Donne e carriera tra stereotipi di genere e conciliazione lavoro-famiglia. Un'analisi psico-sociale

Fedi, Angela; Colombo, Laura; Bertola, Lara; Rollero, Chiara

doi:10.3280/sl2017-148007

Sociologia Del Lavoro

2017

DOI: 10.3280/sl2017-148007

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Donne e carriera tra stereotipi di genere e conciliazione lavoro-famiglia. Un'analisi psico-sociale

Angela Fedi¹,

Laura Colombo²,

Lara Bertola³

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Are work–life policies fair for a woman’s career? An Italian qualitative study of the backlash phenomenon

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Purpose Work–family balance practices available in several work organizations to help employees with children to manage the demands of work and family life can have a negative impact on employees with family commitments, on childless employees and on the organization itself, as Perrigino et al. show in their theoretical review. This is the work–family backlash phenomenon expressed by the four mechanisms of stigma, spillover, inequity and strategic. Even if the stigma mechanism towards working women with children was widely explored, no study until now considered the four backlash mechanisms jointly, in the Italian context. The purpose of this paper is offering a first empirical exploration of these mechanisms in Italian work organizations. Design/methodology/approach For this study, 15 Italian career women with different care burdens were interviewed, and the four mechanisms were analysed from the perspective of women with and without children, and of organizations. Findings Analysis has shown that the backlash phenomenon can trigger a vicious cycle of perceived inequity that leads to job dissatisfaction and low work motivation. Management responsiveness and fairness in dealing with employees’ needs are central to promoting well-being by effectively balancing career paths with personal needs, especially in a cultural context where most responsibility for family needs is still left to women and few public supports are available. Originality/value This study, in spite of some limitations, offers a first contribution to the analysis of the different facets of the work–family backlash in the Italian context and suggests several possible research and practical developments.

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Are work–life policies fair for a woman’s career? An Italian qualitative study of the backlash phenomenon

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Donne e carriera tra stereotipi di genere e conciliazione lavoro-famiglia. Un'analisi psico-sociale

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Are work–life policies fair for a woman’s career? An Italian qualitative study of the backlash phenomenon

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