Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Workplace

Thompson, Randal Joy

doi:10.3390/merits2030012

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“…We also suggest additional research that focuses on company policies and culture, which may be at odds with job satisfaction preferences, perhaps to the detriment of one gender than another (e.g., see Boston College for Work and Family, 2021;Rogers, 2020;Thompson, 2022). Additionally, research that enumerates the benefits of adjusting practices and policies that support both genders in the workplace can ultimately support the growth and success of the entire organization.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Work-life balance and work design factors such as lack of flexible working arrangements, lack of flexible working arrangements, and expected work hours were identified as potential barriers to career advancement. Additionally, women's representation in the workforce during the pandemic dropped to a greater extent than men's partly due to their holding jobs more vulnerable to layoffs (Thompson, 2022).…”

Section: Work Design and The Impact Of Covidmentioning

confidence: 99%

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From Office to Home: Drivers of Gender Job Satisfaction During COVID-19

2023

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Research on job satisfaction and gender has yielded mixed results, underscoring the need to understand how men and women may experience job satisfaction differently. This study builds on extant literature by examining how extrinsic rewards, intrinsic rewards, work relations, work-life balance, and work design contribute to job satisfaction among men and women. Moreover, the study examines these relationships in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using measurement items from the International Social Survey Programme Work Orientation Module, the study examined data from 766 employees in the United States who were employed throughout the pandemic. Findings revealed that women and men reported similar levels of job satisfaction, although the drivers of job satisfaction differed across genders. The findings and implications of the study can assist managers in maximizing job satisfaction among employees.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Work Design and The Impact Of Covidmentioning

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From Office to Home: Drivers of Gender Job Satisfaction During COVID-19

2023

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“…During the pandemic, the emotional labour conducted by women was greater than pre-pandemic, which is partly attributable to COVID-19 adding to the expectation felt by many working mothers to keep their families safe and calm ( Pettigrew, 2021 ). Moreover, intensified instances of emotional labour during the crisis were often accompanied by an emotional cost ( Hjálmsdóttir and Bjarnadóttir, 2021 ), which led to increased levels of burnout ( Thompson, 2022 ). The emotional element of mental load can be understood as being ‘emotional’ because the mental load is underpinned by wanting to ensure that one’s family unit has “a positive emotional experience […] which inevitably means managing one’s own and the family’s emotions ” ( Chung et al, 2021 , p. 7).…”

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confidence: 99%

“It was too much for me”: mental load, mothers, and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Delaney,

Bobek,

Clavero

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This study analyses the experiences of working from home (WfH) during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it has on working mothers through the lens of “mental load.” Remote study, often lauded as a way to reduce work/life conflicts, can bring new multifaceted challenges for working mothers and, as this study shows, suddenly shifting to remote work led to the boundaries among work, care, and domestic labour becoming blurred. The data used here are from narrative interviews collected as part of the RESpondIng to outbreakS through co-creaTIve inclusive equality stRatEgies (RESISTIRÉ) Horizon 2020 project, which analyses the impact of COVID-19 policies on gendered inequalities across the EU27 and Türkiye, Serbia, UK, and Iceland. We draw on 12 narratives from working mothers in Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Slovakia. Employing thematic analysis, the analysis of these narratives, illuminates the challenges and opportunities of WfH and highlights its impact on mental load. While adding to the research on WfH and working mothers, the analysis also illustrates the lessons to be taken forward as well as underscoring the importance of mental load both theoretically and empirically.

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“…Mothers stated that the situation was difficult as there were many children dependent on school meals. Studies conducted in other settings highlighted that women in particular were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to disproportionate numbers among men and women working as essential workers such as medical doctors and teachers, disparities related to job loss in serviceoriented professions and non-formal sectors frequented by women (Foley and Cooper, 2021;Israni and Kumar, 2021;Yavorsky et al, 2021;Thompson, 2022) Authors highlighted that women worried about the lack of adequate consideration for childcare in order to balance work and family life where they were expected to facilitate online schooling (Foley and Cooper, 2021;Israni and Kumar, 2021;Yavorsky et al, 2021;Thompson, 2022) In addition, the most severely disadvantaged by the lockdown were thought of as mothers that were less educated or unmarried, who now had to provide more meals for children at home (Foley and Cooper, 2021;Israni and Kumar, 2021;Yavorsky et al, 2021;Thompson, 2022).…”

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The double burden of COVID-19 and a major volcanic eruption on local food production and food security in a Small Island Developing State

Augustus,

Murphy,

Guell

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionSmall Island Developing States have disproportionately high food insecurity rates, related to complex challenges and vulnerabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that within these settings, crises often overlap. We aimed to assess the impact of the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic and volcanic eruption on food production and security in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).MethodsAn interpretive mixed-methods study was conducted among a convenience sample of consenting adults ≥18 years from 100 households in SVG through a cross-sectional survey and participant interviews (10 households) between September 2021 and March 2022. Food insecurity prevalence over the past year was assessed using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES; Rasch modeling) and impacts to livelihoods from the pandemic and volcanic eruption was assessed using an adapted Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey (Caribbean COVID-19 FS&L Survey). Data were analyzed using logistic regression.ResultsDuring the pandemic, 59% of the participants reported decreased income, 63% had no access to markets, 81% had no access to food aid; 34% of the participants had a change in food sources, and 81% reported that food production was negatively impacted by the volcanic eruptions, of which 68% reported decreased food production. The interviews highlighted that access to markets were restricted by fear of leaving home and contracting the COVID-19 virus, and participants who received food aid stated that the number of items were not sufficient for larger families. Almost half of the participants were severely food insecure [48% (95% C.I. 31.2,57.8)]; almost two thirds were moderately to severely food insecure [64% (95% C.I. 50.0, 74.2)]; mean FIES score 5.31 (95% C.I. 5.0,5.6). After adjusting for gender, age, education, and household size, moderate to severe food insecurity was associated with no access to food aid during the pandemic and post-eruptions (odds ratio 3.7; 95% confidence interval 1.5, 9.1; p = 0.004).ConclusionFood insecurity rates were high during the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated by volcanic eruptions and insufficient access to food aid. Our results suggest the need for the development of strategies and interventions aimed at increasing the resilience of food systems to mitigate the effects of future disasters.

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Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Workplace

Abstract: COVID-19 plunged the globe into a multi-year pandemic that still continues to this day, meting out devastating repercussions on the international economy and the wellbeing of people everywhere [...]

Cited by 7 publications

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From Office to Home: Drivers of Gender Job Satisfaction During COVID-19

From Office to Home: Drivers of Gender Job Satisfaction During COVID-19

“It was too much for me”: mental load, mothers, and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

The double burden of COVID-19 and a major volcanic eruption on local food production and food security in a Small Island Developing State

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