This qualitative study examines the work, family, and study experiences of Portuguese
professional women in two different career stages: early career and mid-career. Using semi …

A qualitative study conducted with Portuguese academics of both genders was devised to
better understand the interface between work and family life. The academics seemed to …

Purpose–The paper looks at the tensions and conflict between work and family life that arise
from work intensification in higher education, in the particular context of Portuguese …

The need to study work-family balance derives from the experiences of couples who are
developing their careers at the same time as they are raising children, and who enter into …

The reciprocal interaction between work and family is an important issue currently, as
demands in both contexts have increased in the present times. In educational system, the …

Managing multiple roles is considered a major challenge that mature working student
parents face when they embrace the educational pursuit of enrolling in higher education …

Unlike in the past, finding a job, getting married and having children no longer defines the
normative transition from youth to adulthood. In fact, the ideal age for these tasks in the life …

In recent years, higher education institutions have progressively undertaken efforts to attract
more diversified populations to their programs, both in the first and second cycles. These …

Purpose–This paper aims to explore how mid‐career professional mothers perceive
themselves in relation to their work and family roles, how they experience these roles, how …

We aimed to investigate the experience of primiparous mothers with established careers in
relation to motherhood and their work, from pregnancy to the end of maternity leave. Three …