"I Had to Jump through a Lot of Hoops": How Working Mothers in Student Affairs Navigate Institutional Policies and Student Affairs Norms

Autor/inn/en	McKinnon-Crowley, Saralyn; Bukoski, Beth; Black, Victoria; Burmicky, Jorge; Molina, Veronica; Chacon, Krysta
Titel	"I Had to Jump through a Lot of Hoops": How Working Mothers in Student Affairs Navigate Institutional Policies and Student Affairs Norms
Quelle	In: Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 15 (2022) 1, S.65-86 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McKinnon-Crowley, Saralyn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2637-9112
DOI	10.1080/26379112.2021.1990076
Schlagwörter	Employed Women; Mothers; Student Personnel Workers; Work Environment; Institutional Environment; Transfer of Training; Educational Policy; Student Personnel Services; Professional Personnel; Burnout; Decision Making; Gender Discrimination; Barriers; Occupational Aspiration; Promotion (Occupational); Equal Opportunities (Jobs) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Mother; Mutter; Arbeitsmilieu; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Personalbestand; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Aufstiegsberuf; Berufsförderung; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf
Abstract	In this instrumental case study, we explored the experiences of working mothers in student affairs and how their situated realities are shaped by institutional and professional norms, including commonly understood written and unwritten practices. We conducted interviews and focus groups with 21 mothers working full-time at a research-intensive university in the South. We crafted themes to illustrate how ideal worker norms, inequality regimes, and the maternal wall were persistent concerns for the mothers in our study. Mothers had to make decisions based on inadequate institutional policies while the institution simultaneously benefited from skills they imported from motherhood to student affairs work. Given the condition of federal and state policies, we offer implications for institutional and unit changes to better meet mothers where they are, accommodate their unique needs, and provide pathways for them to continue contributing meaningfully to the field. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01