The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis
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Data de Publicação: | 2022 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
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Resumo: | The present paper aimed to understand how single parents reconcile their work and family life. With the increase of single-earner families, greater importance has been placed on how single parents succeed in working and taking care of their family obligations, what difficulties they experience and how these affect their well-being. Since the Covid-19 pandemic required many parents to work from home, increased attention was also paid to how they managed to work from home and look after their home-schooled children_ The methodological option used to address the research question was qualitative meta-analysis, as it provides an in-depth analysis and an unbiased interpretation of qualitative data collected from scientific studies. It was thus possible to identify, interpret and analyse the results of the research conducted on the topic between 2016 and 2021_ An overall sample of 18 articles were selected according to the qualitative meta-analysis protocol_ A content analysis of these articles was then performed. The findings indicate that most single parents struggle to reconcile their work and family responsibilities. Since most of them encounter difficulties to find a job because of their parental status, they accept a low-income job with non-standard working hours. Being a single-earner family, they face financial difficulties as they have to pay their bills on their own. The lack of family-friendly strategies and financial support add to the high level of stress and anxiety. Therefore, Human Resource Management may play an important role on reconciling single parents' work and family life through policies and practices that support and create better conditions ensuring single parent workers' well-being. |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysisSingle parentsWorkFamilyReconciliationFamily-friendly policiesPais solteirosTrabalhoFamíliaReconciliaçãoPolíticas de recursos humanosDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoThe present paper aimed to understand how single parents reconcile their work and family life. With the increase of single-earner families, greater importance has been placed on how single parents succeed in working and taking care of their family obligations, what difficulties they experience and how these affect their well-being. Since the Covid-19 pandemic required many parents to work from home, increased attention was also paid to how they managed to work from home and look after their home-schooled children_ The methodological option used to address the research question was qualitative meta-analysis, as it provides an in-depth analysis and an unbiased interpretation of qualitative data collected from scientific studies. It was thus possible to identify, interpret and analyse the results of the research conducted on the topic between 2016 and 2021_ An overall sample of 18 articles were selected according to the qualitative meta-analysis protocol_ A content analysis of these articles was then performed. The findings indicate that most single parents struggle to reconcile their work and family responsibilities. Since most of them encounter difficulties to find a job because of their parental status, they accept a low-income job with non-standard working hours. Being a single-earner family, they face financial difficulties as they have to pay their bills on their own. The lack of family-friendly strategies and financial support add to the high level of stress and anxiety. Therefore, Human Resource Management may play an important role on reconciling single parents' work and family life through policies and practices that support and create better conditions ensuring single parent workers' well-being.O presente trabalho visava compreender corno os pais solteiros conciliam a sua vida profissional e familiar. Com o aumento das famílias monoparentais, foi dada maior importância à forma como os pais solteiros conseguem trabalhar e cuidar das suas obrigações familiares, que dificuldades têm e de que forma é que estas afetam o seu bem-estar. Uma vez que a pandemia Covid-19 exigiu que muitos pais trabalhassem a partir de casa, foi também dada maior atenção à forma como conciliam este trabalho com os cuidados que têm de prestar aos seus filhos. A opção metodológica utilizada para abordar a questão da investigação foi a meta-análise qualitativa, uma vez que proporciona uma análise aprofundada e uma interpretação imparcial dos dados qualitativos, recolhidos a partir de estudos científicos. Assim, foi possível identificar, interpretar e analisar os resultados da investigação realizada sobre o terna entre 2016 e 2021. Foi selecionada uma amostra global de 18 artigos de acordo com o protocolo da meta-análise qualitativa. Foi então realizada uma análise de conteúdo destes artigos. Os resultados indicam que a maioria dos pais solteiros lutam para conciliar as suas responsabilidades profissionais e familiares uma vez que a maioria deles apresenta dificuldades em encontrar um emprego devido ao seu estatuto parental faz com que eles aceitem um emprego de baixo rendimento com horários de trabalho atípicos. Sendo uma família com um só rendimento, enfrentam dificuldades financeiras, pois têm de pagar as suas contas por conta própria a falta de estratégias favoráveis à família e de apoio financeiro contribuem para o elevado nível de stress e ansiedade por conseguinte, a gestão de recursos humanos pode desempenhar um papel importante na conciliação da vida profissional e familiar dos pais solteiros através de políticas e práticas que apoiem e criem melhores condições para assegurar o bem-estar dos trabalhadores que são pais solteiros.Oliveira, Eva Teresa Valente Dias deGuimarães, Maria Isabel Gonçalves Guedes de CastroVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaBarbosa, Diana Martins2022-10-24T13:50:56Z2022-07-132022-042022-07-13T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39164TID:203042689enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:44:40Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/39164Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:32:00.810137Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis Barbosa, Diana Martins Single parents Work Family Reconciliation Family-friendly policies Pais solteiros Trabalho Família Reconciliação Políticas de recursos humanos Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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The work and family reconciliation of single parents : a qualitative meta-analysis |
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Barbosa, Diana Martins |
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Barbosa, Diana Martins |
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Oliveira, Eva Teresa Valente Dias de Guimarães, Maria Isabel Gonçalves Guedes de Castro Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Barbosa, Diana Martins |
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Single parents Work Family Reconciliation Family-friendly policies Pais solteiros Trabalho Família Reconciliação Políticas de recursos humanos Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Single parents Work Family Reconciliation Family-friendly policies Pais solteiros Trabalho Família Reconciliação Políticas de recursos humanos Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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The present paper aimed to understand how single parents reconcile their work and family life. With the increase of single-earner families, greater importance has been placed on how single parents succeed in working and taking care of their family obligations, what difficulties they experience and how these affect their well-being. Since the Covid-19 pandemic required many parents to work from home, increased attention was also paid to how they managed to work from home and look after their home-schooled children_ The methodological option used to address the research question was qualitative meta-analysis, as it provides an in-depth analysis and an unbiased interpretation of qualitative data collected from scientific studies. It was thus possible to identify, interpret and analyse the results of the research conducted on the topic between 2016 and 2021_ An overall sample of 18 articles were selected according to the qualitative meta-analysis protocol_ A content analysis of these articles was then performed. The findings indicate that most single parents struggle to reconcile their work and family responsibilities. Since most of them encounter difficulties to find a job because of their parental status, they accept a low-income job with non-standard working hours. Being a single-earner family, they face financial difficulties as they have to pay their bills on their own. The lack of family-friendly strategies and financial support add to the high level of stress and anxiety. Therefore, Human Resource Management may play an important role on reconciling single parents' work and family life through policies and practices that support and create better conditions ensuring single parent workers' well-being. |
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