Women and burnout in the context of a pandemic

Autor: Maryam Aldossari, Sara Chaudhry
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Aldossari, M & Chaudhry, S 2020, ' Women and burnout in the context of a pandemic ', Gender, Work and Organization . https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12567
Gender, Work & Organization
ISSN: 1468-0432
0968-6673
Popis: This article presents the lived narrative of a female academic with children working in a British university and trying to cope with a completely new way of work and life in the context of the pandemic The overall aim of the article is to offer a gendered account of burnout - specifically how women may be experiencing burnout at multiple levels, and the efficacy of their subsequent coping strategies The narrative provides insights into how a range of coping mechanisms such as disengagement, denial and energy conservation are deployed to deal with the increased responsibilities at work and home as a result of the pandemic Existing research has view burnout as gender neutral, leaving a gap in the literature on the significant differences in both men and women's experience of burnout as well as their coping behaviours This article is protected by copyright All rights reserved
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