Juggling flaming chain saws : academics in educational leadership try to balance work and family

• Other Authors: Marshall, Joanne M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2012]
• Series: Work-life balance.
• Subjects: College teachers > Psychology.; College teachers > Job satisfaction.; Work-life balance.; Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.; Educational administration and organization.; Higher education, tertiary education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614806
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-911-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (lii, 374 pages ) : illustrations

Challenges of work-life balance in the academy stem from policies and practices which remain from the time when higher education was populated mostly by married White male faculty. Those faculty were successful in their academic work because they depended upon the support of their wives to manage ma...