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Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance
The Path Toward Family-Friendly Institutions
Maike Ingrid Philipsen (Author), Timothy B. Bostic (Author), Mary Ann Mason (Foreword by)
9780470540954, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 October 2010
240 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.408 kg
Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance gives voice to faculty and reveals the myriad personal and professional issues faculty face over the span of their academic careers. Based on years of in-the-field research and two gender-based studies, Maike Ingrid Philipsen and Timothy Bostic give the issue of work-life balance a fresh perspective by taking a comparative approach to the topic in regard to both gender and career stage. The authors' research reports on the experiences of male and female faculty at early-, mid-, and late-career stages. In addition, the book goes beyond the typical "family-friendly" approach and takes an all-encompassing "life-friendly" view, recognizing the need to strive for balance in the lives of all faculty members. Philipsen and Bostic describe enablers and obstacles that faculty encounter during their careers and how policies and programs might more effectively address the needs of faculty. Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance is filled with illustrative cases from exemplary institutions to showcase what they are doing to reform the system. Praise for Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance "As a junior faculty member and father of three, I know that balancing family and work can be a significant challenge. Philipsen and Bostic's research provides a wonderful opportunity to consider different approaches I can take to successfully navigate the road ahead." "The authors have presented a best-practices approach to real work-life dilemmas that they have documented among American faculty. Administrators should find this book of great practical help."
Scott J. Allen, assistant professor of management, John Carroll University
Teresa A. Sullivan, president, University of Virginia
Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii The Authors xv Introduction xvii 1 Crafting a Career 1 The Increase of Expectations 2 Lacking Clarity and the Paradox of Flexibility 6 Exemplary Institutions 14 Policy Meets Faculty 22 Recommendations 23 2 Making It Work: Having Life Partners 25 Division of Labor 26 Dual Careers 37 Exemplary Institutions 43 Policy Meets Faculty 48 Recommendations 49 3 Parenting 51 Exemplary Institutions: Child Care 64 Exemplary Institutions: Child Leave 72 Policy Meets Faculty 79 Recommendations 81 4 Thriving in Academe 85 Inherent Factors 85 Colleagues 86 Policies 89 Culture 92 Resources 95 Significant Others 99 Faculty Ingenuity 104 5 Summary and Conclusions 111 Recommendations and Successful Strategies 117 Appendix A Methods 127 Appendix B Additional Findings from the Men’s Study 143 Resource A Exemplary Institutions 181 Resource B Exemplary Policies 185 Resource C Key Organizations, Readings, and Websites 195 References 201 Index 211
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
