Career Development of Working Mothers: Helping and Hindering Factors in Doing Well During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Larissa Rossen; Esther Oh; Deepak  Mathew

doi:10.53379/cjcd.2024.383

Auteurs-es

Larissa Rossen Trinity Western University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9382-0387
Esther Oh Trinity Western University
Deepak Mathew Trinity Western University

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.53379/cjcd.2024.383

Mots-clés :

mères qui travaillentSupprimer les mères qui travaillent, covid-19, technique améliorée de l'incident critique, recherche qualitative, développement de carrière

Résumé

L'évolution de la carrière des femmes dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19 suggère que nous sommes peut-être confrontés à une "récession féminine", où les femmes courent un risque nettement plus élevé d'abandonner la vie active et où l'écart entre les hommes et les femmes sur le lieu de travail est susceptible de se creuser. La pandémie a pu offrir aux mères qui travaillent des opportunités de s'engager de manière créative dans des décisions de carrière personnelles en raison des possibilités accrues de travailler de manière flexible et de pivoter sur un marché du travail qui évolue très rapidement. Cette étude qualitative a utilisé la technique de l'incident critique amélioré pour explorer l'intersection entre les mères qui travaillent et le développement de carrière en tenant compte de la pandémie de COVID-19. Les participants à cette étude étaient un échantillon de 18 mères qui travaillent en Amérique du Nord et en Australie. Les facteurs clés qui ont été identifiés comme aidant les femmes à réussir leur développement de carrière pendant la pandémie COVID-19 sont les suivants : Des lieux de travail favorables, un soutien social, des facteurs de protection personnelle, des facteurs liés au marché de l'emploi et des ressources.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Deepak Mathew, Trinity Western University

Deepak Mathew is a core faculty member in the MA Counselling Psychology Program at Trinity Western University.

Deepak has experience in teaching and researching topics across broad areas in psychology and education such as social psychology, lifelong learning and adult education, career development, and counselling psychology. He has a passion for training and mentoring and is actively involved in multiple research projects. Deepak immigrated to Canada from India and continues to be well connected with issues and topics related to South Asia. He is fluent in three languages – English, Hindi, and Malayalam. He is a committed Christian and is active in Christian ministry.

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