Financial Communication and the Equality of Financial Power Perceived according to the Preferences to Housewives' Employment and the Financial Management Leadership among the Employed Housewives

맞벌이 주부의 취업선호 인식과 가계관리권 유형에 따른 가계재정 의사소통과 재정권력 평등도 인지

This study was to explore the effects of the preferences to housewives' employment and the type of household financial management leadership on the financial communication and equality of financial power perceived by working wives. From results of this study, the followings were concluded: 1. Housewives' income power leaded to the increase of their financial decision-making leadership and the more active participation to the financial matters. 2. The influences of husbands' leadership on the household finance were greater than one of wives' leadership. Depending on who has the financial management leadership, there were the differences on degree of the understanding and the discretion. 3. Although joint management style was popular today. the major management leadership was belonged to husbands based on the traditional value of sex role in the household financial management area.