Pandemic and work-life balance: the case of the Cávado Intermunicipal Community

Authors

  • Margarida Martins Barroso Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte), Lisboa, Portugal
  • Sandra Palma Saleiro Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte), Lisboa, Portugal
  • Sara Franco da Silva Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte), Lisboa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP202410431767

Keywords:

work-life balance, gender, Cávado, post-pandemic

Abstract

Based on the results of a survey applied to 2375 workers from local public administration in the Cávado Intermunicipal Community, this article discusses the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on work organisation and its relationship with work-life balance. Along with the changes experienced by a significant part of the workers, the results also show a pattern of permanence both in work arrangements and in the distribution of family responsibilities, which enables us to discuss the views of the pandemic as potentially transformative of the usual models of life and work.

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Published

2024-03-22

Issue

No. 104 (2024)

Section

Artigos

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