How Working at an Asian University Defined My Parenting Style : An Autoethnographic Study of an EFL Teacher
work-family conflict among female employees at a Malaysian technical university.The results were mixed, showing that supervisor support had little impact on reducing conflicts.This may be because the support provided by supervisors was insufficient in quality or quantity to address work-family issues effectively.Despite research interests in the working parents' professions, there has been limited investigations on single mothers working at universities.This study is significant as there are a number of bread winners who are in the same situation as me.Hence, this research could contribute to the literature, especially on universities and academic departments' awareness on the need to do more to support single mothers who are also educators by providing more flexible work arrangements, and other organizational
Authors
- Marlon D. Sipe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1099-9746)
- Min Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7379-8037)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of AsiaTEFL
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2025.22.2.17.441
- Primary Topic
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00