Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World
The COVID-19 pandemic and in particular its resultant lockdown had a devastating impact on female professionals and workers in all sectors of the economy and all countries of the world. Despite their struggles and setbacks, women emerged from the pandemic with new requirements in their workplaces. T...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic and in particular its resultant lockdown had a devastating impact on female professionals and workers in all sectors of the economy and all countries of the world. Despite their struggles and setbacks, women emerged from the pandemic with new requirements in their workplaces. This Merits Special Issue “Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World" provides a multi-perspectival view of the impact of the pandemic on women and highlights some of the areas that employers need to improve in order to attract women back into the workplace. The articles included in this Special Issue highlight mental health issues exacerbated by the pandemic and the need for employers to address them; how burnout manifested during this time; the impact of the need for women to care for and educate their children in addition to working during lockdown; the importance of resilience; and career challenges women face. Successful leadership approaches among both government leaders and women themselves emerged and will be critical in the post-pandemic work world. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1287962024-04-01T23:19:30Z Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World Thompson, Randal Joy Egan, Chrys Wu, Tina women and work coronavirus work-life balance gender equality thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory The COVID-19 pandemic and in particular its resultant lockdown had a devastating impact on female professionals and workers in all sectors of the economy and all countries of the world. Despite their struggles and setbacks, women emerged from the pandemic with new requirements in their workplaces. This Merits Special Issue “Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World" provides a multi-perspectival view of the impact of the pandemic on women and highlights some of the areas that employers need to improve in order to attract women back into the workplace. The articles included in this Special Issue highlight mental health issues exacerbated by the pandemic and the need for employers to address them; how burnout manifested during this time; the impact of the need for women to care for and educate their children in addition to working during lockdown; the importance of resilience; and career challenges women face. Successful leadership approaches among both government leaders and women themselves emerged and will be critical in the post-pandemic work world. 2023-11-30T20:53:23Z 2023-11-30T20:53:23Z 2023 book ONIX_20231130_9783036593142_248 9783036593142 9783036593159 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/128796 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/8263 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/8263 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-9315-9 10.3390/books978-3-0365-9315-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036593142 9783036593159 176 Basel open access |
| spellingShingle | women and work coronavirus work-life balance gender equality thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title | Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title_full | Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title_fullStr | Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title_short | Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World |
| title_sort | changing realities for women and work the impact of covid 19 and prospects for the post pandemic work world |
| topic | women and work coronavirus work-life balance gender equality thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory |
| topic_facet | women and work coronavirus work-life balance gender equality thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory |
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