Faculty Perceptions of Work-Life Balance: The Role of Marital/Relationship and Family Status

Autor/inn/en	Denson, Nida; Szelényi, Katalin
Titel	Faculty Perceptions of Work-Life Balance: The Role of Marital/Relationship and Family Status
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 2, S.261-278 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-020-00654-8
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Family Work Relationship; Correlation; Higher Education; Marital Status; Children; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Familienstand; Child; Kind; Kinder; Eltern
Abstract	This study examined correlates of work-life balance perceptions for faculty from various marital/relationship and family statuses, using data from the multi-institutional survey of faculty from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) project at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Indicating lower work-life balance among single (rather than married/partnered) faculty, our findings call for colleges and universities to directly address the work-life struggles of single faculty members with and without children. Our findings also underscore the central importance of institutional support for making personal/family obligations and an academic career compatible for all faculty, supports that are correlated with better faculty work-life balance at the level of both individual faculty and the institution. In addition, we argue that institutional supports are particularly important for early-career faculty, who assessed their work-life balance consistently lower than faculty at higher ranks. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01