Woodbridge Lindsay M, Um Byeolbee, Duys David K
Department of Counselor Education University of Iowa.
Career Dev Q. 2021 Dec;69(4):284-298. doi: 10.1002/cdq.12274. Epub 2021 Dec 6.
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.
在新冠疫情期间，许多女性失去了工作，或者由于照料需求增加而选择离开职场。在仍有工作的女性中，许多人在协调员工和照料者角色时面临着更大的复杂性。基于现有的关于女性照料责任对其职业影响的理论和研究，我们构建了一个模型，用以描述疫情期间女性对儿童和成人的照料时长、工作-家庭与家庭-工作冲突、感知到的社会支持以及职业满意度之间的关系。我们收集了475名大学教职工的数据，并使用路径分析对我们的模型进行了检验。结果表明，对儿童的照料时长直接影响工作-家庭和家庭-工作冲突，并且社会支持在家庭-工作冲突与职业满意度之间的关系中起到了部分中介作用。我们讨论了咨询师如何能够最好地与在家庭、社区和全球挑战时期兼顾多种生活角色的女性合作。
