Familie, Karriere oder beides? Die spezifischen Vereinbarkeitsprobleme im Wissenschaftsbereich

Lange, Janine; Ambrasat, Jens

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-35717-7_6

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“…Criticisms focus on a lack of security, a lack of perspectives for young researchers and a low ability to plan one's career and life (Leendertz, 2015;Bloch, Krüger, Hartl & Würmann, 2021;Beaufays & Löther, 2017;Brownlee, 2015;Courtois & O'Keefe, 2015;Lama & Joullié, 2015). Particularly in the postdoc phase, when there is family and care work in addition to work, temporary employment and the associated lack of security are perceived as a major burden (Lange & Ambrasat, 2022;Bloch et al, 2021;Kauhaus et al, 2021;Nikunen, 2012;Franz & Korff, 2020;Ivancheva et al, 2018), so that many leave the science system for precisely these reasons. In Germany, there are political representations and movements working to improve the employment situation in science.…”

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Who benefits from job security? Job satisfaction and performance in academia

Ambrasat,

Fabian

2023

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Working conditions in the science system have long been complained about as insecure and lacking in perspective. It is an open question who could benefit from more secure employment. While a widespread rhetoric in political debates and some economic approaches suspect that greater job security undermines scientist’s motivation, efforts and performance, psychological approaches on work and motivation see increasing satisfaction on the part of scientists as a driver for the development of higher performance potential. We are investigating the relationship between contract situation, satisfaction and performance in science on the basis of a representative sample of 4,134 postdocs from all universities in Germany. The results show positive effects of secure employment on both satisfaction and output. However, the output effect is only partly mediated by satisfaction. In contrast to earlier studies, relevant contextual characteristics of the work situation are controlled for, so that the effect of the secure employment is more clearly carved out. The study refutes negative attributions of permanent positions on work results and thus the hammock argument. Thus, all parties may benefit from stable jobs for researchers.

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