2014).

Contextual influences on work and family roles: Gender, culture, and

socioeconomic factors. The Career Development Quarterly, 62(1), 21-28.

 

Pillari, V. (2005). Indian Hindu families. Ethnicity and Family Therapy, 3, 395-406.

 

Pollak, R. A. (2005). Bargaining power in marriage: Earnings, wage rates and

household production (No. w11239). National Bureau of Economic Research.

 

Postema, G. J. (1980). Moral responsibility in professional ethics. NYUL Rev., 55, 63.

 

Pradhan, G. (2016). Conceptualising work-life balance. Institute for Social and

Economic Change.

 

Punia, B. K. (2005). Emerging gender diversity and male stereotypes: the changing

Indian business scenario. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 188-205.

 

Qinfen, M. (2017). Female Labor Force Participation in Malaysia: Time-Series

Evidence. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and

Law, 14(3).

 

Rahman, M. (2013). Women‟s empowerment: Concept and beyond. Global Journal

of Human Social Science, 13(6).

 

Rajadesingan, A., Mahalingam, R., & Jurgens, D. (2019, July). Smart, Responsible,

and Upper Caste Only: Measuring Caste Attitudes through Large-Scale

Analysis of Matrimonial Profiles. In Proceedings of the International AAAI

Conference on Web and Social Media (Vol. 13, pp. 393-404).

 

Rambachan, A. (2015). Conversion from a Hindu Perspective: Controversies,

Challenges, and Opportunities. Religious Conversion, 98-118.

 

Ramu, G. N. (2003). Single and dual erner couples: Economic status and marital

power. In S. Rege, & S. Rege (Ed.), Sociology of Gender: The challenges of

sociological knowledge (p. 129). New Delhi, India: Sage Publication Ltd.

 

Rana, B., Reid, P., Smithson, J., & Sullivan, C. (1998). Methodological issues in

qualitative research: dilemmas, choices and solutions. IOD Research Group,

Manchester Metropolitan University.

 

Rao, N. (2012). Male „providers‟ and female „housewives‟: A gendered coperformance

in rural North India. Development and Change, 43(5), 1025-

1048.

 

Rashid, M. F. A. (2017). Characteristics, trends and spatial distribution of urban

migration in Malaysia: A case study of the Klang Valley region. UPLanDJournal

of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design, 2(2), 107-

127.

 

Rathiranee, Y. (2013). Women empowerment through decision making. Int. J. Econ.

Bus. Res, 3, 225-235.

 

Rathore, S. (2017). Corporate Glass Ceiling: An Impact on Indian Women

Employees. International Journal of Engineering and Management Research

(IJEMR), 7(4), 264-269.

 

Rathor, S. R. (2011). Importance of marriage for Asian Indian women in the US: an

exploratory study (Doctoral dissertation, Rutgers University-Graduate School

of Applied and Professional Psychology).

 

Rawat, P. S. (2014). Patriarchal beliefs, women's empowerment, and general wellbeing.

Vikalpa, 39(2), 43-56.

 

Reddy, N. K., Vranda, M. N., Ahmed, A., Nirmala, B. P., & Siddaramu, B. (2010).

Work-life balance among married women employees. Indian Journal of

Psychological Medicine, 32(2), 112-118.

 

Rodman, H. (1972). Marital power and the theory of resources in cultural context.

Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 3(1), 50-69.

 

Saadin, I., Ramli, K., Johari, H., & Harin, N. A. (2016). Women and barriers for

upward career advancement–a survey at Perak state secretariat, Ipoh,

Perak. Procedia Economics and Finance, 35, 574-581.

 

Safilios-Rothschild, C. (1983). Women and the agrarian reform in Honduras. Land

Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, 1-2.

 

Rao, S. S., & Sankara, S. (2013). The Indian Family System. The role of family in

child development vis-a-vis child in conflict with law: An Indian perspective.

 

Sarada Devi, M., & Rayalu, T. R. (2003). Determinants of empowerment of working

and non-working women. Psycho-lingua, 33(2), 118-122.

 

Sarmah, B. (2015). The role of women in decision makining in the family with the

special reference to Kamrup District (Assam). International Journal of

Engineering Sciences and Technology, 4(6), 440-444.

 

Schiffman, L. G., & Kanuk, L. L. (2010). Consumer Behavior. Upper Saddle River,

NJ, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 

Schuler, S. R., Hashemi, S. M., Riley, A. P., & Akhter, S. (1996). Credit programs,

patriarchy and men's violence against women in rural Bangladesh. Social

Science & Medicine, 43(12), 1729-1742.

 

Self, S., & Grabowski, R. (2009). Modernization, inter-caste marriage, and dowry: An

analytical perspective. Journal of Asian Economics, 20(1), 69-76.

 

Sell, M., & Minot, N. (2018, November). What factors explain women's

empowerment? Decision-making among small-scale farmers in Uganda.

In Women's Studies International Forum (Vol. 71, pp. 46-55). Pergamon.

 

Sengupta, R. (2013). Social Factors Influencing the Choices of the Indian Hindu

Married Women in Marriage (Doctoral dissertation).

 

Shah, V., & Shah, P. (2016). Work-Family Balance–A Challenge For A

Women. Indian Journal of Technical Education (IJTE). Special Issue for

ICWSTCSC-2016.

 

Sharangpani, M. (2010). Browsing for bridegrooms: Match-making and modernity in

Mumbai. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 17(2), 249-276.

 

Sharma, I., Pandit, B., Pathak, A., & Sharma, R. (2013). Hinduism, marriage and

mental illness. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(2).

 

Sharma, M., & Kota, H. B. (2019). The role of working women in investment

decision making in the family in India. Australasian Accounting, Business and

Finance Journal, 13(3), 91-110.

 

Sheela, J. & Autdinaraya, N. (2003). Mate selection and female age at marriage: A

micro level investigation in Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Comparative

Family Studies, 34(4), 497 – 508.

 

Shichman, S., & Cooper, E. (1984). Life satisfaction and sex-role concept. Sex

Roles, 11(3-4), 227-240.

 

Shyamalie, H. W., & Saini, A. S. (2011). Socio-economic Status and Livelihood

Security of Women in the Hills of India and Sri Lanka. Readworthy.

 

Shobha, K., & Gopal, V. (2012). Coping with Women Entrepreneurs

Stress. Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1, 438.

 

Shokoohi, R., & Nikitas, A. (2017). Urban growth, and transportation in Kuala

Lumpur: Can cycling be incorporated into Kuala Lumpur‟s transportation

system? Case studies on transport policy, 5(4), 615-626.

 

Shravanthi, A. R., Deshmukh, S., & Deepa, N. (2013). Work life balance of women in

India. International Journal of Research in Management Sciences, 1(1), 47-

56.

 

Silverstein, M. J., & Sayre, K. (2009). The female economy. Harvard Business

Review, 87(9), 46-53.

 

Simpson, J., & Weiner, E. (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary (20 Volume Set).

 

Singh, A. (2010). Indias Diaspora policy: a case study of Indians in Malaysia.

 

Singh, J. P. (2010). Problems of India‟s changing family and state intervention. The

Eastern Anthropologist, 63(1), 17-40.

 

Singh, R. (2014). Status of women in today‟s society. International Journal of

Humanities and Social Science Invention, 3(2), 59-62.

 

Sinha, K. (2012). Endogenous, intra‐household decision‐making and its impact on the

labor supply of couples in rural India. Asian Economic Journal, 26(2), 137-

157.

 

Sinha, S. (2017). Multiple roles of working women and psychological wellbeing.

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 26(2), 171.

 

Somashekher, C. (2018). Work-family conflict among women employees in

Bangalore City. International Journal of Research in Sociology and

Anthropology, 4(1), 1-7.

 

Sonawat, R. (2001). Understanding families in India: A reflection of societal

changes. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 17(2), 177-186.

 

Sooryamoorthy, R. (2012). The Indian family: Needs for a revisit. Journal of

Comparative Family Studies, 43(1), 1-9.

 

Soufi, M., Gilaninia, S., & Mousavian, S. J. (2011). Examine the relationship between

self-esteem of women and lack of their appointment to organization senior

posts. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(19).

 

Sowmya, D., & Vidya, M. (2017). Family structure, education and women's

employment in rural India. WIDER Working Papers, (195).

 

Soy, N. F., & Sahoo, H. (2017). Marriage arrangements and customs in India. Social

Science Spectrum, 2(4), 248-262.

 

Srinivasan, R., Divyaranjani, R., & Rajasekar, D. (2017). Case Study On Inter Caste

Marriage in Urban and Rural Areas of Andhrapradesh: Patterns and Causes

Faced By Women. International Journal of Research, 4, 706-715.

 

Subramaniam, G. (2011). Flexible working arrangements in Malaysia and the

participation of women in the labour force.

 

Sultana, A. M. (2010). Patriarchy and women's gender ideology: A socio-cultural

perspective. Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (1): 123-126.

 

Sultana, A. M. (2011). Factors effect on women autonomy and decision-making

power within the household in rural communities. Journal of Applied

Sciences Research, 7(1), 18-22.

 

Sundaresan, S. (2014). Work-life balance–implications for working women. OIDA

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 7(7), 93-102.

 

Talbani, A., & Hasanali, P. (2000). Adolescent females between tradition and

modernity: Gender role socialization in South Asian immigrant

culture. Journal of Adolescence, 23(5), 615-627.

 

Tawil, N. M., Suhaida, M. S., Hamzah, N., Che-Ani, A. I., Basri, H., & Yuzainee, M.

Y. (2011). Housing affordability: A conceptual overview for house price

index. Procedia Engineering, 20, 346-353.

 

Thébaud, S. (2010). Masculinity, bargaining, and breadwinning: Understanding men‟s

housework in the cultural context of paid work. Gender & Society, 24(3), 330-

354.

 

Titus, R., Sengupta, D., & Madan, S. (2017). A woman as a decision-maker:

exploring the “lived experience” at home and outside. The Qualitative

Report, 22(5), 1379.

 

Titzmann, F. M. (2011). Match making 2.0 the representation of women and female

agency in the Indian online matrimonial market. Internationales

Asienforum, 42(3-4), 239-256.

 

Tongco, M. D. C. (2007). Purposive sampling as a tool for informant selection.

Ethnobotany Research and applications, 5, 147-158.

 

Trigunayat, S. (2014). Inter-caste & Inter-religious Marriages: Social and Legal

Issues.

 

Tripathi, A. (2014). Workplace environment: Consequences on employees.

 

Trochim, W. M. (2006). Nonprobability sampling. Research Methods Knowledge

Base, 1(1), 1-10.

 

Tupe, N. B. (2014). Triangular attitude of patriarchy: A major issue of lifelong

learning among women in India. Business and Management Research, 3(4),

11-25.

 

Ünal, F., Tarhan, S., & Köksal, E. Ç. (2018). Gender and Perception of

Profession. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 6(n3a), 35-44.

 

Upadhyay, S., & Gupta, P. (2013, August). Marriage, process and preparedness

among youth: Insight from youth in India. In XXVII International Population

Conference.

 

Välimäki, S., Lämsä, A. M., & Hiillos, M. (2009). The spouse of the female manager:

role and influence on the woman's career. Gender in Management: An

International Journal.

 

Valk, R., & Srinivasan, V. (2011). Work–family balance of Indian women software

professionals: A qualitative study. IIMB Management Review, 23(1), 39-50.

 

Verma, A., & Mulani, M. (2018). Challenges and issues of working woman in 21st

century. International Journal of Research in All Subjects in Multi

Languages, 6(3).

 

Vijayasekar, M., & Bharanitharan, J. (2014). Time management for working women

in Chennai. Available at SSRN 2448538.

 

Wallace, T. & Smith, H. B. (2011). Core Issues Affecting Women Progressing to

Senior Management: A Comparative Overview of the Global South.

UNESCO.

 

Webber, G. R. & Byrd, S. E. (2010). Conducting in-depth interviews. Yumi, S. &

Beaudry, S. (2007). Resource mobilization. World Bank small grants Program

Social development department.

 

Willis, S. C., Shann, P., & Hassell, K. (2009). Pharmacy career deciding: Making

choice a “good fit”. Journal of Health Organization and Management.

 

Yadav, S.B., Bhavin, V., Mangal, A., Neha, P.A. & Shah, H. (2011). A study on

status of empowerment of women in Jamnagar District. National Journal of

Community Medicine, 2(3), 423-28.

 

Yogendrarajah, R. (2013). Women empowerment through decision making. The

International Journal of Economics and Business Management, 3(1).

 

Yusof, S. A. (2015). Household decision-making in Malaysia: The ethnic

dimension. Social Indicators Research, 124(1), 283-293.

 

Zakaria, N., & Ismail, Z. (2017). The consequences of work-family conflict and the

importance of social supports to reduce work-family conflict among

employees. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

(MJSSH), 2(2), 24-29.