Gender and Neoliberalism in Czech Academia

0487402 - PSÚ 2018 RIV CZ eng M - Část monografie knihy
Zábrodská, Kateřina - Mudrák, Jiří - Květon, Petr - Machovcová, Kateřina - Blatný, Marek - Šolcová, Iva
Satisfied but not Equal: Working Conditions of Women and Men Faculty in Czech Universities.
Gender and Neoliberalism in Czech Academia. Praha: SLON, 2017 - (Vohlídalová, M.; Linková, M.), s. 277-313. ISBN 978-80-7419-255-5
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA14-02098S; GA ČR(CZ) GA17-20856S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081740
Klíčová slova: higher education * occupational well-being * gender differences
Obor OECD: Psychology (including human - machine relations)

The purpose of this study was to examine whether gender differences are revealed in working conditions of women and men faculty employed at Czech public universities. A total of 2229 academics (men = 57.1%) completed a survey measuring their job satisfaction, job stress and work environment perceptions. As one of the main findings, the current study found that, irrespective of gender, the majority of faculty in our sample was satisfied with their academic jobs as well as with specific aspects of the job, except for salary. Drawing on recent research concerned with the changing academic environment in the university sectors both in the national and international contexts, we suggested that this mostly positive perception can be to some extent attributed to the continuing presence of key elements of the Humboldtian model of academic self-rule at Czech public universities, especially to high levels of academic autonomy and influence academics continue to exercise over their jobs. Within the generally positive report on the Czech university environment, however, women faculty were unequally positioned. The gender differences observed in our study in many respects mirror international studies: 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/11104/0282449