Reflective Essay
No title page required
Read and analyze one (1) of the news
items below about work and employment. See attached article and power point notes from class.
Article:
This article describes a job dispute between a working mother and her employer over
establishing boundaries between work time and family time.
Drawing on what you have learned in class, briefly describe the reproductive work gap and its
relationship to work-life conflict.
What are some of the strategies parents use to manage their work-family conflict? Using
examples from Wang’s article, identify how some of these strategies have had to change in
response to the current pandemic.
Has the shift to remote work and telecommuting during Covid-19 improved or worsened workfamily conflict for working mothers? Justify your argument using examples from the article, and
explain these examples using material from the textbook and lecture.
Format:
Provide a concise introduction which summarizes your argument by providing in one sentence
(each) your answer to each part of the prompt. The last sentence of your introduction should
takes a position on the prompt question and provide an explicit reason to support your
position. ie: “I argue… because X, Y and Z”
The body of your essay should support your argument using course materials and the article as
evidence. Expand on the points of your introduction, providing evidence to support your
answers from course materials and the article you are analyzing. All references to outside
materials should be cited with clear in-text citations, even if you aren’t quoting their direct
words. For example, to cite the textbook use this or a similar format: (Pupo, Duffy and
Glenday 2017: [page number])
Sum up your argument and explain its importance in a concluding paragraph.
Use Times New Roman size 12 font with 1 inch margins on all sides. Please subm
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