College Students' Views of Work-Life Balance in STEM Research Careers: Addressing Negative Preconceptions.

ABSTRACT: In career discussions, female undergraduates said that if they were to attend graduate school in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and were to follow a career based on their research training, they would have to give up having a family. A subsequent survey showed that many students, both men and women, thought work-life balance would be more difficult to achieve in a STEM research path than in other professions they were considering. Their views of STEM research being less family-friendly were more pronounced on issues of parental leaves and caring for children than finding a spouse/partner and landing two jobs in the same locality. To provide role models of work-life balance in STEM professions, we convened panels of dual-career couples who described how they worked

SUBMITTER: Tan-Wilson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4710394 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature