Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment
True meritocracy is only fair when a leveled playing field is guaranteed. Scientists with caregiving responsibilities, often women, carry a heavy burden of unpaid labour, and therefore suffer downfalls in performance. Centered on an online survey that circulated among Argentinean ecologists between...
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| author | Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor Novillo, Agustina Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela Piquer-Rodríguez, María Alvarez, Marisa Aschero, Valeria Chillo, María Verónica Fanjul, María Elisa Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda Pero, Edgardo J.I. Rodríguez, Daniela Schroeder, Natalia Zarbá, Lucía |
| author_browse | Alvarez, Marisa Aschero, Valeria Chillo, María Verónica Fanjul, María Elisa Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda Novillo, Agustina Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela Pero, Edgardo J.I. Piquer-Rodríguez, María Rodríguez, Daniela Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor Schroeder, Natalia Zarbá, Lucía |
| author_facet | Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor Novillo, Agustina Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela Piquer-Rodríguez, María Alvarez, Marisa Aschero, Valeria Chillo, María Verónica Fanjul, María Elisa Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda Pero, Edgardo J.I. Rodríguez, Daniela Schroeder, Natalia Zarbá, Lucía |
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| description | True meritocracy is only fair when a leveled playing field is guaranteed. Scientists with caregiving responsibilities, often women, carry a heavy burden of unpaid labour, and therefore suffer downfalls in performance. Centered on an online survey that circulated among Argentinean ecologists between March and June 2020, we explored some of the mechanisms that may be behind differential performance and perception of performance in scientific tasks between genders. Based on 437 responses, we found that caregiving relays more on women than men, and that women dedicate less uninterrupted time to paid work, and more to unpaid domestic labour, especially when working from home. Women seem to start their careers younger than, but promote to higher categories older than men. Women value their own work more poorly than men. Both female and male researchers seem to choose more male referents and advisers, especially among older generations. The interaction between family and work is perceived negatively by women in early career stages, yet women and men felt supported by their advisers with respect to family-related issues. After the COVID pandemic, home-office has become an acceptable work practice adopted in different work places. However, our results show that at least in some fields of science, this may be inequitably productive for men and women. Public policies must help relieve all scientists, but especially women, from heavy unpaid caregiving labour and facilitate leaving their home space to detach from tasks related to domestic issues during work hours. Greater peer recognition of women’s research should increase their participation as advisers and referents, and improve perception of their own work and those of other women. Public policies should aim at a fairer and more equitable working environment for women. |
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| spelling | INTA173032025-08-08T12:42:17Z Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor Novillo, Agustina Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela Piquer-Rodríguez, María Alvarez, Marisa Aschero, Valeria Chillo, María Verónica Fanjul, María Elisa Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda Pero, Edgardo J.I. Rodríguez, Daniela Schroeder, Natalia Zarbá, Lucía Ecología Equidad de Género Condiciones de Trabajo Papel de la Mujer Participación de la Mujer Argentina Ecology Gender Equity Working Conditions Role of Women Women's Participation True meritocracy is only fair when a leveled playing field is guaranteed. Scientists with caregiving responsibilities, often women, carry a heavy burden of unpaid labour, and therefore suffer downfalls in performance. Centered on an online survey that circulated among Argentinean ecologists between March and June 2020, we explored some of the mechanisms that may be behind differential performance and perception of performance in scientific tasks between genders. Based on 437 responses, we found that caregiving relays more on women than men, and that women dedicate less uninterrupted time to paid work, and more to unpaid domestic labour, especially when working from home. Women seem to start their careers younger than, but promote to higher categories older than men. Women value their own work more poorly than men. Both female and male researchers seem to choose more male referents and advisers, especially among older generations. The interaction between family and work is perceived negatively by women in early career stages, yet women and men felt supported by their advisers with respect to family-related issues. After the COVID pandemic, home-office has become an acceptable work practice adopted in different work places. However, our results show that at least in some fields of science, this may be inequitably productive for men and women. Public policies must help relieve all scientists, but especially women, from heavy unpaid caregiving labour and facilitate leaving their home space to detach from tasks related to domestic issues during work hours. Greater peer recognition of women’s research should increase their participation as advisers and referents, and improve perception of their own work and those of other women. Public policies should aim at a fairer and more equitable working environment for women. EEA Bariloche Fil: Lomáscolo, Silvia B. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Lomáscolo, Silvia B. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Sandoval Salinas, María L. 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Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina Fil: Zarbá, Lucía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Zarbá, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina 2024-04-05T12:30:19Z 2024-04-05T12:30:19Z 2024-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17303 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112724001130 0378-1127 1872-7042 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121801 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 560 : 121801. (May 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Ecología Equidad de Género Condiciones de Trabajo Papel de la Mujer Participación de la Mujer Argentina Ecology Gender Equity Working Conditions Role of Women Women's Participation Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor Novillo, Agustina Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela Piquer-Rodríguez, María Alvarez, Marisa Aschero, Valeria Chillo, María Verónica Fanjul, María Elisa Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda Pero, Edgardo J.I. Rodríguez, Daniela Schroeder, Natalia Zarbá, Lucía Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title | Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title_full | Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title_short | Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment |
| title_sort | perspectives academic career in ecology effect of gender caregiving labor and the working environment |
| topic | Ecología Equidad de Género Condiciones de Trabajo Papel de la Mujer Participación de la Mujer Argentina Ecology Gender Equity Working Conditions Role of Women Women's Participation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17303 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112724001130 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121801 |
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