INSIGHTS INTO WHITE COLLAR WOMEN’S WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES DURING MENOPAUSE-A HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 483 - 510, 27.03.2025

Ela Burcu Uçel

https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1555171

Abstract

Menopause has been studied widely in medicine and health sciences, but research on management, especially in Türkiye seems to be extremely limited. This creates a data gap which leads to corporate and managerial ignorance of menopausal women’s experiences at the workplace. The current study focused on white collar menopausal women’s workplace experiences. Due to the exploratory nature of the study, a qualitative design and in-depth interview method were used. Nine participants volunteered for the study and as the data analysis showed saturation, no more interviews were conducted. Findings indicate that women have multiple hardships at the office during menopause and flexible working conditions and support of female colleagues and managers may facilitate their experiences. Furthermore, organizations should provide flexible working alternatives, trainings, adjusted offices and policy change especially in performance and compensation management in support of mid-life menopausal working women.

Keywords

Menopause, Working Women, Workplace, Human Resources Management

BEYAZ YAKALI KADINLARIN MENOPOZAL DÖNEMDEKİ İŞ YERİ DENEYİMLERİNİN İNSAN KAYNAKLARI PERSPEKTİFİNDEN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Menopoz tıp ve sağlık bilimlerinde yoğun şekilde çalışılmakla beraber, yönetim organizasyon alanında bilhassa Türkiye’de, yeterli araştırma olmadığı söylenebilir. Bu durum alanda veri eksikliği yaratmakta ve menopozal dönemdeki kadınların örgütsel bağlamdaki deneyimlerinin dikkate alınmaması sonucunu doğurmaktadır. Bu çalışma menopozal dönemdeki beyaz yakalı kadınların iş yeri tecrübelerine odaklanmıştır. Araştırmanın keşfedici doğası gereği, nitel bir tasarım yapılmış ve derinlemesine görüşme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Beyaz yakalı 9 kadın katılımcı ile yürütülen çalışma sonucu elde edilen verilerin analizi, menopoz dönemindeki beyaz yakalı kadınların iş yerinde çeşitlik zorluklarla karşılaştıklarını göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte bu zorlukların etkisi hafifletmekte esnek çalışma yöntemlerinin ve diğer kadın çalışanlar ve kadın yöneticilerin desteğinin etkili olduğuna işaret etmektedir. Bulgular, kurumların menopoz dönemindeki kadın çalışanları desteklemek için esnek çalışma imkanları sunmak, çalışma ortamını uygun hale getirmek, menopoza dair kalıp yargıları ortadan kaldırmaya yarayacak eğitimler düzenlemek ve özellikle performans ve ücret yönetimi alanlarında politika değişikliğine gitmek gibi alternatifleri gündeme almaları gerektiğine işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

Menopoz, Çalışan Kadın, İş Yeri, İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi

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