Covid-19 Pandemi Döneminde Akademisyen Annelerin Yaşadıkları Aile-İş ve İş-Aile Çatışmasına Yönelik Nitel Bir Çalışma

Öz

Kısıtlı zaman ve kısıtlı enerji ile iş-aile hayatını dengelemeye çalışan bireyler, bu dengede sorun yaşadıklarında aile-iş ve iş-aile çatışması yaşayabilmektedir. Aile ve iş taleplerini yerine getirirken yaşadıkları zorlular akademisyen annelerin de iş-aile ve aile-iş çatışması yaşamalarına neden olabilmektedir. Covid-19 pandemi süreci de akademisyen annelerin aile-iş dengesini etkilemiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, 0-6 yaş grubu çocuğu olan akademisyen annelerin pandemi sürecinde yaşadıkları iş-aile ve aile-iş çatışması durumlarına ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaçla bu çalışma nitel araştırma deseninde yürütülmüş ve veriler görüşme tekniği kullanılarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır. Çalışma grubu 13 akademisyen anneden oluşmaktadır. Veriler betimsel analiz tekniği ile analiz edilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda dört ana temaya ulaşılmıştır. Bu temalar; kreş/çocuk bakımı, aile-iş çatışması, iş-aile çatışması ve sosyal desteğe duyulan ihtiyaçtır. Araştırma sonucunda akademisyen annelerin aile-iş çatışması ve iş-aile çatışması yaşadıkları ve özellikle sosyal desteğe ihtiyaç duydukları ortaya çıkmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Pandemi süreci
• aile-iş çatışması
• iş-aile çatışması
• akademisyen anneler
• nitel çalışma

A Qualitative Study on Family-Work and Work-Family Conflicts Experienced by Academic Mothers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Individuals who try to balance their work-family life with limited time and limited energy may experience family-work and work-family conflicts when they have problems in this balance. The difficulties they experience while fulfilling family and work demands may cause academic mothers to experience work-family and family-work conflicts. The Covid-19 pandemic has also affected the family-work balance of academic mothers. The aim of this study is to reveal the views of academic mothers with 0-6 age group children about work-family and family-work conflict situations experienced during the pandemic process. For this purpose, this study was conducted in a qualitative research design and the data were collected with a semi-structured interview form using the interview technique. The study group consists of 13 academic mothers. The data were analyzed with the descriptive analysis technique. As a result of the analysis, four main themes were reached. These themes are; daycare/childcare, family-work conflict, work-family conflict and need of social support. As a result of the research, it was revealed that academic mothers experienced family-work conflict and work-family conflict and especially needed social support.

Keywords

• Pandemic process;
• family-work conflict,
• work-family conflict,
• academic mothers
• qualitative research

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