Satisfied but not Equal: Working Conditions of Women and Men Faculty in Czech Universities

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Satisfied but not Equal: Working Conditions of Women and Men Faculty in Czech Universities

Original language description

The purpose of this study was to examine whether gender differences are revealed in working conditions of women and men faculty employed at Czech public universities. A total of 2229 academics (men = 57.1%) completed a survey measuring their job satisfaction, job stress and work environment perceptions. As one of the main findings, the current study found that, irrespective of gender, the majority of faculty in our sample was satisfied with their academic jobs as well as with specific aspects of the job, except for salary. Drawing on recent research concerned with the changing academic environment in the university sectors both in the national and international contexts, we suggested that this mostly positive perception can be to some extent attributed to the continuing presence of key elements of the Humboldtian model of academic self-rule at Czech public universities, especially to high levels of academic autonomy and influence academics continue to exercise over their jobs. Within the generally positive report on the Czech university environment, however, women faculty were unequally positioned. The gender differences observed in our study in many respects mirror international studies: women faculty in our sample were overrepresented at the lower academic ranks, received lower average salary, and spent more time on (less valued) teaching and less time on (more valued) research than men. Women also perceived their work environment less positively than men, as reflected in their lower reported influence, higher job insecurity, less recognition, and less positive perception of social community and leadership. At the level of organizational climate, women faculty felt that there was more pressure to produce and less autonomy than reported by men. Finally, women faculty reported lower levels of overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with salary and work prospects.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Gender and Neoliberalism in Czech Academia

ISBN

978-80-7419-255-5

Number of pages of the result

37

Pages from-to

277-313

Number of pages of the book

369

Publisher name

SLON

Place of publication

Praha

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