Helping faculty find work-life balance: the path toward family-friendly institutions

This book focuses on how academics juggle the demands of their personal and professional life. The authors focus on faculty's specific challenges change over the years of their academic careers. Topics covers include the changing academic workplace, roles and rewards, the issue of tenure, what institutions offer, the division of labor inside the home, spousal/partner hiring policies, the changing definition of fatherhood, how individuals cope, and what exemplary institutional are doing to reform the system. The authors include recommendations both for faculty and for the institution INDICE: Foreword. Acknowledgments. The Authors. Introduction. Organizationof the Book. 1 Crafting a Career. The Increase of Expectations. Lacking Clarity and the Paradox of Flexibility. Exemplary Institutions. Policy Meets Faculty. Recommendations. 2 Making It Work: Having Life Partners. Division of Labor.Dual Careers. Exemplary Institutions. Policy Meets Faculty. Recommendations. 3 Parenting. Exemplary Institutions: Child Care. Exemplary Institutions: ChildLeave. Policy Meets Faculty. Recommendations. 4 Thriving in Academe. InherentFactors. Colleagues. Policies. Culture. Resources. Significant Others. Faculty Ingenuity. 5 Summary and Conclusions Recommendations and Successful Strategies. Appendix A Methods. Appendix B Additional Findings from the Men's Study. Resource A Exemplary Institutions. Resource B Exemplary Policies. Resource C Key Organizations, Readings, and Websites. References. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-54095-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés