COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN IN WORKING LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5030 WOMEN IN WORKING LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

To examine women s place and the problems encountered in working life and to provide students the ability to evaluate reasons of limited labour force participation of women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain place of women in society
2   To know reasons and barriers of women s limited participation in labour market
3   To analyse the structure of women employment
4   To evaluate women s working conditions in different sectors and industries
5   To discuss the effects of the change in economic, social and cultural structures on women employment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Employment policy, concept of working woman and its place in working life
2 Welfare state regimes and gender
3 Factors which influence labour force participation of women
4 Informality, job insecurity and flexible working
5 Social security practices towards working women
6 Working women within the concepts of health, occupational health and safety
7 Women in Business and Management
8 Midterm Exam
9 Gender discrimination in working life
10 Working mothers and Work-Family balance
11 Violance and Mobbing in workplace
12 Emotional ve Aesthetic labour
13 Motivation and job satisfaction of women in working life
14 Unionisation and women

Recomended or Required Reading

BIÇERLI, M. Kemal. (2018). Çalışma Ekonomisi. 10. Baskı, Istanbul: Beta Basım.
1. Çalışma Hayatında Psikolojik Taciz (Mobbing) Panel ve Çalıştayı Bildiriler Kitabı. (2013). (Der. Ismail Akgün), Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Eğitim ve Araştırma Merkezi (ÇASGEM), Ankara.
GHOSE, Ajit K., MAJID, Nomaan ve ERNST, Christoph. (2010). Küresel Istihdam Sorunu. (Çev. Edt.: Ömer Faruk Çolak), Ankara: Efil Yayınevi.
Global Employment Trends 2011. (2011). Global Employment Trends 2011: The Challenge of Jobs Recovery, Geneva: ILO Publication.
ILO, Women At Work Trends 2016, International Labour Office, Geneva.
ILO, World Employment Social Outlook Trends For Women 2018 Global Snapshot, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2018.
KARATUNA, Işıl ve TINAZ, Pınar. (2010). Işyerinde Psikolojik Taciz Sağlık Sektöründe Kesitsel Bir Araştırma, Türkiye Işçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu, Ankara.
KORAY, Meryem. (1991). Çalışma Yaşamı Penceresinden Kadın Gerçekleri, Izmir: Türkiye Sosyal Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı.
KORAY, Meryem, DEMIRBILEK, Sevda ve DEMIRBILEK, Tunç (1999). Gıda Işkolunda Çalışan Kadınların Koşulları ve Geleceği, Ankara: KSSGM.
MAKAL, Ahmet ve TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2012). Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye'de Kadın Emeği, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2007). Türkiye'de Kadın Istihdamının Durumu, Ankara: ILO Yayını.
TOKSÖZ, Gülay ve ERDOĞDU, Seyhan. (1998). Sendikacı Kadın Kimliği, Ankara: Imge Kitapevi.
ÜNLÜTÜRK ULUTAŞ, Çağla. (Der.) (2018). Feminist Sosyal Politika: Bakım, Emek, Göç, Istanbul: Nota Bene Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, question-answer, discussion, assignment and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232.3010351 t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 16.00-17.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 10 1 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.122514433
LO.211422231
LO.312123321
LO.415333221
LO.552123414

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