Inhalt: Die „Care-Krise“ war schon längst vor der „Corona-Krise“ in den Sozialwissenschaften diagnostiziert worden. Während der Corona-Krise treten die strukturellen Widersprüche der Care-Krise – einerseits gestiegener Bedarf an Care-Arbeit und andererseits Fachkräftemangel in den Care-Berufen – noch deutlicher hervor und verschärfen die Arbeitsbedingungen in der formalen Pflegearbeit, wovon Frauen ungleich stärker betroffen sind. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht anhand einer qualitativen Interviewstudie die alltäglichen und biografischen Arbeitsarrangements von Eltern, die in der Pflege während der Corona-Pandemie erwerbstätig sind. Die Ergebnisse zur geschlechtlichen Arbeitsteilung geben Aufschluss darüber, inwieweit ein Ausbau der Kinderbetreuungsangebote zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter und zugleich zu einer nachhaltigen Krisenprävention und einem leistungsfähigeren Gesundheits- und Pflegesystem beitragen kann. Das geschlechtliche Arbeitsarrangement des Typus Quasi-Single-Mum zeigt, dass gesellschaftliches Mutterbild und gestiegene Anforderungen an systemrelevante Arbeitskräfte widersprüchlich zueinander sind und auf der Subjektebene zu inneren Care-Konflikten der überwiegend weiblichen Pflegekräfte führen.

Schlagwörter:Care; COVID-19; Mutterrolle; Sorgearbeit

CEWS Kategorie:Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/arbeit-2022-0006

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: Unequal distribution of child rearing and domestic responsibilities between parents contributes to gender inequity, a wicked problem in Australia. Inequitable parental leave policies at Australian public Universities place the burden of care squarely on the mother, diminishing or absenting the father. We examine how the gendered nature of the existing policies are constructed in ways that create inequities and discourage their uptake. A post-structural feminist lens provides us with a theoretical vantage point from which this wicked problem can be problematized. We present three recommendations for enabling more equitable outcomes for parents. The first is to eradicate the punitive approach and support flexibility; second, the policies must be parental leave in name, provision and practice; and finally we recommend a minimum parental leave standard for Australian universities nationally. These findings have policy-level significance for redressing parental leave inequity within the Australian university context. The paper concludes with theoretical contributions, practical implications, and suggestions for future research.

Schlagwörter:Australia; Australien; Elternschaft; gender inequality; Geschlechterungleichheit; higher education; Mutter; parental leave; Universität; university; Vater

CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Hochschulen

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12880

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Schlagwörter:COVID-19; Juniorprofessur; Partnerschaft; Produktivität; Qualitative Forschung; Sorgearbeit; Vater; Vaterschaft; Vereinbarkeit Beruf-Familie

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/feminapolitica/art...

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: Vor dem Hintergrund der Etablierung von Personalentwicklungsstrategien an Hochschulen ist die Vereinbarkeit von Privat- und Erwerbsleben in den vergangenen Jahren ein wichtiges Thema im Berufsfeld Wissenschaft geworden. Mit Daten der National Academics Panel Study werden erstmals die Bedingungen für Elternschaft während der Promotionsphase in verschiedenen Promotionskontexten in den Blick genommen. Im Zentrum der Analysen steht ein schrittweises Regressionsmodell zu den Determinanten der Zufriedenheit mit der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Arbeit promovierender Eltern. Diese ist bei Müttern geringer als bei Vätern und variiert sowohl zwischen Promotionsfächern als auch -formen. Eine als gut eingeschätzte Promotions2betreuung in Form von Betreuungsstabilität und emotionaler Unterstützung erweist sich als besonders bedeutsam. Die Analysen zeigen somit Handlungsspielräume auf, in denen hochschulische Maßnahmen zur Förderung von Familienfreundlichkeit verortet werden können

Schlagwörter:Elternschaft; Panel; Promotion; Promovierende; quantitative Analyse; Regressionsanalyse; Vereinbarkeit Beruf-Familie

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://www.bzh.bayern.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikatione...

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: Recent scholarship on universities explores how academics’ families and partners restrict their careers and how academic labour limits these relationships, both in highly gendered ways. Such research less often considers how people’s close relations might unevenly support them in continuously relocating; dedicating unpaid time to ‘career development’; or taking on or influencing them to remain in short-term, poorly paid precarious roles. This paper explores precariously employed post-PhDs in Australia, investigating their gendered careers and personal lives. Drawing on interviews at three public universities, it shows how women with children and partners in particular raise concerns over how their relationships and work interact. Here, certain kinds of workers – men and single women, unencumbered by family responsibilities and restrictions on travel, and with access to financial resources – appear better able to navigate moves to more secure work. This paper argues that support from close relations is productive and restrictive for precarious academics’ careers.

Schlagwörter:academia career; akademische Karriere; Australia; Australien; familäre Verpflichtungen; Familie; family; gender inequality; Geschlechterungleichheit; Partnerbeziehung; Partnerschaft; partnership; prekäre Beschäftigung; Vereinbarkeit; work-life balance

CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Europa und Internationales, Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Geschlechterverhältnis

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2021.1902482

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: According to anecdotal accounts, the guilt engendered by the conflict between employment and family that is pervasive in the academy (or “academic guilt,” in this paper) has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced lockdown. To date, there has been no systematic research that provides a detailed account of, and explanations for, the “academic guilt” experienced by women academics, in particular, outside of the Global North. The research team conducted a large-scale systematic survey of all female academic staff in a nationwide study of South Africa’s 26 public universities during the period of the lockdown. A total of 2029 full responses were received from women at different stages in their academic careers. The survey included an open-ended section that allowed for detailed, unlimited responses by the participants; this section provided a substantial volume of qualitative data, which was coded and analyzed. Leveraging the richness of the open-ended survey data, this study presents findings showing significantly high feelings of “academic guilt” among women academics during the pandemic-enforced lockdown for a variety of reasons relating to the working conditions imposed by the lockdown mandates.

Schlagwörter:academic work; Befragung; COVID-19; Forschung; Gender; Gender Role; Hochschule; Lehre; mother; research; South Africa; Südafrika; survey; teaching; university; Vereinbarkeit Beruf-Familie; wissenschaftliche Arbeit; woman academic; work-family conflict; working condition

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027753952...

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: In the first cross-national, mixed-methods study on gender, family, and science, the authors examined the relationship between research productivity and family life for male and female physicists and biologists in four countries: India, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Drawing on surveys of 5,756 respondents and follow-up interviews with 369 participants, the authors found that the relationship between family responsibilities and publishing operates differently for men and women. Additionally, this relationship is conditioned by the national context in which the scientists work. The interviews indicate that family responsibilities constrain women’s publication productivity according to context. Cross-contextual differences are partially explained by the macro-level gender norms transmitted to academic scientists and how women navigate their scientific research productivity and family responsibilities. The findings have implications for the broader literature on the dialectical relationship between macro-level gender norms and responses by scientists in India, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Schlagwörter:academia; Elternschaft; Großbritannien; Indien; parenthood; Publikation; research productivity; responsibility; Taiwan; UK; USA; work-family balance

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23780231211025186

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: The Problem: The ideal worker in the Academy devotes most of their lives to scholarly pursuits, which leaves little time for family. This problem leads to work–life conflict, which is particularly concerning for faculty members who are seeking promotion and tenure. Work–life conflict is most challenging in the case of academic mothers, who face professional career challenges in addition to work–life conflict. Rigid organizational policies and non-supportive cultures perpetuate the problem, particularly when the faculty member is an academic mother seeking promotion and tenure. The Solution: Human resource development (HRD) interventions implemented at the individual, departmental, and institutional levels (e.g., training development, performance management, and career development initiatives) have been shown to reduce work–life conflict, improve overall well-being, and create a more family friendly environment. Organization development (OD) cultural change interventions aimed at changing the Academy to become more family focused and supportive of career flexibility are recommended. The Stakeholders: Academic faculty, higher education administrators, HRD scholars, and practitioners.

Schlagwörter:academic parents; cultural change; family-friendly academy; work–life flexibility

CEWS Kategorie:Wissenschaft als Beruf, Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1523422319886287?ic...

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: That the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the work conditions of large segments of the society is in no doubt. A growing body of journalistic accounts raised the possibility that the lockdown caused by the pandemic affects women and men in different ways, due mostly to the traditionally gendered division of labor in the society. We attempt to test this oft-cited argument by conducting an original survey with nearly 200 academics. Specifically, we explore the extent to which the effect of the lockdown on child-care, housework and home-office environment varies across women and men. Our results show that a number of factors are associated with the effect of the lockdown on the work conditions of academics at home, including gender, having children, perceived threat from COVID-19, and satisfaction with work environment. We also show that having children disproportionately affects women in terms of the amount of housework during the lockdown.

Schlagwörter:academics; Arbeitsbedingungen; Arbeitsteilung; Befragung; child care; COVID-19; division of labor; gender inequality; Geschlechterungleichheit; Geschlechtervergleich; Hausarbeit; Kinderbetreuung; survey; Wissenschaftler; working condition

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf, Geschlechterverhältnis

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12529

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Inhalt: COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This could have important short- and longer-term effects on their careers, which institution leaders and funders need to address carefully.

Schlagwörter:COVID-19; parenthood; scientist

CEWS Kategorie:Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf, Wissenschaft als Beruf

Verfügbarkeit:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y

Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz