Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the productivity of academics who mother.

Autor/inn/en	Kasymova, Salima; Place, Jean Marie S.; Billings, Deborah L.; Aldape, Jesus D.
Titel	Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the productivity of academics who mother. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die Produktivität von Akademikern, die Mütter sind.
Quelle	In: Gender, work & organization, 28 (2021) S2, S. 419-433 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-0432
DOI	10.1111/gwao.12699
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Familie; Mutter; Kinderbetreuung; Pandemie; Produktivitätseffekt; Arbeitsproduktivität; Beruf; Hochschullehrer; Akademiker; Auswirkung; Institution; USA
Abstract	"The aim of the study is to document how academics who mother have reorganized work and childcare since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States, how those shifts have affected their academic productivity, and solutions proposed by academics living these experiences. We collected data via an online survey and, subsequently, by conducting qualitative interviews with a subsample of participants. From June to August 2020, 131 female-identified academics who mother were recruited via a Facebook group, Academic Mamas, and participated in our online survey. Twenty participants were then interviewed via phone or Zoom to explore more deeply the experiences of academics who mother. Results of our research suggest that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure on academics who mother is immense. Analysis of the qualitative data revealed three major themes: (1) inability to meet institutional expectations; (2) juggling work and family life; and (3) proposed solutions. Our results suggest that significant efforts must be made by academic institutions to acknowledge and value the childcare responsibilities of academics who mother and to create solutions that fully address the challenges they face in meeting the academic expectations and requirements that largely remain unmodified despite the pandemic." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2022/1