Covid-19 created a gender gap in perceived work productivity and job satisfaction: implications for dual-career parents working from home
Covid-19 created a gender gap in perceived work productivity and job satisfaction: implications for dual-career parents working from home
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DOI：
10.1108/gm-07-2020-0202
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发表时间：
2020-09-07
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Savani, Krishna
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作者：
Feng, Zhiyu;Savani, Krishna
目的本研究旨在考察新冠肺炎环境下工作相关产出的性别差异。作者假设，新冠肺炎疫情将在人们感知的工作效率和工作满意度方面产生性别差异。这是因为，当夫妻们整天在家工作，当学校停课时，女性应该把更多的时间花在家务和照看孩子上。设计/方法/方法作者使用了自新冠肺炎封锁开始以来在家工作的双职工家庭中的受雇女性和男性样本。共有286名居住在美国的全职员工参与了这项研究。参与者被要求报告他们在新冠肺炎被封锁前后的工作效率和工作满意度。研究结果发现，在新冠肺炎大流行之前，自我评价的工作效率和工作满意度不存在性别差异。然而，在封锁期间，女性报告的工作生产率和工作满意度低于男性。研究限制/影响研究参与者在新冠肺炎之前回顾了他们的工作效率和工作满意度。然而，在这些措施的回顾报告中，不太可能存在系统性的性别差异。此外，作者只对异性双职工父母进行了抽样调查。未来的研究需要检查封锁对其他类型家庭中的女性和男性的影响。实际影响鉴于新冠肺炎疫情的性质，许多地区可能会经历多个封锁期，许多工作场所已经或可能采取长期在家工作的政策。研究结果表明，工作场所的这些长期变化可能会对双职工家庭中女性的生产力和工作满意度产生长期负面影响。社会影响研究结果表明，社会需要为在家工作并照顾孩子或其他受抚养人的女性提供额外的支持，特别是在封锁期间或学校和日托中心关闭的时候。创意/价值目前的研究是第一个声称尽管女性花在家务和照看孩子上的时间比男性多，但在正常情况下，她们和男性一样有生产力，对自己的工作也同样满意。然而，新冠肺炎大流行使女性的家务和育儿负担超出了门槛，从而在工作生产率和工作满意度方面造成了性别差距。
Purpose This paper aims to examine gender gaps in work-related outcomes in the context of Covid-19. The authors hypothesized that the Covid-19 pandemic would create a gender gap in perceived work productivity and job satisfaction. This is because when couples are working from home the whole day and when schools are closed, women are expected to devote more time to housework and childcare. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a sample of employed women and men from dual-career families who were working from home since Covid-19 lockdowns started. In total, 286 US-resident full-time employees participated in this study. Participants were asked to report their work productivity and job satisfaction before and since Covid-19 lockdowns. Findings It is found that before the Covid-19 pandemic, there were no gender differences in self-rated work productivity and job satisfaction. However, during the lockdown, women reported lower work productivity and job satisfaction than men. Research limitations/implications Participants retrospectively reported their work productivity and job satisfaction before Covid-19. However, there are unlikely to be systematic gender differences in retrospective reports of these measures. Further, the authors only sampled opposite-sex dual career parents. Future research needs to examine the effects of lockdowns on women and men in other types of households. Practical implications Given the nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, many regions might experience multiple periods of lockdown, and many workplaces have already adopted or are likely to adopt long-term work-from-home policies. The findings indicate that these long-term changes in the workplace might have long-term negative effects on women's perceived productivity and job-satisfaction in dual-career families. Social implications The findings suggest that society needs provide additional support to women working from home and taking care of children or other dependents, particularly during lockdowns or during times when schools and daycare centers are closed. Originality/value The current research is one of the first to claim that despite the greater amount of time that women spend in housework and childcare than men, during normal times, they are as productive and as satisfied with their job as men. However, the Covid-19 pandemic increased women's housework and childcare beyond a threshold, thereby creating a gender gap in work productivity and job satisfaction.