Women academics experiences of maternity leave in the neoliberal university: Unmasking governmentality

IF 3.9 1区 社会学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Karen Jones, Alan Floyd
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Addressing a paucity of large-scale studies about women academics maternity experiences of leave in academia and under-theorizing the influence of neoliberalism on this phenomenon, this research provides one of the largest studies of women's experiences of maternity leave in the academic sector. Secondary analysis of a subset of data from a global online mixed method survey with 553 women academics (82% UK, 18% international) was undertaken to explore experiences and implications of maternity leave for women. The findings reveal that women academics continued to undertake core academic work duties during maternity leave such as writing grant applications and journal articles, supervising doctoral students, teaching, and responding to emails. We document four distinct orientations adopted by women during maternity leave that characterize neoliberal subjectivity and use Foucauldian governmentality to unmask the inculcation of such norms. Our analysis shows how neoliberal ideology has gained a hegemonic position in academia that leaves little space for maternity leave, resulting in many women effectively relinquishing their maternity rights to sustain academic productivity. We argue that neoliberalism and new managerialism within the academy undermine policies to support women's maternity rights. The findings of this study will be of interest to scholars and Human Resources professionals, academic mothers, managers, and policymakers who are championing change in the sector.

新自由主义大学中女学者的产假经历:揭开政府性的面纱
针对学术界女学者产假经历的大规模研究很少,以及新自由主义对这一现象的影响理论化不足的问题,本研究提供了学术界女性产假经历的最大规模研究之一。本研究对 553 名女学者(82% 为英国女性,18% 为国际女性)进行了全球在线混合方法调查,对调查数据的子集进行了二次分析,以探讨女性休产假的经历和影响。调查结果显示,女学者在产假期间继续承担核心学术工作,如撰写基金申请和期刊论文、指导博士生、教学和回复电子邮件。我们记录了女性在产假期间所采取的四种截然不同的取向,这些取向是新自由主义主体性的特征,并利用福柯的政府性来揭露这种规范的灌输。我们的分析表明,新自由主义意识形态如何在学术界占据了霸权地位,几乎没有为产假留出空间,导致许多女性实际上放弃了产假权利,以维持学术生产力。我们认为,学术界的新自由主义和新管理主义破坏了支持女性产假权利的政策。学者、人力资源专业人士、学术界的母亲、管理者以及倡导学术界变革的政策制定者都会对本研究的结果感兴趣。
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CiteScore
11.50
自引率
13.80%
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期刊介绍: Gender, Work & Organization is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal was established in 1994 and is published by John Wiley & Sons. It covers research on the role of gender on the workfloor. In addition to the regular issues, the journal publishes several special issues per year and has new section, Feminist Frontiers,dedicated to contemporary conversations and topics in feminism.
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