| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: This study aims at investigating how the children and the work-family
conflict affects the career progression of female faculties at private university in
Bangladesh.
Methodology: Using convenience sampling technique, 201 female faculties of 15
private universities in Dhaka city of Bangladesh have been surveyed. Structural
equation modeling technique has been used to analyze the hypothesis of the study.
Findings: This study has found that the children have significant effect on the
career stagnancy of female academics in teaching at private universities, whereas
work-family conflict has not found to be significantly influential on the career
stagnancy of the respondents.
Limitations: Our sample consisted of 201 female faculties serving in 15 private
universities located at Dhaka in Bangladesh may limit the generalizability of the
results. The female faculty members of the private universities located outside
Dhaka did not participate in this study.
Practical Implication: In Bangladesh, a little research work has been done on
addressing the pitfalls for which private universities’ female faculties cannot
progress in their career. This research will contribute to existing literature in
describing two major challenges of women academics’ career progression, i.e.,
children and work-family conflict. In future, researchers may additionally use other
challenges that relate with career advancement of women academics.
Originality: This paper will help the stakeholders realize the fact that women are
facing difficulties in their career progression due to children, i.e., childrearing
mandate. It will also assist to identify pragmatic interventions to minimize the
consequences derived from childrearing on female academics’ career advancement. | en_US |
