@article {1488919,
	title = {Work{\textendash}Family Balance and Tenure Reasonableness: Gender Differences in Faculty Assessment},
	journal = {Sociological Spectrum},
	volume = {39},
	number = {5},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {340-358},
	abstract = {
	Perceptions of work{\textendash}family balance and of the reasonableness of tenure expectations are key faculty retention factors. Using the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey, which includes data from 2,438 tenure-track assistant professors, Rodica Lisnic, Anna Zajicek, and Brinck Kerr explore whether faculty assessment of departmental and institutional support for family influences their perceptions of the reasonableness of tenure expectations. 



	Results reveal that women are less likely than men to report tenure expectations as scholars are reasonable and that departments and institutions are supportive of family-work balance. Departmental support for family-work balance, caring for an ill family member, satisfaction with family-friendly policies, and workload have the strongest association with reasonableness. Satisfaction with family-friendly policies has a significant relationship with reasonableness of tenure expectations only for faculty with family care responsibilities. These results have implications for family-friendly policies and practices in academia. 

},
	url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02732173.2019.1691097},
	author = {Rodica Lisnic and Anna Zajicek and Brinck Kerr}
}
