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Women and burnout in the context of a pandemic

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  • Maryam Aldossari
  • Sara Chaudhry

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This article presents the lived narrative of a female academic with children working in a British university and trying to cope with a completely new way of work and life in the context of the pandemic. The overall aim of the article is to offer a gendered account of burnout—specifically how women may be experiencing burnout at multiple levels, and the efficacy of their subsequent coping strategies. The narrative provides insights into how a range of coping mechanisms such as disengagement, denial, and energy conservation are deployed to deal with the increased responsibilities at work and home as a result of the pandemic. Existing research has viewed burnout as gender neutral, leaving a gap in the literature on the significant differences in both men's and women's experience of burnout as well as their coping behaviors.

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  • Maryam Aldossari & Sara Chaudhry, 2021. "Women and burnout in the context of a pandemic," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(2), pages 826-834, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:28:y:2021:i:2:p:826-834
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12567
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