A Study of Conflicts and Synergies between the Roles of Female Researchers in Work and Personal Life

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01934
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Aichi Shukutoku University (2022); Doshisha University (2021); Kyushu Women's University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Shinohara Sayaka 愛知淑徳大学, グローバル・コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (90618224)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 女性研究者 / キャリア形成 / ワーク・ライフ・バランス / ジェンダー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through interviews and questionnaires with female researchers who are mainly in the family formation period, this study clarified their coping behaviors toward conflicts between work/research and private life roles, as well as the synergistic effects of inter-role conflicts. First, I found that support for child care from their own or their spouse's parents can be an important factor for female researchers who are raising children to balance their work/research and personal lives. It was also found that female researchers are more likely to experience conflicts between their work/research and private life roles than male researchers, but at the same time they also experience synergistic effects among these roles.

Free Research Field

家族社会学、ジェンダー

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究を通して、研究者としてのキャリアの初期段階と私生活における家族形成期が重なることにより、特に女性研究者が仕事・研究活動と私生活を両立させるためにさまざまな対処をしていることが明らかになり、若手研究者への組織的な支援の重要性が示されたことは社会的意義といえる。また、女性研究者が仕事・研究と私生活での役割間での葛藤を経験するとともに、それらにおける相乗効果も経験していることを明らかにできたことは学術的意義といえる。