Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce

Beyond Best Practices

Donna J. Dean, Janet B. Koster (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2014
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-800215-5 (ISBN)

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Offers strategies and proven recommendations to accommodate work/life satisfaction for those in the STEM fields. This book discusses universal issues such as dual careers and strategic decision making, childcare/dependent care in professional contexts, promoting family-friendly policies, as well as mentoring and networking.

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/dependent care in professional contexts, promoting family-friendly policies, as well as mentoring and networking. Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce provides data and tools to drive successful programs relaying proactive solutions that STEM employers, academic institutions, policy-makers, and individuals can utilize.

PART 1: Surveying the LandscapeI. Envisioning the STEM Workplace of the Future: The Need for Work/Life Programs and Family-Friendly Practices II. Work/Life Integration Challenges Are WorldwidePART 2: Award-Winning SolutionsIII. Addressing Work/Life IssuesIV. Dual Careers and Strategic Decision MakingV. Childcare and Dependent Care in Professional ContextsVI. Promoting Family-Friendly PoliciesPART 3: Advancing Comprehensive SolutionsVII. Mentoring and Networking StrategiesVIII. Addressing Implicit Bias and the WorkplaceIX. Government Policy Implications for Family-Related Issues

Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
ISBN-10	0-12-800215-8 / 0128002158
ISBN-13	978-0-12-800215-5 / 9780128002155
Zustand	Neuware