Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce : Beyond Best Practices.

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Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce offers strategies and proven recommendations to accommodate work/life satisfaction for those in the STEM fields. Using real-life case studies, this book discusses universal issues such as dual careers and strategic decision making, childcare/...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dean, Donna J.
Otros Autores: Koster, Janet B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2013.
Temas:
Women in science.
Businesswomen.
Femmes dans les sciences.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Sciences.
Femmes.
Technologie.
Ing�enierie.
Affaires.
Businesswomen
Women in science
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Equitable Solutions for Retaining A Robust Stem Workforce: Beyond Best Practic; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1
  • Surveying the Landscape; Chapter 1
  • Envisioning the STEM Workplace of the Future: The Need for Work/Life Programs and Family-Friendly Practices; A COMMON DEFINITION OF WORK/LIFE BALANCE; THE CURRENT CLIMATE; SPURRING SYSTEMIC CHANGE; Chapter 2
  • Work/Life Integration Challenges Are Worldwide; SURVEY METHODS AND DATA ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON CAREERS IN SCIENCE; GENDER DIFFERENCES IN APPROACHES TO WORK/LIFE ISSUES.
  • GENDER DIFFERENCES AND CAREER/LIFE DECISIONSSTRESS AND WORK/LIFE CONFLICTS; CAREER MOBILITY AND JOB SECURITY; Part 2
  • Award-Winning Solutions; Chapter 3
  • Addressing Work/Life Issues; CASE STUDY 1. LEADING WOMEN TO CREATE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF WORK/LIFE SATISFACTION; CASE STUDY 2. CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROGRAM FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN AN EMERG ... ; CASE STUDY 3. A WRITING RETREAT FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; PRACTICAL TOOLS; Chapter 4
  • Dual Careers and Strategic Decision Making.
  • CASE STUDY 4. DUAL-CAREER SOLUTIONS AND OTHER MEANINGFUL APPROACHES TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTSCASE STUDY 5. A SCENARIO TOOLKIT FOR ADVANCING CAREERS IN SCIENCE; PRACTICAL TOOLS; Chapter 5
  • Child Care and Dependent Care in Professional Contexts; CASE STUDY 6. CHILD CARE AT THE EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ORGANIZATION MEETING; CASE STUDY 7. CHILD CARE AT THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETINGS; CASE STUDY 8. CHILD CARE AT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS; PRACTICAL TOOLS; Chapter 6
  • Promoting Family-Friendly Policies.
  • CASE STUDY 9. THE FAMILY TRAVEL INITIATIVECASE STUDY 10. ENHANCING THE ACADEMIC CLIMATE FOR WOMEN SCHOLARS THROUGH FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES; CASE STUDY 11. FROM GRADUATE STUDENT TO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: HELPING POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS MEET THE DEMANDS OF C ... ; CASE STUDY 12. TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; PRACTICAL TOOLS; Part 3
  • Advancing Comprehensive Solutions; Chapter 7
  • Mentoring and Networking; SELF-ANALYSIS; MENTORING; NETWORKING; COACHING; SPONSORING; SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Chapter 8
  • Implicit Bias and the Workplace; WHAT'S IN A SCIENTIST'S NAME?
  • BLIND ORCHESTRAL AUDITIONSDOUBLE-BLIND LITERATURE REVIEWS; SUCCESS AND LIKEABILITY DO NOT GO HAND IN HAND (FOR WOMEN); THE SELECTIVE ABSENCE OF FEMALE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS; THE POWER OF LANGUAGE; THE AWARDS PROJECT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9
  • Government Policy Implications for Addressing Family-Related Issues; THE UNITED STATES; EUROPE; BRAZIL, CANADA, INDIA, AND SOUTH KOREA; SUMMARY; GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS; Appendix A. Roster of Participants and Meeting Agenda for "Rethinking the Future of the STEM Workplace: Convening of Global Experts on Work/Life Family Issues"; AGENDA.
  • Appendix B. Overview of Elsevier Foundation New Scholar Project Awards by Year.

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