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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.

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 institutio.

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