Aren't You Satisfied Yet? Women Faculty Members' Interpretations of Their Academic Work

Ropers-Huilman, Becky

doi:10.1002/ir.10502

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“…Similarly, Grant, Kennelly, and Ward (2000) found that both men and women faculty in scientific disciplines experience conflicts between career and family life. In contrast, Ropers-Huilman (2000) found that, even though women faculty were given mixed messages about having children, they sought coherence among the various aspects of their lives and many "spoke of the ways they envisioned their family and work experiences as complementing each other" (p. 26). Finkel and Olswang (1996), in a survey of women faculty at a research university, found women perceiving that the time required by children poses a serious threat to tenure.…”

Section: Have Child Need Tenure: a Review Of Relevant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Motherhood: Managing Complex Roles in Research Universities

Ward

Wolf‐Wendel

2004

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Given the prevalence of women faculty entering the profession, many of childbearing age, it is important to understand how women juggle the often-conflicting demands of children and tenure. Interviews with 29 faculty from research universities find them reporting joy in their professional and personal roles, the "greedy" nature of academic and family life, the need to watch the clock, and the perspective that having children imposes on life as a junior faculty member.

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Section: Have Child Need Tenure: a Review Of Relevant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Motherhood: Managing Complex Roles in Research Universities

Ward

Wolf‐Wendel

2004

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“…The first question compares responses from biomedical research faculty on their self-identified mediators and triggers as described in this study's conceptual framework (Hagedorn, 2000). The second explores responses by length of employment and by gender to see if differences exist between biomedical research faculty (Bender & Heywood, 2006;Callister, 2006;Fox & Colatrella, 2006;Ropers-Huilman, 2000;Sabharwal & Elizabeth, 2009). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, a female faculty member in an otherwise all-male department may report lower levels of satisfaction due to perceived pressures of additional responsibilities to represent their department in various capacities as the only female faculty member. The same holds true for faculty who may be the only person of color or representative of any number of underrepresented demographics (Laden & Hagedorn, 2000;Ropers-Huilman, 2000;Wolf-Wendel & Ward, 2014). That feeling of being the only person of a certain demographic can come with dissatisfaction independent of the work itself.…”

Section: Mediatorsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Faculty Job Satisfaction and Morale in Biomedical Research

Goranflo¹

2000

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High faculty morale and job satisfaction are vital for optimum performance and important to the quality and vitality of the academic enterprise. However, research on faculty morale and job satisfaction has historically been limited to faculty at traditional comprehensive institutions and specific professional programs. Faculty who conduct biomedical research at academic health centers experience substantial differences in employment expectations and how they are funded than other faculty. The purpose of this study was to explore how personal and professional factors contribute toward positive morale and job satisfaction for faculty in biomedical research programs at one academic health center. This qualitative study used individual semi-structured interviews to explore work-life aspects associated with self-reported levels of morale and job satisfaction. Results from this study indicated that biomedical research faculty enjoy their work and highly value collaborating with their colleagues. The persistent need to fund at least half of their salaries through soft money, the loss of valued colleagues due to turnover, and a lack of identity with their institution decreases job satisfaction. It was also found that job satisfaction is expressed differently by gender and length of employment at one's current institution.

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“…For, to be true to the nature of feminism, feminist scholarship must be rooted in activism and social change. Indeed, Ropers-Huilman (2000) found that engaging in scholarship for social change contributes to the success of feminist academics.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%