Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
From public to private: the gendered impact of COVID-19 pandemic on work-life balance and work-family balance. |
| Authors: |
Elhinnawy, Hind1 (AUTHOR) hind.elhinnawy@ntu.ac.uk, Kennedy, Morag1 (AUTHOR), Gomes, Silvia2 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Community, Work & Family. Apr2025, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p291-310. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*COVID-19 pandemic, *Stay-at-home orders, *Flexible work arrangements, *Telecommuting, *Work-life balance |
| Abstract: |
This article provides insights into the ways flexible, hybrid and work-from-home arrangements have impacted women during COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK. Based on 10 in-depth interviews with women living and working in the East Midlands, England, who turned to work from home during COVID lockdowns, this study found that despite heightened care needs and the additional burdens women faced during the pandemic, one silver lining was that flexible and hybrid work has positively impacted some. All women spoke about how the pandemic and associated restrictions have altered their conceptualisation of space both positively and negatively. Life during the pandemic gave participants extra care needs and added burdens, but it also gave them more space to be with family and to manage their lives more effectively. This sense of increased space for social and family bonding and life and time management was reduced (again) after the pandemic due to the difficulties women had to bear in balancing the demands of work and family obligations. This article contributes to the studies on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's work-life-balance (WLB) and work-family-balance (WFB),demonstrating the need to think of innovative ways to support women's flexible work in the long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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