The goal of this study was to address the following research question: How do couples with young children make micro work‐family decisions? Using a qualitative approach, we interviewed 29 couples, both together and apart, about work‐family decision‐making, including common routines (work hours, childcare/school drop‐offs, and pickups) and daily decisions (dealing with sick kids and unexpected work). We analysed over 200 decisions using thematic and critical incident analysis, and came to understand the stories in our data from the lens of decision logics. We observed that different types of couples made different choices because they had different rules for appropriate behaviour guiding their decisions. This way of making decisions is consistent with the logic of appropriateness model of decision‐making, in which decisions are made by following rules that are derived from identity construals. We observed that couples’ rules emanated from their joint family identity construals, rather than their individual construals. This is a novel finding that drives theory on decision‐making forward by showing how this decision logic can apply when couples are the decision‐making unit. Practically, our results can be applied to broaden employers’ awareness of how work and family responsibilities can be met by different employees and to increase couples’ knowledge of alternative approaches.

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带有年幼子女的双收入夫妇的微型工作家庭决策：在这样的情况下，像我们这样的夫妇会做什么？

这项研究的目的是解决以下研究问题：带小孩的夫妇如何制定家庭微型工作决定？我们采用定性方法，采访了29对夫妻，包括家庭日常工作（工作时间，育儿/上学时间和接送服务）和日常决策（与生病的孩子和意想不到的交易），包括家庭和家庭。工作）。我们使用主题和关键事件分析方法分析了200多个决策，并从决策逻辑的角度理解了数据中的故事。我们观察到，不同类型的夫妇做出不同的选择，因为他们对指导其决定的适当行为有不同的规则。这种决策方式与决策适当性模型的逻辑相一致，通过遵循从身份解释得出的规则做出决策。我们观察到，夫妻的规则源于他们共同的家庭身份服务，而不是他们的个人服务。这是一个新颖的发现，它通过显示当夫妻作为决策单位时该决策逻辑如何适用而推动了决策理论的发展。实际上，我们的结果可用于扩大雇主对不同雇员如何履行工作和家庭责任的认识，并增进夫妇对替代方法的了解。这是一个新颖的发现，它通过显示当夫妻作为决策单位时该决策逻辑如何适用而推动了决策理论的发展。实际上，我们的结果可用于扩大雇主对不同员工如何履行工作和家庭责任的认识，并增进夫妇对替代方法的了解。这是一个新颖的发现，它通过显示当夫妻作为决策单位时该决策逻辑如何适用而推动了决策理论的发展。实际上，我们的结果可用于扩大雇主对不同雇员如何履行工作和家庭责任的认识，并增进夫妇对替代方法的了解。