He’s Not Good at Sensing That Look That Says, I’m Drowning Here!” Academic Mothers’ Perceptions of Spousal Support

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11220413
AutoresMartina Dickson (0000-0002-9852-5547, Emirates College for Advanced Education, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume56
Fascículo3
Páginas241-263
Data de publicação2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01494929.2020.1712302
OpenAlexW3001199580
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas53

Research consistently shows that, regardless of increased parental involvement in child-rearing over the last few decades, the ‘lion’s share’ of childcare and housework is still undertaken by women rather than men. Academia is known to have no fixed working hours as such. As a result, the pressure on academic mothers tends to be inflated, and this has repercussions on women’s promotional paths, publishing outcomes and general professional and personal well-being. The positive effect of working women having spousal support is well documented in many employment areas. This paper looks at perceived spousal support which academic mothers, living and working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), report. While some of the women did report their spouses to be supportive, this was often theoretical rather than practical. The ways in which this spousal support situation has affected the academic mothers’ lives is discussed

Developmental psychology · Perception · Political science · Publishing · Working hours · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges