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Il lavoro accademico si divide tra ricerca, didattica e attività amministrative. Dopo la riforma Gelmini, la ricerca ha un peso rilevante ai fini dell'avanzamento di carriera. Secondo la letteratura, le donne sono più propense ad assumersi i compiti di insegnamento e quelli amministrativi, in virtù di un gender scheme che le vede più portate per queste mansioni. Le donne hanno meno probabilità di raggiungere posizioni apicali e le raggiungono più lentamente. In questo articolo esploriamo il ruolo attribuito dalle accademiche italiane ai compiti di didattica, indagando i percorsi di adattamento/resistenza alle nuove regole di competizione. Attraverso quindici interviste qualitative emerge che la didattica è considerata un elemento di ancoraggio: le intervistate percepiscono il rapporto diretto con gli studenti come indispensabile al raggiungimento della soddisfazione professionale, o considerano l'investimento in questo ambito come una potenziale porta di accesso alla carriera accademica. Alcune hanno subito richieste pressanti sia per l'espletamento di compiti di didattica sia amministrativi.

PurposeIntroduction: The birth of a preterm child requires hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which is a very stressful experience for parents. Aim: To determine the stress level of parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and sub-intensive units in two hospitals in Northern Italy and its association with their sociodemographic variables and the clinical conditions of their newborns.Design/methodology/approachThe sampling was non-probabilistic and included parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and/or sub-intensive care for at least 10 days. Instruments: (1) information deduced from the clinical record of preterm newborns; (2) sociodemographic determinants of parents' well-being deduced from a questionnaire; (3) parental stress scale: neonatal intensive care unit (PSS:NICU), which measures the perception of parents about stressors from the physical and psychological environment of the NICU.FindingsResults: A total of 104 parents of 59 hospitalized preterm babies participated in the study. The average parental stress level was 1.87 ± 0.837. The subscale score that got higher was parent-infant relationship subscale. Concerning the infant characteristics, the birth weight of the babies and the length of their hospitalization affected the parents' stress level. Looking at parents' sociodemographic characteristics instead, the greater predictors were gender, age and occupational social class.Originality/valueThe parental role alteration caused by infant premature birth and consequent hospitalization is a major stressor for parents and in particular for mothers. The variables that resulted positively associated with higher stress in parents of preterm infants hospitalized are specific parental characteristics, including not adequately or previously studied ones, and infant characteristics.

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the extent to which family roles and settings can mediate the impact of unemployment on psychological well-being among Italian households.Design/methodology/approachUsing the European Health Interview Survey data for 2015, the authors adopt linear regression models to evaluate the effect of family settings on the mental health outcomes of unemployment, in particular on the likelihood of developing depression. The latter is measured using the internationally validated Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8). Since the gender gap in occupation has not ceased to exist in Italy, special attention is paid to the differences between males and females in the workforce.FindingsThe results suggest that involvement in parental roles has a moderating influence on unemployment mental health outcomes among both men and women, although it has a higher effect on the female workforce. Moreover, the study shows that "not living far from the family of origin" could be considered a crucial moderating factor for both gender categories.Originality/valueThe novelty of this paper lies in its consideration of the implications the social definition of gender roles may have on gender-related expectancies and attributions in life domains, such as work and family.