Failing Families, Failing Science : : Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science /

Failing Families, Failing Science : : Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science / / Anne E. Lincoln, Elaine Ecklund.

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Work life in academia might sound like a dream: summers off, year-long sabbaticals, the opportunity to switch between classroom teaching and research. Yet, when it comes to the sciences, life at the top U.S. research universities is hardly idyllic. Based on surveys of over 2,000 junior and senior sc...

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Ecklund, Elaine,
Lincoln, Anne E.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 When Nothing Matters Except Science
  • 2 Family Matters to Science
  • 3 Will I Make It? Family Life for Young Scientists
  • 4 Managing the Controlled Crash
  • 5 When the Ideal Scientist Meets the Ideal Mother
  • 6 A Way Forward for Universities, Science, and Scientists
  • Appendix A The Study
  • Appendix B Web Survey
  • Appendix C Long Interview Guide
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors
  • About the Authors

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