Journal article
Women's Experiences Navigating Paid Work and Caregiving During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
The Career development quarterly, Vol.69(4), pp.284-298
12/01/2021
DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12274
PMCID: PMC9015544
PMID: 35463741
Abstract
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, many women lost their jobs or chose to leave the workforce because of increased caregiving demands. Of women who remained employed, many faced increased complexity in negotiating their roles as employees and caregivers. On the basis of existing theory and research on the impact of women's caregiving responsibilities on their careers, we developed a model of the relationships among women's caregiving hours for children and adults, work‐family and family‐work conflict, perceived social support, and career satisfaction during the pandemic. We collected data from 475 university staff members and tested our model using a path analysis. Results suggested that caregiving hours for children directly influenced work‐family and family‐work conflict and that social support partially mediated the relationship between family‐work conflict and career satisfaction. We discuss how counselors might best work with women who are navigating multiple life roles during a period of family, community, and global challenges.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Women's Experiences Navigating Paid Work and Caregiving During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
- Creators
- Lindsay M. Woodbridge - University of IowaByeolbee Um - University of IowaDavid K. Duys - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Career development quarterly, Vol.69(4), pp.284-298
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- DOI
- 10.1002/cdq.12274
- PMID
- 35463741
- PMCID
- PMC9015544
- ISSN
- 0889-4019
- eISSN
- 2161-0045
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the University of Iowa College of Education through a graduate student research award.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Counselor Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984371271402771
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