Profits and short term efficiency gains are often placed before social issues of care or human dignity.īut what about the impact this has on men and women’s well being, or the long-term sustainability of people, families, society or even the economy? Drawing from interviews and group meetings in seven diverse countries – India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the UK and USA – this book explores the multiple difficulties in combining paid work with other parts of life and the frustrations people experience in diverse settings. In the business world and among many Governments around the world, the importance of paid work and the primacy of economic competitiveness, whatever the personal costs, is almost accepted wisdom. Some feel that worrying about a lack of time or energy for family relationships or friendships is a luxury or secondary issue when compared with economic growth or development. Samantha June Larson, Annie Miller and Ida DruryĨ.Many regard the ways in which paid work can be combined or ‘balanced’ with other parts of life as an individual concern and a small, rather self-indulgent problem in today’s world. Reflections on tenure, the two- body problem, and retention in the 21st century academy
Hyper- separation as a tool for work/ life balance: Commuting in academiaħ. Juita- Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Marina Saitgalina and David W. Work- life balance and well- being of graduate students Investigating faculty motivation and its connection to faculty work- life balance: Engaging public service motivation to explore faculty motivationĥ. Examining junior faculty work- life balance in public affairs programs in the United States Josephine Gatti Schafer, William Hatcher and Bruce D. Academics of PA or: How we learned to stop working and find some balance The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Public Affairs Education.įinding balance: An introduction to Work- Life Balance in Higher Educationīruce D. The research included in this book is by leading scholars who discuss the challenge for academia to pay attention to the cultures and policies that may improve, or hinder, work-life balance. Concerns about balance have led to challenges in recruiting diverse students and faculty for academic careers.Įach chapter explores how faculty and graduate students have sought and found balance. The demands of an academic career have been cited as a reason for faculty and students to leave the academy, but they have also been tied with rising rates of depression throughout the community.
Faculty and graduate students face increasing demands to publish, while also being expected to effectively teach and engage in service to both the university and the community. The challenges that surround work-life balance are something that we must all confront, but they are also something that is rarely discussed within academia. It provides a rare opportunity to shape the conversation surrounding work-life balance in academia and provide a venue for dialogue around balance that had previously been forced into secret. This book explores the issue and struggle of work-life balance in higher education.
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