Carreira e maternidade: um estudo com discentes da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Ciências Contábeis

Abstract

The discussion career-motherhood conflicts faced by students is essential to promoting a more inclusive academic environment. Valuing and supporting mothers who study not only benefits these women individually, but also enriches the diversity and quality of the academic environment as a whole. For this reason, the research aims to qualitatively analyze the conflicts faced by students who are mothers in the Economics, Business Administration and Accounting courses at the Federal University of Alagoas in the juggling act necessary to balance work, studies and motherhood in the dimension of time and tension, as well as describing the difficulties they encounter in this double journey. Data was collected using an online questionnaire based on the Work-Family Conflict Scale - ECTF, which is an instrument for measuring conflict using two sub-scales. This study revealed a complex and multifaceted panorama, highlighting various issues that permeate this topic, which reinforced the idea that understanding these diverse perceptions is fundamental to offering more adequate and personalized support to the specific needs of mothers who study.