Gender imbalances in e-work environments: a transnational data analysis

• Autorzy: Caganova Dagmar , Sliva Ales , Beno Michal

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2025.31.2.02

Warianty tytułu

PL

Nierówności płci w środowiskach pracy elektronicznej: międzynarodowa analiza danych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

E-work came to the fore as a strong equalizer when women started participating increasingly in this work environment due to the dismantling of geographical barriers and the absence of their physical presence in the workplace. In post-COVID workplaces, the participation of employees in duties and the distribution of duties among employees reappeared. The main objective of this study is to examine the status quo of the modern workplace from the workforce’s point of view in terms of gender equality. The authors analysed the gender imbalances in e-work environments in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A quantitative analysis based on primary data obtained through a Microsoft Forms Survey was carried out in this study. In consequence, the following research question was explored: Can e-work lower gender imbalances? Six hypotheses were formulated, and three (H1, H2 and H4) were confirmed. It was found that the e-workforce does not take gender into account, and this view is held significantly more often by men, by employees aged 22-27 and by employees from Austria. It is held in terms of fair play in being in the remote work environment and that it is the quality of the work that matters. Females agree significantly more often with the statement that the modern work environment entails an equal call for all genders. Work has changed in many ways, but gender imbalance persists. Serious nation-to-nation differences in gender imbalances, including in e-work environments, persist globally, with some countries, in our study Austria, making notable improvement, while, as our study shows, others, like the Czech Republic and Slovakia, lag behind. But full gender parity has not been reached yet.

PL

Praca elektroniczna zyskała na znaczeniu jako silny czynnik wyrównujący szanse, gdy kobiety zaczęły coraz częściej uczestniczyć w tym środowisku pracy dzięki zniesieniu barier geograficznych i braku konieczności fizycznej obecności w miejscu pracy. W miejscach pracy po pandemii COVID ponownie pojawiła się kwestia udziału pracowników w wykonywaniu obowiązków i podziału obowiązków między pracowników. Głównym celem niniejszego badania jest zbadanie status quo współczesnego miejsca pracy z punktu widzenia pracowników pod kątem równości płci. Autorzy przeanalizowali nierówności płci w środowiskach pracy elektronicznej w Austrii, Czechach i na Słowacji. W ramach badania przeprowadzono analizę ilościową opartą na danych pierwotnych uzyskanych za pomocą ankiety Microsoft Forms. W rezultacie zbadano następujące pytanie badawcze: Czy praca elektroniczna może zmniejszyć nierówności płci? Sformułowano sześć hipotez, z których trzy (H1, H2 i H4) zostały potwierdzone. Stwierdzono, że pracownicy zdalni nie uwzględniają kwestii płci, a pogląd ten jest znacznie częściej podzielany przez mężczyzn, pracowników w wieku 22-27 lat oraz pracowników z Austrii. Wynika to z przekonania o zasadach fair play w środowisku pracy zdalnej oraz o tym, że liczy się jakość pracy. Kobiety znacznie częściej zgadzają się ze stwierdzeniem, że nowoczesne środowisko pracy wymaga równego traktowania wszystkich płci. Praca zmieniła się pod wieloma względami, ale nierówności płci nadal istnieją. Poważne różnice między krajami w zakresie nierówności płci, w tym w środowiskach pracy elektronicznej, utrzymują się na całym świecie, przy czym niektóre kraje, w naszym badaniu Austria, odnotowały znaczną poprawę, podczas gdy inne, jak Czechy i Słowacja, pozostają w tyle. Jednak pełna równość płci nie została jeszcze osiągnięta.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

gender; equality; e-work; flexibility

PL

płeć; równość; praca elektroniczna; elastyczność

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 31, No. 2
• Strony: 24--37
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 56 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Caganova Dagmar

• Newton University, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-6126

autor

Sliva Ales

• VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3616

autor

Beno Michal

• Prague City University, School of Business, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-6126

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).