TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Nataša
AU  - Toković, Milena
AU  - Đorđević, Vesna
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1536
AB  - This article studies the level of female scientists’ work satisfaction, and general and gender-related factors that would contribute to greater work satisfaction. We applied an interdisciplinary approach – we draw on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of (professional) development, sociological analysis of the context and linguistic analysis of the text. A hundred Serbian female scientists filled in the online questio-nnaire. They reported moderate satisfaction with their work. Thematic analysis of their answers yielded nine general work satisfaction improvement factors: Creating  a  fair  and  effective  management  and  improving  relations  with  superiors,  Improving  social  relationships  with  peers  (Bronfenbrenner’s micro– and meso-system), Improving  te-chnical resources, Increasing salaries, Professional improvement support, The moder-nization  and  application  of  scientific  work, Improving  human  resources, Establishing transparent,  consistent  and  fair  system  rules  (exosystem) and Combating  corruption  and nepotism (macrosystem). Six gender-related factors were determined: Overcoming social  obstacles  related  to  pregnancy  and  child-care, Change  in  attitudes  in  cases  of  *  This  paper  is  the  result  of  the  projects:  “Identification,  measurement  and development of cognitive and emotional competences important for the society oriented to  European  integrations”  (grant  number  179018),  “Challenges  of  the  new  social integration in Serbia – concepts and actors (grant number 179035), and “Description and standardization of the contemporary Serbian language” (grant number 178021), all funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. harassment (micro– and meso-system), Overcoming legal obstacles related to pregnancy  and  child-care,  Change  in  procedures  in  cases  of  harassment (exosystem), Achieving respect and equality, and Changing social image through personal efforts (macro-system). Recommendations for policy and practice improvement are discussed in the light of the dominant values in the Serbian post-socialist transformation context.
PB  - Beograd : Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju
T2  - Etnoantropološki problemi
T1  - Work Satisfaction of Female Scientists in the Serbian Post-Socialist Transformation Context
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 297
EP  - 323
DO  - 10.21301/eap.v14i1.12
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Simić, Nataša and Toković, Milena and Đorđević, Vesna",
year = "2019",
abstract = "This article studies the level of female scientists’ work satisfaction, and general and gender-related factors that would contribute to greater work satisfaction. We applied an interdisciplinary approach – we draw on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of (professional) development, sociological analysis of the context and linguistic analysis of the text. A hundred Serbian female scientists filled in the online questio-nnaire. They reported moderate satisfaction with their work. Thematic analysis of their answers yielded nine general work satisfaction improvement factors: Creating  a  fair  and  effective  management  and  improving  relations  with  superiors,  Improving  social  relationships  with  peers  (Bronfenbrenner’s micro– and meso-system), Improving  te-chnical resources, Increasing salaries, Professional improvement support, The moder-nization  and  application  of  scientific  work, Improving  human  resources, Establishing transparent,  consistent  and  fair  system  rules  (exosystem) and Combating  corruption  and nepotism (macrosystem). Six gender-related factors were determined: Overcoming social  obstacles  related  to  pregnancy  and  child-care, Change  in  attitudes  in  cases  of  *  This  paper  is  the  result  of  the  projects:  “Identification,  measurement  and development of cognitive and emotional competences important for the society oriented to  European  integrations”  (grant  number  179018),  “Challenges  of  the  new  social integration in Serbia – concepts and actors (grant number 179035), and “Description and standardization of the contemporary Serbian language” (grant number 178021), all funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. harassment (micro– and meso-system), Overcoming legal obstacles related to pregnancy  and  child-care,  Change  in  procedures  in  cases  of  harassment (exosystem), Achieving respect and equality, and Changing social image through personal efforts (macro-system). Recommendations for policy and practice improvement are discussed in the light of the dominant values in the Serbian post-socialist transformation context.",
publisher = "Beograd : Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju",
journal = "Etnoantropološki problemi",
title = "Work Satisfaction of Female Scientists in the Serbian Post-Socialist Transformation Context",
volume = "14",
number = "1",
pages = "297-323",
doi = "10.21301/eap.v14i1.12"
}

Simić, N., Toković, M.,& Đorđević, V.. (2019). Work Satisfaction of Female Scientists in the Serbian Post-Socialist Transformation Context. in Etnoantropološki problemi
Beograd : Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet, Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju., 14(1), 297-323.
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i1.12

Simić N, Toković M, Đorđević V. Work Satisfaction of Female Scientists in the Serbian Post-Socialist Transformation Context. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2019;14(1):297-323.
doi:10.21301/eap.v14i1.12 .

Simić, Nataša, Toković, Milena, Đorđević, Vesna, "Work Satisfaction of Female Scientists in the Serbian Post-Socialist Transformation Context" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 14, no. 1 (2019):297-323,
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i1.12 . .