Studies on gender differences in work-life conflict have shown that women often report higher levels of work-life c
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Studies on gender differences in work-life conflict have shown that women often report higher levels of work-life conflict due to social mores of undertaking a larger proportion of childcare and household work. Similarly, emergent research on the impact of the [Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic on work-life conflict have shown that women experienced more work-life conflict. During the pandemic, educational work and provision took place within the home. The current study therefore sought to investigate work-life conflict for employees in the further education sector during the pandemic.
The findings of the current study suggest that there were no gender differences, at least in the case of the further education sector, which is contrary to extant research on work-life conflict. Thus, there is scope to explore through future research whether there is trajectory towards gender equalitarianism in the sharing of household work, whether the pandemic as a crisis was an episodic event that necessitated gender equalitarian work distribution, or whether the blurring of boundaries between work and non-work domains is a continuum of neoliberal institutional demands.
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Authors:
Johnston, Karen; Corbett, Stephen; Bezuidenhout, Adele; Van Zyl, D. ... [+] Show more
Johnston, Karen;
Corbett, Stephen;
Bezuidenhout, Adele;
Van Zyl, D.;
Pasamar, Susana [-] Show less
Conference name: International Conference of the Association for Research in Post Compulsory Education
Date: 2023
Geographic subjects:
England; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Series name: Special issue: Association for Research in Post-Compulsory Education, Biennial Conference, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, July 2022
Journal title: Research in post-compulsory education
Subjects:
Gender; Employment; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
Gender;
Employment;
Providers of education and training;
Management [-] Show less
