Working Equal: Collaboration Among Academic Couples

by Creamer,Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780815335443
• ISBN10: 081533544X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-19
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

This book explores the influence of collaborative relationships among dual career couples on innovation and productivity. It proposes a new definition of egalitarianism that considers joint investment in career satisfaction and success, rather than the division of domestic labor.

Author Biography

Elizabeth G. Creamer is Professor of Women's Studies and Adjunct in Higher Education and Studeaf Affairs at Virgina Polytechnic and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. She is the author of more than thirty book chapters and refereed journal articles, as well as the 1998 book Assessing Faculty Publishing Productivity: Issues of Equity. Her research interests are on the topics of gender differences in the correlates of faculty publishing productivify, diversity in higher education, and scholarly collaboration.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	3	(12)
PART 1 The Case Narratives
Introduction to the Case Narratives	15	(13)
Introduction to the First Case: ``Intellectual Homesteading'': Disciplinary Crossover among Geographers	28	(6)
The First Case: ``Intellectual Homesteading'': Disciplinary Crossover among Geographers	34	(13)
Collaboration as a Way of Being, a Way of Living: A Response to the First Case	47	(11)
Yvonna S. Lincoln
Introduction to the Second Case: Different Chapters, Same Textbook: Collaboration between Psychologists in the Same Department	58	(6)
The Second Case: Different Chapters, Same Textbook: Collaboration between Psychologists in the Same Department	64	(14)
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: A Response to the Second Case	78	(16)
Peter Magolda
Introduction to the Third Case: Experiencing Africa: A Creative Writer and an Anthropologist Collaborate	94	(5)
The Third Case: Experiencing Africa: A Creative Writer and an Anthropologist Collaborate	99	(13)
Seeing and Being Seen: Examining the Inner Visions between Race, Relationality, and Research: A Response to the Third Case	112	(13)
Stacey Floyd-Thomas
PART 2 The Social Nature of Faculty Scholarship
``Different, but the Same'': Introduction to the Invited Chapters	125	(5)
Reviewing the Literature on Scholarly Collaboration: How We Can Understand Collaboration among Academic Couples	130	(16)
Ann E. Austin
The Importance of Collegial Networks to College and University Faculty	146	(21)
Jeffrey F. Milem
Joe Sherlin
Laura Irwin
The Role of Recognition and Reward in Research Productivity: Implications for Partner Collaboration	167	(22)
Jane W. Loeb
PART 3 Implications for Couples and the Academic Workplace
Egalitarianism, Institutional Policies, and Productivity	189	(18)
Appendices	207	(14)
A: The Questionnaire Sample and Respondents
B: Collaboration with Partner/Spouse among Questionnaire Respondents
C: Characteristics of the Interview Sample
Notes	221	(18)
References	239	(10)
Contributors	249	(4)
Index	253