Organizational Well-Being of Italian Doctoral Students: Is Academia Sustainable When It Comes to Gender Equality?

Chiara Corvino, Amalia De Leo, Miriam Parise and Giulia Buscicchio
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Chiara Corvino: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Amalia De Leo: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Miriam Parise: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
Giulia Buscicchio: Department of Living Condition, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette/Belval, L-4366 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Despite the fact that there are several researchers reporting the risks of doctoral students in terms of mental health, there is still a lack of studies exploring their well-being at an organizational level, looking at the difference between male and female PhD students. This work aims at describing gender differences in the organizational well-being of doctoral students in an Italian context. A sample of 121 Italian PhD students filled an adaption of the ANAC questionnaire (National Authority for Anti-Corruption) for an organizational well-being assessment between June and July 2021. The results show that there are a number of well-being indicators for which female PhD students have statistically lower scores than men regarding: (1) the perception of health and safety at work; (2) career development; and (3) job autonomy. Practical suggestions to improve the academic system in terms of sustainability for preventing PhD students’ organizational malaise with a particular focus on gender equality are provided.

Keywords: organizational well-being; gender equality; gender gap; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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