Satisfied but unequal: Well-being and perception of work environment among female faculty in transforming Czech universities

0453582 - PSÚ 2016 RIV CZ eng A - Abstrakt
Zábrodská, Kateřina - Mudrák, Jiří - Květon, Petr - Machovcová, Kateřina - Blatný, Marek - Šolcová, Iva
Satisfied but unequal: Well-being and perception of work environment among female faculty in transforming Czech universities.
-. 2015.
[Gendering Science: Women and Men Producing Knowledge. 04.06.2015-06.06.2015, Praha]
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA14-02098S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081740
Klíčová slova: higher education * job satisfaction * gender * academic staff * gender inequality
Kód oboru RIV: AN - Psychologie

The presentation examined working conditions of women and men faculty in transforming Czech universities. Using data from a questionnaire survey in a sample of 2.229 academics, the study analyzed analyse whether gender differences were revealed in the current working conditions of women and men faculty and their well-being at work. The study found that women faculty reported signifintly lower quality of working conditions in a number of aspects. Women faculty in our sample were overrepresented at the lower academic ranks, received lower average salary, and spent more time on (less valued) teaching and less time on (more valued) research than men. Women also perceived their work environment less positively than men, as reflected in their lower reported influence, higher job insecurity, less recognition, and less positive perception of social community and leadership. At the level of organizational climate, women faculty felt that there was more pressure to produce and less autonomy than reported by men. Finally, women faculty reported lower levels of overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with salary and work prospects.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0254388