Presented by Kerry R. McGannon, PhD at CROSHCon 2023: Resetting the Dial on Workplace Climate.
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In Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) discourse, ‘work-life balance’ consists of time conflicts and feeling overloaded by multiple role pressures. In the family, there is an uneven sharing of caregiving duties and less work-life balance for mothers, with over 20% of women performing caregiving simultaneously with leisure activities compared with 6% of men. The aim in this presentation is to explore the complexity of work-life balance for mothers. Attention is also drawn to the ‘motherhood penalty’ in the workplace, and the impact on women’s mental health and well-being. Key take-away points are provided related to self-care, work-life balance, and motherhood.
Dr. Kerry McGannon is a Full Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at Laurentian University. Her research program advances qualitative methods to understand self-identity, media stories, physical activity and sport participation. In this research program, she has advanced understanding of motherhood and sport participation across multiple levels of sport (e.g., recreational, competitive, elite). This work includes the 2022 co-edited book, ‘Motherhood and Sport: Collective Stories of Identity and Difference’. Her recent work on digital media stories of elite athlete mothers is supported by a three-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.