The Roles, Behaviors and Expectations of the Participants in the Development of Student Graduateness

Mentz, Jan; Schoeman, Marthie; Loock, Marianne

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35343-8_47

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“…At the collective level, organisations and societies function through the allocation of distinct roles to particular individuals. However, at both levels, role equates to a cluster of behaviours and attitudes with associated attributes upon which the assigned individuals are viewed as having acted consistently or inconsistently depending on their performance within the role (Mentz et al , 2019).…”

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“…Functionality differentiates roles by the associated skills, knowledge and dispositions; the actual and potential existing traits or qualities; or the act of minimising the incompatibility of goals (Hindin, 2007). Role representationality considers the representation of the role and the consistency of the components associated with the image portrayed by the role (Mentz et al , 2019). For instance, the traditional role of a woman is an image of someone who performs domestic duties within the home.…”

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The work–family balance of British working women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adisa

Aiyenitaju

Adekoya

2021

JWAM

124

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected women in unique gender-specific ways, particularly their traditional status as home managers. This study aims to draw on the role theory to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's work–family balance during the lockdown.Design/methodology/approachThe current COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered the ways in which we live and work, requires specific methodological tools to be understood. The authors, therefore, opted for an interpretive–constructivist and constructivist–phenomenologist approach. The dataset, thus, comprises of semi-structured interviews with 26 working women in the UK.FindingsThe findings illustrate how the COVID-19 lockdown has intensified British women's domestic workload and has, thus, caused unbridled role conflict, which has further been exacerbated by structural and interactional roles undertaken by women, especially during the lockdown. Remote working has contributed to women's role congestion and role conflict and poses severe challenges to role differentiation. Furthermore, we found that the lockdown has facilitated the rediscovery of family values and closeness, which is connected to the decline in juvenile delinquency and low crime rate that has resulted from the lockdown.Originality/valueThrough the lens of the role theory, this study concludes that the cohabitation of work and family duties within the domestic space undermines the ability to achieve work–family balance and role differentiation due to the occurrence of inter-role conflicts. This study enriches our understanding of the effect of remote working on female employees' work–family balance during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The work–family balance of British working women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adisa

Aiyenitaju

Adekoya

2021

JWAM

124

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“…The categorization of these roles can be explained through two different outlooks; the role sender (i.e the source of expectations) and the individual performing the role (i.e the individual functioning in the capacity of the role). One critical assumption of the theory is that the more perceived the expectations by the performer, the more likely conflict is to be provoked (Mentz, Schoeman & Loock, 2019). Role conflict arises when existing status quo becomes unacceptable to an individual.…”

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Female academics’ views on work-life conflict in a Covid-19 global pandemic in Nigeria

Adewumi¹,

Duma²

2022

IJRBS

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Remarking on the importance of managing the existential conflict between work and family responsibilities, emphasis on female academics in a COVID-19 era in Nigeria has received diminutive research attention. The study seeks to address this research gap by interrogating women's views of work-life conflict narrative in a COVID-19 era. The exploratory research design was employed to expand the limit of the research gap and a total of 19 female academics were y recruited for interviews. The NVivo (v.12) qualitative software was employed to identify themes from the data and content analysis used to make sense of the various themes. The paper shows evidence of cultural bias in the recruitment and placement of female academics with social constraints hindering female academic capacity development. The long hours of teaching and consultation depict an indicator of work-life conflict with consequences on family support and emotional care for family and dependents. The need to acquire higher education qualifications on the part of females is also established as a pointer for the provocation of work-life conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. The significance of lockdown constitutes major constraints for parenting mothers in the areas of combining home front responsibilities with work activities such as teaching, supervision, and the requirement of building a competitive career and research portfolio. The study concludes for a more robust measure in ensuring practical and realistic work-life conflict management strategies are introduced by managers of the University in order to aid the conflict between work and family responsibilities for female academics.

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The Roles, Behaviors and Expectations of the Participants in the Development of Student Graduateness

Cited by 2 publications

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The work–family balance of British working women during the COVID-19 pandemic

The work–family balance of British working women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Female academics’ views on work-life conflict in a Covid-19 global pandemic in Nigeria

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