Helping faculty find work-life balance : the path toward family-friendly institutions / Maike Ingrid Philipsen, Timothy B. Bostic ; foreword by Mary Ann Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philipsen, Maike.

Contributor:

Bostic, Timothy.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Professional relationships--United States.

College teachers.

College teachers--Family relationships--United States.

College teachers--Job satisfaction--United States.

College teachers--Job satisfaction.

College teachers--Family relationships.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2010]

Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780470540954

0470540958

OCLC:

607973864

Publisher Number:

99940287111