Precarious work, gender roles, and the use of work-life balance programs in academia

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dc.contributor.authorEnoh, Eno Ibok Jackson
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams-Whitt, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-21T18:45:59Z
dc.date.available2020-02-21T18:45:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examined the experiences of contract academic staff (CAS) regarding their use of work-life balance programs (WLBPs). As precarious employees, CAS are subject to work conditions that put them in a bind between surviving as precarious workers and meeting the demands of their work and family lives. As such, a clearer picture of how such highly-skilled professionals utilize WLBPs to achieve WLB is required. Adopting the phenomenology qualitative research approach, I used NVivo to analyze the data obtained from in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with ten research participants. Four themes emerged: precarious work, support and performance, gendered aspects of academia, and precarious workers’ use of WLBPs. Results showed that male and female CAS adopted similar WLBPs as boundary management strategies to integrate and/or separate their work and family obligations. The limitations and implications of the research for theory and practice were discussed and recommendations were made for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5693
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0454en_US
dc.proquest.subject0703en_US
dc.proquest.subject0451en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dhillon School of Business
dc.publisher.facultyDhillon School of Businessen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business)
dc.subjectprecarious worken_US
dc.subjectgender rolesen_US
dc.subjectwork-life balance programsen_US
dc.subjectcontract academic staff
dc.subjectprecarious employees
dc.subject.lcshWork-life balance
dc.subject.lcshPrecarious employment
dc.subject.lcshCollege teachers, Part-time -- Employment
dc.subject.lcshUniversities and colleges -- Professional staff
dc.subject.lcshSexual division of labor
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titlePrecarious work, gender roles, and the use of work-life balance programs in academiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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