Work-parenthood conflicts at the operator and professional levels in Chile's mining industry: a gender analysis

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dc.contributor.authorCaro, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorMadrid, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorElvira Cardenas, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:21:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:21:48Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this article is to determine, from a gender and class perspective, how mothers who work in mining operations experience the tensions associated with motherhood in comparison with father workers, within the context of the work-family relationship in an industry with shift systems. A qualitative methodology was used to interpret perceived difficulties and strategies for dealing with maternity/paternity and work conflicts. Results show that mother workers perceive that the maternal role is socially ignored; that they have great difficulties in exercising their maternity, that their main subjective problems are frustration, anxiety, and guilt; that conflicts are less acute for female supervisors, associated with their class status, the support of paid domestic workers, and the dedication of time to individual hobbies; and that strategies for dealing with conflicts are palliative. We conclude that a perception of 'privatization of the work-motherhood balance' predominates, with mother workers taking responsibility for their self-integration, which they deem to be a personal rather than a social problem. All interviewees adopt a position of 'gender neutrality'. Paradoxically, women do not prioritize demanding differential measures for working mothers, although they perceive that their motherhood is socially judged by the sexist culture of their work environment.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13229400.2022.2053336
dc.identifier.eissn1839-3543
dc.identifier.issn1322-9400
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2022.2053336
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92645
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000771645200001
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1522
dc.pagina.inicio1493
dc.revistaJournal of family studies
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectwork-parenthood conflicts
dc.subjectmining
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleWork-parenthood conflicts at the operator and professional levels in Chile's mining industry: a gender analysis
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen29
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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