Gender Dynamics and Inequalities Archives - Work and Family Researchers Network

Negotiating business and family demands: the response strategies of highly educated Indian female entrepreneurs.

This study explores how highly educated Indian women entrepreneurs prioritize and manage the work and family role boundaries. It also explores whether boundary management strategies vary based on motherhood and business stages. We explored these issues by interviewing twenty-five financially successful well-educated women entrepreneurs from five cities (Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Cochin) in India. [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T13:59:44-04:00June 8th, 2023|

“Commit professional suicide or take up my pilgrim’s staff again?”: A cultural examination of how female managers resolve shock events in developing regions.

How do key cultural aspects of individualism/collectivism and gender egalitarianism shape the decision making of female managers from developing regions when handling major work–family conflicts (WFC)? We address this question by drawing on a qualitative study of 50 female managers from developing countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa who work in one particular [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T13:53:12-04:00June 8th, 2023|

The Equality Policy Paradox: Gender Differences in How Managers Implement Gender Equality–Related Policies.

Drawing on data from an ethnographic study of the introduction and implementation of a flexible work policy intended in part to improve gender equality at a STEM professional organization, I develop grounded theory on how managers’ gender shapes their implementation of such initiatives. I identify an <italic>equality policy paradox</italic> in which women managers, who openly [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T13:47:49-04:00June 8th, 2023|

It’s a Match: The Relevance of Matching Chronotypes for Dual-Earner Couples’ Daily Recovery From Work

Cohabiting dual-earner couples are increasingly common. However, previous recovery research mainly focused on employees independently of others, thereby overlooking an essential part of their life. Therefore, we take a closer look at dual-earner couples' recovery processes and link this research to a circadian perspective. We assumed that unfinished tasks impede engagement in time with the [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T12:59:03-04:00June 8th, 2023|

Amplifying the gender gap in academia: “Caregiving” at work during the pandemic.

We examine the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on faculty using survey data. First, we uncover heterogeneity in the immediate effects on research productivity and burnout. Three groups emerged (Career Accelerated, Career Insulated, and Career Headwinds) with female faculty disproportionately represented in Career Headwinds, experiencing both high burnout and declines in research productivity. Second, we [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T12:33:36-04:00June 8th, 2023|

Gender inequities in the workplace: A holistic review of organizational processes and practices

In this paper, we provide a broad, integrative review of the degree to which gender inequities exist in organizational domains and practices covering areas such as performance evaluation, compensation, leadership, work-family conflict, and sexual harassment, spanning the employee lifecycle from selection to exiting the organization. Where the literature allows, we review intersectionality findings. We also [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-08T12:31:40-04:00June 8th, 2023|

Gender, race-ethnicity and postdoctoral hiring in STEMM fields

As postdoctoral training has become a requirement in many STEMM fields the influence of postdoc hiring on STEMM labor force inclusion and diversity has increased, yet postdoc hiring processes have received only limited attention from researchers. Drawing on status theory and data for 769 postdoctoral recruitments, we systematically analyze the relationship between gender, race-ethnicity, and [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-01T11:36:41-04:00June 1st, 2023|

Implementing Diversity Training Targeting Faculty Micro-Aggressions & Inclusion: Practical Insights and Initial Findings

Despite the importance of faculty diversity training for advancing an inclusive society, little research examines whether participation improves inclusion perceptions and belongingness. Integrating training and diversity education literature concepts, this study examines the effectiveness of training targeting microaggressions in six STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) oriented departments at a research-intensive university. Reactions data collected at [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-06-01T11:33:19-04:00June 1st, 2023|

Living and working as a female hotel housekeeper before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic

Hotel housekeeping is associated with poor working conditions, including a prevalence of stress. In-depth interviews were conducted with hotel housekeepers to determine the impacts of their working conditions on stress and on their life before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic as well as to identify possible solutions. The results indicate that the interviewees all [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-05-26T09:55:00-04:00May 26th, 2023|

The relationship between work–family conflict, job satisfaction and mentoring in the hotel industry in Greece: The role of gender and working environment

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between work-family conflict, job satisfaction and mentoring by examining the effect of gender and working environment. The findings from the sample of 250 hotel managers indicate that WFC is negatively related to job satisfaction and career mentoring for two genders, although is positively related to [Read More...]

Raeven Chandler2023-05-26T09:52:43-04:00May 26th, 2023|

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