Dual Career Couples in Academia, International Mobility and Dual Career Services in Europe

Autor/in	Tzanakou, Charikleia
Titel	Dual Career Couples in Academia, International Mobility and Dual Career Services in Europe
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 16 (2017) 2-3, S.298-312 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904116683185
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Career Development; Higher Education; Women Faculty; Doctoral Degrees; Gender Differences; Occupational Mobility; Career Counseling; Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Spouses; Foreign Countries; Family Work Relationship; Faculty Recruitment; Institutional Characteristics; Faculty Mobility; Researchers; Foreign Nationals; Semi Structured Interviews; Germany; Denmark; Switzerland; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Berufsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Geschlechterkonflikt; Berufliche Mobilität; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Ehepartner; Ausland; Researcher; Forscher; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Deutschland; Dänemark; Schweiz; USA
Abstract	The number of dual career couples in academia is growing due to the increasing proportion of women with a doctoral degree and the greater propensity of women to choose another academic as their partner. At the same time, international mobility is required for career advancement in academia, creating challenges for dual career couples where both partners pursue careers. This paper has two objectives: (a) to raise the increasingly important issue of dual career couples in academia and the gendered effect that the pressure for mobility has on career advancement and work--life interference; and (b) to present examples of recently established dual career services of higher education institutions in Germany, Denmark and Switzerland, responding to the needs of the growing population of dual career couples. Due to long established practices of dual career services in the USA, the European examples will be compared with US practices. This paper raises the significance of considering dual career couples in institutional policies that aim for an internationally excellent and diversified academic workforce. It will appraise dual career services according to whether they reinforce or address gender inequalities and provide recommendations to higher education institutions interested in developing services and programmes for dual career couples. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01