TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategies Men Use to Negotiate Family and Science
AU - Ecklund, Elaine Howard
AU - Damaske, Sarah
AU - Lincoln, Anne E.
AU - White, Virginia Johnston
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research for this paper was funded by National Science Foundation GSE Grant 0920837, Elaine Howard Ecklund (PI) and Anne E. Lincoln, (co-PI), as well as Rice University. Sarah Damaske acknowledges support from the Population Research Institute at Penn State University, which is supported by an infrastructure grant by the National Institutes of Health (2R24HD041025).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Despite the growing research devoted to women in science, the connection made between family life and work by men in science is not fully known. Here we present results from interviews with 54 men who were selected from a broader national survey and housed at prestigious U.S. universities. Men remain acutely aware of cultural expectations for devotion to work and breadwinning, either compromising work commitments for more time with family or time at home in exchange for increased academic prestige. Findings are relevant for how universities should make policies that alleviate tension between work and family.
AB - Despite the growing research devoted to women in science, the connection made between family life and work by men in science is not fully known. Here we present results from interviews with 54 men who were selected from a broader national survey and housed at prestigious U.S. universities. Men remain acutely aware of cultural expectations for devotion to work and breadwinning, either compromising work commitments for more time with family or time at home in exchange for increased academic prestige. Findings are relevant for how universities should make policies that alleviate tension between work and family.
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U2 - 10.1177/2378023116684516
DO - 10.1177/2378023116684516
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097024412
SN - 2378-0231
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Socius
JF - Socius
ER -