Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Pandemic Shadows: Unmasking Gender Disparities in Academic Productivity and Work‐Family Conflict
Originally published 2026-05-13 · Canadian Review of Sociology
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/cars.70038 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about reviewing academic performance expectations under care demands; the original evidence concerns 467 research faculty and staff at one Canadian research university in 2021.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Do the measures of productivity respect unequal family demands?
This reading brings gendered work-family exposure and perceived losses in academic productivity into the respect pathway. The cross-sectional academic workforce survey offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
467 research faculty and staff at one Canadian research university in 2021
Age / stage: Working adults; parent status and young children examined
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess perceived productivity setbacks and work-family conflict?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about supported gender pathways and unsupported young-child hypotheses?
- What would need to be checked before adopting reviewing academic performance expectations under care demands?
Keep the limits in view
One institution, self-reported productivity and cross-sectional models constrain transfer; predicted stronger young-child effects were not supported.
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Marisa Young; Nicole McNair; Gabriella Christopher; Loa Gordon (2026). Pandemic Shadows: Unmasking Gender Disparities in Academic Productivity and Work‐Family Conflict Canadian Review of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.70038
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