İŞ-YAŞAM ÇATIŞMASININ KORONAVİRÜS (COVID-19) PANDEMİSİ SÜRECİNDE YENİDEN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: KADIN AKADEMİSYENLER AÇISINDAN NİTEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Sevgi ELMAS-ATAY, Merve GERÇEK
2021 Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi  
Academics can carry out their academic and administrative duties at home and in different places. Academicians are not limited to specific working hours. Also, their work and private living spaces often overlap. As a result, especially in societies where women have a primary role in meeting their family demands, it is seen that women academics experience work-life conflict more. In this study, the views of women academics about working from home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic were
more » ... vestigated. For this purpose, interviews with 20 women academics were analyzed with content analysis. The results indicated that the physical unification of the work and living areas of the participants, unlike the pre-pandemic period, caused role conflict and some difficulties in responding to different job and family demands. It was found that the majority of the participants had negative opinions about working from home during the pandemic period. It was observed that society's perspective towards the academic profession was changed. In addition, the participants were psychologically and physically worn out due to their job and home demands.
doi:10.31795/baunsobed.865298 fatcat:e3idewlkrzdodh4topfpbqevju