ABSTRACT
In Indonesian culture, as in many other world countries, patriarchal culture is still very strong, various aspects and structures of community life, and creates gender imbalances. The inequalities between women's and men's roles make working women more affected by family–work conflicts. Work–family conflict relates to accepted social support. This study aims to develop a model of work–family conflict experienced by working mothers in terms of support of husbands to working wives (in Javanese families) based on an indigenous psychology approach. This research uses an indigenous psychology approach. The work–family conflict model of working wives is built on the understanding of humans in the Indigenous context so that the results obtained purely on the understanding of Indonesian human beings can be applied in the context of Indonesian culture, not merely the adoption of the theories developing in other countries. The study was conducted on Javanese families (couples who work full-time with children aged under 12 years) living in the Special Territory of Yogyakarta. The results of this study are based on data analysis with a quantitative approach found in the work–family conflict model on working mothers and social support of husbands on working wives. Work–family conflict acts as a mediator for the influence of husbands’ support for work–family conflicts. Indigenous psychology approach can describe the relationship of social support and work–family conflict based on the existing social context.
