Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Effects of Precariousness on the Gendered Career Aspirations of Postdocs in Switzerland

Autor/inn/en	Bataille, Pierre; Le Feuvre, Nicky; Kradolfer Morales, Sabine
Titel	Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Effects of Precariousness on the Gendered Career Aspirations of Postdocs in Switzerland
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 16 (2017) 2-3, S.313-331 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904116673372
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Degrees; Graduate Study; Gender Differences; College Faculty; Labor Market; Foreign Countries; Sex Role; Family Work Relationship; Social Attitudes; Socioeconomic Influences; Unemployment; Economic Factors; Skilled Workers; Employment Qualifications; Surveys; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Personal Narratives; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fakultät; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; Geschlechterrolle; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Arbeitslosigkeit; Ökonomischer Faktor; Facharbeiter; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Schweiz
Abstract	The assumption that men are more likely to undertake and succeed in an academic career, because the requirements of professional success in this occupation are compatible with normative gender assumptions, particularly that of fulfilling a "male breadwinner" or main household earner role, implying reduced domestic and care commitments, is discussed. It is suggested that Switzerland offers a particularly interesting case for this study, because of the combination of the specific structure of academic careers, the characteristics of the non-academic labour market and the dominant gender regime. It is shown that, in this particular context, the aspirations of postdocs to remain in academic employment or to look for non-academic jobs are directly related to their position within the domestic division of labour and to their personal and family circumstances. However, this does not necessarily lead to a clear-cut divide between work-committed men, who "succeed" (and hence stay), and care-committed women who "fail" to climb up the academic career ladder (and hence leave). The results suggest that the situation is more complex and requires a subtle distinction between different ideal-types of post-doctoral experiences that do not always cut neatly across gender lines. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01